How many colors do you see?

[Prosperi-Tees]

Can it be done with 6 colors?

[Doug S]

I'll check it in sep studio tomorrow.

[Dottonedan]

WHITE TEE:
 
1 Yellow
2 Teal
3 Red
4 Blue
5 Black



If going on colors, add a base white making 6.  If they are ok with 6 colors, than I might use an orange for the shirt rather than mixing or I can also use a gray for the hair. Point being, yes, it can be done in 6 colors, even 5.

[Prosperi-Tees]

WHITE TEE:
 
1 Yellow
2 Teal
3 Red
4 Blue
5 Black


If going on colors, add a base white making 6.  If they are ok with 6 colors, than I might use an orange for the shirt rather than mixing or I can also use a gray for the hair. Point being, yes, it can be done in 6 colors, even 5.

You are getting the green by mixing the yellow and blue right?

[Dottonedan]

That is correct. If the green is unique, I would require a spot color of that but here in this case, that color can be made easily out of blue and yellow. Of course, I have 305 meshes in mind and 55 line screen.

[RICK STEFANICK]

I see cmyk..

[Dottonedan]

I see cmyk..

I see dead printers.

The Sixth Sense (1999) - "I see dead people."

Actually,  I think it would be (more accurate) using 5 spot colors and mixing + using a spot on that turquoise type color.


Sure, you can do it in cmyk, and would be one less color, but less accurate also and if you are not exact at printing cmyk, (as may are not) then many colors are going to be very tricky to achieve even on white tees.

[screenxpress]

I see cmyk..

Dayum, you beat me to it.

[tonypep]

For me CMYKplus a couple of spot colors for best accuracy.

[Sbrem]

All of the above, but I like Dan's spot colors for brightness. I think I'd really like a spot orange though, to make that jacket pop. Dan, what PMS number do you like for teal? I find that some people's teal to bluish-green (bluer) and other's to be a greenish-blue (greener). I realize that's not particularly eloquent, but I hope it makes sense...

Steve

[mk162]

DTG if the order is small enough, and chances are, it is...I don't see this being a huge gathering.

[Dottonedan]

Ya know, when you get into areas like unique colors and trying to enhance areas, it's hard to say and is often both arbitrary and depending on the shade of teal. Like you said, Blue-ish teal or Greenish teal?


What I choose might not be exactly what others choose and two different colors can be approved and look great. Sometimes, it's all in how you lay one color down over another. This is why I don't get to flustered about color accuracy on press for sim process. Well, I do, but I don't split hairs at all.


When you get into the splitting hairs detail level, it's not worth the effort. Reason being, when you are at that point, you could dial it in and get it great one time (and be a hair of or right on) and re-peat the order next week, month and not be able to get it (within a decent amount of production time) so you forego the 100% accuracy. Then, the next time, it's dead on. Hard to tell.


What specific color I choose depends on the shade like you said. Some whiter teals, some are bluer, some greener, some darker.