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screen printing => Ink and Chemicals => Topic started by: rmonks on August 23, 2013, 07:56:36 AM
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I have a customer who wants a one color print on white. She wants Bluegreen ink color. Before i start throwing inks together to see what I can come up with I thought i would ask here if anyone has or has any suggestions on how to mix . This is only 100 shirts
Thanks
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when in doubt, wikipedia...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-green (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-green) it gives the cmyk, not the pms, so you will have to translate it.
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You might have to get some crayola brand crayons for reference...
Steve
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Which side of the of color does she want the most, it could lean more on the blue or green, more on the green side I would use more green like bright green or kelly and some royal blue with white ink, anyway that's a start.
D
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I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot ink knife without nailing her down with either an example or a PMS as an approximate target.
Then, Royal and Yellow may be my first experimental starting teamates if I didn't have Cyan or Process blue (to which I would add green)
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Frog wins the answer of the day. She has to give you a PMS number to shoot for. Without a target how do you know if you are even getting close to what she expects? That's like telling you to print blue. Navy, Royal, Powder, ...you get the idea.
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She said just use my judgement.
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She said just use my judgement.
That's what they all say until they don't like it. ;D Have her to select a PMS #.
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She said just use my judgement.
That's what they all say until they don't like it. ;D Have her to select a PMS #.
Or at least, have her sign off on your mix
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I hate custom mixing inks for short runs, dang near a waste of good time, but if you got to do it do it...Hey frog why mix yellow? I know yellow and blue makes green, but for blue green.
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I hate custom mixing inks for short runs, dang near a waste of good time, but if you got to do it do it...Hey frog why mix yellow? I know yellow and blue makes green, but for blue green.
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More blue, less yellow makes a bluer (is that really a word) green, more yellow, less blue makes a greener blue... and yes, either show her a PMS chip and charge for the custom color, or show her the closest match you have without the charge. Either way, you'll get paid in the end.
steve