Spot Colour Printing

Spot colour printing is not like four colour process printing, where primary colours are used cyan, magenta, yellow & black offering hundreds of thousands of possible combinations to create full colour printing. Spot colour printing uses pure colour inks. Each spot colour printing ink is made by mixing a number of stock inks in specific proportions to produce the desired colour. Unlike the process colour system, spot colours are premixed. The most universal type of spot colour printing system is Pantone Matching System (PMS). The range of Pantone colours are defined by a code and are usually displayed in swatch books, similar to household paints.

Spot colour printing method is recommended where very high levels of colour consistency are necessary. The disadvantage is that printing costs increase with the number of spot colours to be printed. Spot colour printing is more suitable for images with fewer than 4 colours. In getting the most out of your spot colour printing, you should use screens effectively. A one colour print job with the colour being printed in a variety of different screen can have the same effect as multiple colours.

We offer spot colour printing and process colour printing to the UK, producing anything from stationery to full colour leaflets, brochures and on demand personalised printing. Our staff are always on hand for any advice you may require on producing your materials or to discuss the most suitable printing method required for your work be it spot colour printing or process colour printing.