Spot Colour or Full Colour
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- lw-d
I have the option of having my business cards printed in full colour or spot colour.
Are there any differences in quality between the two. My printers say that using spot colours will be a little more expensive.
- forcetwelve0
spot colours will be brighter and stronger. four colour cards are often done by cheaper print houses as they do many kinds of cards at once. spot colours will always shine from full colour jobs, but if you are using dark/subtle colours the difference will be less noticable.
i'd choose spot though for sure!
- lw-d0
I'm using a contrast of dark and light colours, I think I will go with the spot to be on the safe side.
Thanks.
Lee
- mr_snuggles0
spot colour is also more consistent, running 4 colour always produces noticable differences in the individual pieces...
- Baskerville0
It depends how many colours you have in your design. I assume there is only one or two colours.
If you printed just 100% cyan then that would essentially be a spot colour but using a 4-colour process.
It's only when the 4 colour plates overlay colours that you loose brightness since it is a reductive colour process – ie the more colours you mix the closer you get to black. So as a general rule if you want bright colours, use a CMYK colour that only uses one or two plates or use spot colours.
- lw-d0
Excellent advice.
Thanks.