How to print this with the fewest possible colors

[Nation03]

Curious on how to go about this one. Trying to use as few colors as possible, yet closely match the design below. I was thinking 5 colors, but trying to get it to maybe 3? As always, thanks in advance!

Shirts will be black, I believe.

[Homer]

quick look at it but I think 2 browns and a white, Discharge if possible would get it done...

[Colin]

Base white
Highlite White
Brown

55 lpi 225S mesh.

Use the highlite white in the bright areas of the brown if needed.

[3Deep]

Dot Tone Dan posted some art very simpler to this which he used very few colors, shoot him a pm

[tonypep]

Need garment color(s)

[Biverson]

You could use two. Brown and white. Use a 200/230 for the white and have it be your base and HW and then brown on top. Black parts would be the shirt. I usually don't like using black shirts for black in the design though. Especially when there's black on the edges like that. I'd print white, brown, black for the least amount of colors. Interlock the black, white, and brown halftones together.


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[tonypep]

Don't jump all over me but I cringe when I see this. I realize that; due to press constraints and cust budget, this is a concern, but to me that suggests sub standard work. The question I would prefer to see is "How to print this to make it look as good as it should" Not win awards, but to meet the printers and customers expectations. Just don't like to see substandard work leave any shop.
That said, since you should have at least have a 4 color press use them. 2 browns/2 whites.
Off my soapbox

[Nation03]

Don't jump all over me but I cringe when I see this. I realize that; due to press constraints and cust budget, this is a concern, but to me that suggests sub standard work. The question I would prefer to see is "How to print this to make it look as good as it should" Not win awards, but to meet the printers and customers expectations. Just don't like to see substandard work leave any shop.
That said, since you should have at least have a 4 color press use them. 2 browns/2 whites.
Off my soapbox

Totally understandable. I don't like to do subpar work either. Halftones and I generally don't get along very well, do to a lack of knowledge on my part to really print them properly. I originally quoted the job as a 5 color because that is what I thought it would take to make it look as close to the original image as possible. But you know how it goes, client didn't want to spend that much, yata yata yata - we all heard it before. That is where the compromises come in. I haven't heard back from the client on the quote as a 3 color yet so I'm hoping they just scrap it and go with a 1 color design anyway lol. I've done a lot of shirts for Bar/Bat Mitzvahs and this one is way over the budget on what people are usually willing to spend for a one time event.

[blue moon]

Base white
Highlite White
Brown

55 lpi 225S mesh.

Use the highlite white in the bright areas of the brown if needed.

this! (for any future references)

pierre

[Sbrem]

A few years back we won a contest here with a similar image, we used orange, white and black... it won an award, so it is possible. We never enter contests, but this one just came out so well. I can't seem to locate the image on my computer, maybe Andy or one of the other moderators could find the link, 2011 in October I think...

Steve