CMYK Gold
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- unknown
I need to create a nice 'gold' using cmyk, now I've done bronzey kinda golds but I was wondering if anyone has any lighter gold cmyk breakdowns - someone nicked my colour book.
cheers
- unknown0
somebody?
- dag_henning0
pantones metallic coated
process colours?
- unknown0
needs to be a cmyk breakdown so I can add this 'fade' to a photo in PS.
- Duane0
rasko i have a metallic swatches doc in illustrator format if oyu would like it. just convert the pantone swatches to cmyk and you'll have a good starting point for the metallic representation. want it?
- scnc0
ive got a cmyk book here... maybe thisll help...not sure if this is the kinda colour youre after tho?
C: 10, M: 5,10 ,15 or 20 , Y: 100, K: 0
- unknown0
yeah that would be cool thanks!
- unknown0
testpilot and scnc thanks - thats perfect! what I'll do is let the client get a wet proof of that and the breakdowns that scnc gave with a few variations and they can choose which they prefer - then they cant blame me if they dont like the result!
- scnc0
cool man, whats the job anyway? :)
- unknown0
ahh boring I'm afraid - y'know those collars that go around the necks of wine bottles for promos - its one of those. They're printing a million so I CANT get the colour wrong - ouch!
- scnc0
ah thats cool :)
any newso n whens your site going up? wouldnt mind chekcin out some of your stuff
- unknown0
soon I hope - to be honest I just wanna cross it off the list, its been there WAY too long!
I'll let you know cheers :)
- scnc0
i know what you mean
same here, been tryin to build this portfolio site for so long now
all the work on my site is soooo old...mainly from 99 - 00
terrible eh hehe
- Gorbie0
rasko,
you're asking for trouble man. We just fought a losing battle with what you're trying to do. Ended up mixing inks, because NOTHING looked acceptable in cmyk.
But maybe you're working with a different kind of stock that won't absorb the yellow and turn the gold into poo brown.
- Duane0
get ink draw downs on the stock you are using from the printer for approval. that's usually what i do for sign-off on metallic ink choices.
- Gorbie0
You can't get a good screen using metallics though.
- unknown0
its a cmyk representation of a 'gold' I need - no specials unfortunately :(
- Duane0
solid gold is better than cmyk gold. ;-)
