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Printing Bright Orange

Posted by Phill Fenton on 17 May 2010 at 08:15

I need to print a bright orange colour for a banner I am producing.

Can anyone suggest a cmyk value that produces a veryt bright orange colour?

Andy Malcolm replied 15 years, 6 months ago 13 Members · 15 Replies
15 Replies

OwenTaylor

Member
17 May 2010 at 08:26

Best orange I can get on my versacamm is 60% M, 100% Y. Not sure what rip you are using but I get better results on a high density profile and using glossy vinyl.
Steve McAdie

Member
17 May 2010 at 08:31

100% yellow and take your pick of magenta value anywhere between 40% & 60%.

Steve
RayRosher

Member
17 May 2010 at 09:37

Hi Guys
Now this post is actually very Interesting,
As I’m now starting to get into Digital printing.
I have never considered color blending, Which I would guess this is what this is,
Maybe a certain published Aurthur (CoughPhil)Who likes to get pictures taken of him in the bath and spread all over the Net And in some well Dodgy Forums Should maybe consider a Signage Digital print book with this information in it,
It would also be help-full to someone like myself, If a thread was started in a private section of the forum were we could check the settings for a certain color,
Now I know that this isn’t an exact science, But a flavor or near enough to the color would help!
Nice one :thanks2:
Peter Normington

Member
17 May 2010 at 10:05

why not just use a pantone chart?
although the values given above dont look bright on my chart?
peter
Steve Morgan

Member
17 May 2010 at 11:27

Phil,
I have been told that you need a 6 colour printer to achieve good orange and yellow reproduction although I don’t really understand why. I’m sure someone will put me straight
The best I’ve managed with my Roland using the SL palette and RGB values is R=255 G=153 B= 0, that was printed on Oracle 3551G, I suppose if you could find a very white vinyl it might make it a little brighter.

Steve
Shane Drew

Member
17 May 2010 at 11:37

Phil, you will be hard pressed to get a really bright orange on a CMYK or CMYKlclm. I have a client that used oracal bright orange for years, and then he wanted me to supply printed signs and get as close as I could. He wasn’t satisfied with anything, neither was I, because the orange always had a muddy or dull appearance.

That is one of the reasons I changed to CMYKOG. That, and my other big client uses a bright green colour.

Been there, done that, got the shirt 🙁
Nick Monir

Member
17 May 2010 at 20:43

Phill,

We have bright orange in our corporate colour scheme and have never been able to print anything as vibrant as we need. I posted a while ago asking for help and hit a dead end. Bright lime green isn’t a problem, orange however has always printed pretty dull.

Nick.
Jason Davies

Member
17 May 2010 at 20:54

Phil, do you have a copy of the image you can post up?? Could it be printed onto clear using a gerber??

Jason
Lynn Normington

Member
17 May 2010 at 21:12

Jason with the gerber foils you could even do it on white and get bright 😀
spect it depends on the image and size 🙄

Lynn
Jason Davies

Member
17 May 2010 at 21:14

Yep didn’t register with that one, had my gradient head on then, hadn’t even thought it would already be on white 😳 😳
Phill Fenton

Member
17 May 2010 at 21:40

Thanks for the suggestions and advice.

I ended up printing 60% Magenta and 100% Yellow. the results are a bit muddy as already suggested
Jason Bagladi

Member
17 May 2010 at 22:18

75% M 100% Y
RayRosher

Member
17 May 2010 at 22:26

quote Shane Drew:

Phil, you will be hard pressed to get a really bright orange on a CMYK or CMYKlclm. I have a client that used oracal bright orange for years, and then he wanted me to supply printed signs and get as close as I could. He wasn’t satisfied with anything, neither was I, because the orange always had a muddy or dull appearance.

That is one of the reasons I changed to CMYKOG. That, and my other big client uses a bright green colour.

Been there, done that, got the shirt 🙁

Just wondered the advantages and disadvantages of using CMYKOG over CMYKLCLM as my Roland uses these colors, So whats the advantage of using OG instead of LCLM

This for me! Is actually turning into a very interesting thread
Re Ray:)
David Rowland

Member
17 May 2010 at 22:35

the only three machines that can inkjet print orange and green correctly is the gerber solara, inca spider wiht 8 colours and shanes setup.
Andy Malcolm

Member
18 May 2010 at 21:11

Hi, if you select the generic vinyl 1 profile in versaworks, standard or high quality, cmykv+w-pass, and colour managment to sign and display. this will preserve the primary colour and depending on the quality of your printheads the end result is very close to the KTM moto cross orange.
select a bright orange colour in illustrator or corel draw first.
hope this helps a little.
Andy