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"Why is the color Black on my business card, flyer, brochure or postcard a gray color and not true Black?"
Let's talk about one of the tricks of the printing trade. The CMYK Formula for Printing The Color Black - Deep Rich Black.
"Why is the color Black on my business card, flyer, brochure or postcard a gray color and not true Black?" I get this a lot from clients. Many graphics artist do not disclose this information in hopes to have the clients return since their printing products are the Blackest. By disclosing this information to my clients, up to now, they have been so grateful that they come back to ask for quotes on other printing products. People don't remember what you said to them, they remember more, how, you made them feel. My clients have good feeling knowing they are getting the best advice to serve their clients. After all, it's all about product satisfaction.
Deep rich black is an ink mixture of solid black, 100% K, with additional CMY ink values. This results in a darker tone than black ink alone. If you print black alone as 100% K, the resulting black may not be as dark as you might like.
The CMYK Formula for Printing the Color Black - Deep Rich Black is C60 M40 Y40 K100.
This formula was taken from 3 of the top printers in the US.
Just about any quality printer will tell you this; however, of course, you have to ask. Some printers will have other formulas for CMYK values – this is ok. Anywhere close to the above value will get you a better Deep Rich Black than using naked black K100% only.
Regards,
Rodrigo J. Ramirez
Matrix Developers Printing
About the Author
Owner of Commercial, Printing, Printers and graphics company in Albuquerque New Mexico.
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DiMarzio True Velvet Vintage Prewired Pickguard Black $229.95 DiMarzio True Velvet Vintage Prewired Pickguard Black |
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Dimarzio Dp177 True Velvet Tele Neck Pickup $54.95 DiMarzio DP177 True Velvet Tele Neck Pickup |
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Dimarzio Dp178 True Velvet T Bridge Pickup $54.95 DiMarzio DP178 True Velvet T Bridge Pickup |
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Dimarzio True Velvet Vintage Prewired Pickguard Black $229.95 DiMarzio True Velvet Vintage Prewired Pickguard Black |
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Dimarzio Dp175s True Velvet Single Coil Middle Electric Guitar $49.95 The DiMarzio DP175S True Velvet is a vintage-style single-coil pickup that's clean and bright. The DP175S pickup also makes your high strings sound sweet above the 12th fret. The True Velvet pickup was designed to do this by tuning the coil to a frequency range that's bright but not thin. DiMarzio combined this with a magnet stagger specifically designed to enhance string balance, which produces great clarity, even with full chords. The neck and middle models of the True Velvet pickup have the same specs except for reverse wind / reverse polarity on the middle pickup for hum cancellation in the 2 and 4 positions. The bridge pickup is just a touch warmer and louder, so the transition between pickup positions is very smooth and natural. The DiMarzio DP175S True Velvet Pickup comes standard with hand-ground magnets and vintage cloth-covered wire.Tone GuideTreble: 8.5Mid: 4.5Bass: 3.5 |
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Dimarzio Dp176 True Velvet Single Coil Electric Guitar Bridge Pickup $49.95 The DiMarzio DP176 True Velvet is a vintage-style single-coil pickup that's clean and bright. The DP176 pickup makes your high strings sound sweet above the 12th fret. The True Velvet pickup does this by tuning the coil to a frequency range that's bright but not thin. DiMarzio combined this with a magnet stagger specifically designed to enhance string balance, which produces great clarity, even with full chords. The neck and middle True Velvet pickups have the same specs except for reverse wind / reverse polarity on the middle pickup for hum cancellation in the 2 and 4 positions. The bridge pickup is just a touch warmer and louder, so the transition between pickup positions is very smooth and natural. The DiMarzio bridge DP176 True Velvet Pickup comes standard with hand-ground magnets and vintage cloth covered wire.Tone GuideTreble: 8Mid: 5Bass: 3.5 |
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Dimarzio Dp176 True Velvet Single Coil Electric Guitar Bridge $49.95 The DiMarzio DP176 True Velvet is a vintage-style single-coil pickup that's clean and bright. The DP176 pickup makes your high strings sound sweet above the 12th fret. The True Velvet pickup does this by tuning the coil to a frequency range that's bright but not thin. DiMarzio combined this with a magnet stagger specifically designed to enhance string balance, which produces great clarity, even with full chords. The neck and middle True Velvet pickups have the same specs except for reverse wind / reverse polarity on the middle pickup for hum cancellation in the 2 and 4 positions. The bridge pickup is just a touch warmer and louder, so the transition between pickup positions is very smooth and natural. The DiMarzio bridge DP176 True Velvet Pickup comes standard with hand-ground magnets and vintage cloth covered wire.Tone GuideTreble: 8Mid: 5Bass: 3.5 |
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