Full Color vs. Spot Color
To reproduce Full Color photographic images, typical printing presses (and some inkjet printers) use 4 colors of ink. The four inks are placed on the print surface in layers of dots that combine to create the illusion/effect of many more colors. CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black) refers to the ink colors used in the printing process and is refered to as "Process Color".
When submitting artwork for 4-color printing its important to convert the images to the CMYK color space. There are color differences between images in RGB (most digital images) and CMYK so that when converting from RGB to CMYK there will probably be some shifts in the color. This is particularly noticeable if you have precise corporate or logo colors.
Spot Color is a method of specifying and printing colors in which each color is printed with its own ink. It is effective when the printed label contains one to three different colors, beyond that it becomes very expensive. Pantone is a system for identifying and matching colors, this is the way to print precise colors for your logo.
We offer a large selection of spot colors. Our color chart below shows the colors with a Pantone equivalent. Although these are not actual Pantone colors we feel we have matched our colors to the closest Pantone color. If you do not see a color you need we can produce any color by combining our standard colors.
Standard Spot Colors
Process Cyan
Process Yellow
Process Magenta
Process Black
White
Pantone 1245
Pantone 2577
Pantone 321
Black
Pantone 1375
Pantone Violet
Pantone 375
Pantone 425
Pantone 165
Pantone 268
Pantone 369
Pantone 422
Pantone 470
Pantone 539
Pantone 347
Pantone 428
Pantone 211
Pantone 280
Pantone 348
Pantone 476
Pantone 485
Pantone 286
Pantone 336
Pantone 185
Pantone 1255 U
Pantone 301
Pantone 3308
Pantone 468
Pantone 1797
Pantone 2747
Pantone 877
Pantone 107
Pantone 187
Pantone 2995
Pantone 871
Pantone 109
Pantone 216
Pantone 638
Pantone 876
Pantone 215
Pantone 1235
Pantone 333
Pantone 8005
Transparent Spot Colors
Pantone 116
Pantone 485
Pantone 654
Pantone 1605
Pantone 1505
Pantone 208
Pantone 2935
Pantone 1245
Pantone 186
Pantone 519
Pantone 3405
Clear Protection
Special Spot Colors
Pink
Pantone 812 2x
Pantone 804 2x
Pantone 811 2x
Metal Platinum
Metal Silver
Metal Gold
Metal Red
Metal Blue
*Due to monitor/display differences colors may vary on each display. Please double check with a printed Pantone swatch for color accuracy.