Printing: Color Basics Process color (CMYK) If you can’t afford a swatch book and you’re working with a local printer, stop in and ask to have a peek at theirs. These are expensive, but well-worth the cost. To select colors with confidence, use a Pantone swatch book. I love the retro look of two- and three-color printing, and we all agreed and it would be a fun, inexpensive way to set Isabella apart.Ģ-C = printing in two-colors in our case, black + PMS 196, a gentle petal pink.įor Isabella’s Shoe Studio’s 3-C cover, we added PMS 304, a turquoise-y blue, to add a some punch to our soft pink.Ĭlass, don’t trust your computer monitor! The color you see on your monitor is generated from a luminous mix of RGB (Red, Green, Blue), not CMYK-see below-and the appearance of color varies from one monitor to the next. Somebody else (or possibly the same crazy person?) suggested a 3-C cover. Some crazy person had the idea to give Isabella’s Shoe Studio a 2-C interior. We decided to use the the Doodle books’ 8″ square trim size and French flaps to give Isabella duopress’s house look to set her apart we would do something special in the realm of color. Isabella’s Shoe Studio is something completely unique: a Doodle Storybook™. Like the Doodle series, Isabella would be an activity book, but would also tell a story. Every book in the Doodle series has a 4-C cover (standard 4-color process printing), and a black and white interior - basically, a pre-press breeze. Isabella followed a string of Doodle books which I also illustrated for duopress. In the spring of 2013 I was putting final touches on the art for a project that will always be near to my heart: Isabella’s Shoe Studio ( duopress/2013). If you’re a designer in a rush, by all means, scroll! The Story A Story, and a Tutorial This post begins with a story and ends with a helpful spot-color printing tutorial.
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