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Good CMYK mix for a bright red

Posted by DaneRead on 18 March 2008 at 15:56

hi everyone

May sound a bit stupid but do you know what is the best CMYK mix to get a nice bright rich red colour to print onto SAV i find my reds look a bit dull. How do you get them to POP as it were.

Im looking for a red like number 031 in the oracal 651 colour chart

Is it possible.

ive been trying C0 M100 Y100 K0 but its nots looking as nice as i hoped it would.

Thanks

Shane Drew replied 17 years, 5 months ago 9 Members · 13 Replies
13 Replies

Karl Williams

Member
18 March 2008 at 16:10

Try printing with the design in RGB. I find the image isn’t so wishy washy.
DaneRead

Member
18 March 2008 at 16:15

got you.

Do you know what RGB mix you use for red.
Karl Williams

Member
18 March 2008 at 16:17

Not off the top of my head mate. Just try a few. Works for me.
Kevin Flowers

Member
18 March 2008 at 18:00

Hi
R255 G0 B0 is the RGB equivalent to your CMYK values. What RIP are you using i’ve found Versaworks prefers CMYK, but Flexi prefers RGB other rips i don’t know

Kev
Chris Wool

Member
18 March 2008 at 19:31

try this found it very help full
down load the chip chart and print it out

chris
http://www.rolanddga.com/asd/support/wi … modelmenu=
Simon.James

Member
18 March 2008 at 20:22

The colour match (0c, 100m, 100y, 0k) you are running is actually bright red or the technical term is warm red the most widely used red in the print market the pantone colour is pantone 032. you shouldnt really be having a problem with this colour, try setting up in cmyk but changing the mode to RGB before you send as most printers are actually RGB Input devices.

what machine are you using? if this doesnt solve the problem you may need to look at either your profiles or the ink and medias you are using.

you need to sort out warm red as it will be such a controlling factor in a high percentage of your prints.

please let me know how you get on!

simon
DaneRead

Member
19 March 2008 at 06:10

hi everyone

i am using flexi RIP and my printer is an HP 8000s.

The red is not bad i have seen red on the machine print very nicely on images etc. But when i design vector art my red looks a bit dull.

I am using CMYK and i do think i should rather use RGB. I will start to try that now. I was just really wanting a good mix for a good deep red. Like the number 031 in the oracal colour chart. I am going to try and send it RBG now and see what happens
Michael Antrum

Member
29 March 2008 at 21:17

In Flexisign, set the rendering intent for vector elements to saturation – this will punch up the vividness (is that a word ?) but at the expense of colour accuracy.

Mike
Shane Drew

Member
29 March 2008 at 22:53

If I want a rich red I always print Red 485c. Much nicer red than 032 on a cmyk machine.
DaneRead

Member
14 May 2008 at 14:07

yes ive always found the 032 to be a bit orange even if you look at it on the pantone chart itself.
Adrian Yeo

Member
14 May 2008 at 15:45

quote Chris Wool:

try this found it very help full
down load the chip chart and print it out

chris
http://www.rolanddga.com/asd/support/wi … modelmenu=

Thats cool! cheers :2thumbs:
Jamie Wood

Member
14 May 2008 at 17:27

I agree with Shane, 485 is a much nicer red. Unfortunately, most designers
get tired arms going that far back in the Pantone book, and opt for 032 which
is right at the front. It’s the Pantone version of Arial.
Shane Drew

Member
14 May 2008 at 21:28

quote Jamie Wood:

I agree with Shane, 485 is a much nicer red. Unfortunately, most designers get tired arms going that far back in the Pantone book, and opt for 032 which is right at the front. It’s the Pantone version of Arial.

:lol1: :lol1: I always thought some designers couldn’t count above 100, so your explanation has made me a little wiser 😉