4- colour Black - Print
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- ********
Doing a poster at the moment. Anybody got any suggestions or preferences to mix up a lovely 4-colour black?. Want a clear none muddy black.
Anybody got any good values?
- ********0
What I am printing
- Akiraprise0
What are you printing it on? I've used 50 50 50 100 before with success, but it's a risky combination if it goes wrong...
- maikel0
C 40
M 15
Y 12
K 100make sure you film at least @ 175 LPI
and still your printer will hate you for the thin white lines...- That sounds about right - nice and balanced I would think with the Cyan value / Less yellow = good********
- That sounds about right - nice and balanced I would think with the Cyan value / Less yellow = good
- bjladams0
is this for the background black or the black in the graphic?
- all over I will mix a full version for the darker bit's then go for 90% of that on the BG layer********
- mate, maybe i'm not getting you right, but if plan on using a half tone of that composite it will look shite.maikel
- going 90% of a 4 color black is going to show a lot of your other colors... best advise i've seen is to ask the printer.bjladams
- all over I will mix a full version for the darker bit's then go for 90% of that on the BG layer
- ItalianStallion0
Ask the printer.
- stewart0
Totally depends on the other colors in the artwork. Do you want it more green, blue or red-ish?
"This looks good on screen - balanced". You'll need to calibrate your screen very well, plus have your cm-setup perfectly done to proof blacks on screen.
- More neutral less yellow anything but yellow. I know adding other values to your black creates a nice sturdy black just got to get it right.********
- More neutral less yellow anything but yellow. I know adding other values to your black creates a nice sturdy black just got to get it right.
- ********0
I always do 100/40/20/20, but I don't know why
- fooler20
I always do 65/65/65/100 but now that seems like too much ink
- OSFA0
Racist!
(surprised it took this long...)
- ********0
Thanks for your input guys
- ********0
Just spotted this on the wiki definition for the term 'Rich Blacks' :) funny
This article is about the ink mixture created by combining black and some other color. For wealthy individuals with some degree of black African ancestry, see black billionaires.
- honest0
Best check with your printer, they'll know which breakdown will work best on the stock surely?
- ********0
Im going to get some test proofs done - then save those values for future
- robulation0
Check with your printer if you're getting it Litho'd. My printers always say C=30 M=30 Y=20 K=100 but guess every printer might say slightly different failing that, ask for a double-hit of 100% black, that always looks super punchy!
- Spookytim0
If I were you, I'd forget about trying to make the overall black a deep rich four colour black as this will kill a lot of the subtleties in the darker near-black greys unless you doa really good job of repro'ing those to be different.
Why not print four colour black, then overprint a a second plate of black as a solid, with a cut-out where the action is.