Before printing on soft packaging, it is necessary to carefully analyze the color tones of the original design. This article will introduce the analysis of original color tones from two aspects: why analyze the color tones of the original design and the steps for analyzing the color tones of the original design.
Why analyze the color tones of the original design?
Suppose green ink is mixed with cyan ink and yellow ink. If the cyan ink contains red tones, or the yellow ink contains red tones, then the resulting green will be darker. This is because it is actually equivalent to adding magenta ink to the cyan and yellow inks, and this part of magenta, even if very little, also needs to be mixed with a certain amount of cyan and yellow according to the color subtraction principle to form black (yellow + cyan + magenta = black). Adding a small amount of black to the green will of course make the color darker, and the brightness and saturation will also significantly decrease. Therefore, if one wants to use the correct colors during printing, one must analyze the color tones of the original design.
Steps for analyzing the original color tones
When analyzing the color draft, the main focus is on analyzing the colors on the draft and the inks used. The principle is: the primary colors are the basic colors for mixing all ink colors. No matter how complex the color is or how it changes, it will never exceed the range of the three primary colors.
When analyzing the color draft, try to figure out whether the draft is mainly printed with screens or mainly with solid printing. If it is mainly printed with screens, when mixing inks, the focus should be on the consistency of the base color; if it is mainly printed with solid printing, when mixing, the focus can be on the consistency of the color; if it is a combination of both, then the color and color tone should be taken into account in the mixing of inks.
After analyzing the color draft, analyze the color of the inks used, that is: for any ink, be good at identifying its color components. For example: for yellow ink, be good at distinguishing whether it is red-toned or blue-toned (or green-toned); for magenta ink, be good at distinguishing whether it is yellow-toned or blue-toned (or purple-toned); for cyan ink, be good at distinguishing whether it is red-toned or green-toned (or yellow-toned).
