Design How-To: Mixing Ink Tints

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Design How-To: Mixing Ink Tints

When do two ink colors equal millions? When they're combined into tints. See how you can expand your palette -- and maximize your budget -- by mixing ink tints.

Written by John McWade on June 30, 2004

Categories: Graphics, Print, Print Design & Layout, How-Tos

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This story is taken from "Before & After" Magazine.

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Who doesn't want a million colors at your disposal? Think how much fun it would be to design with as many inks as your computer can simulate!

But if your budget doesn't call for two spot-color plates in addition to four-process color, don't despair. Artful blending of even two inks can result in 10,000 or more color combinations.

In this feature from "Before & After Magazine," see the variety that's possible when you create tints of inks and mix them together to form new color combinations.

We've posted this story as a PDF file. All you do is click this link "Tint Magic" to open the PDF file in your Web browser. You can also download the PDF to your machine for later viewing.

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