subject: Color Layout Schemes For Color Business Cards [print this page] In printing color business cards, there are four major color layout or editing schemes that you can use. Most online business card printing services provide these services so that people can precisely choose how their color business cards will turn out in terms of color. For your reference, you should know that there are four major color layout schemes for business cards that you can use. They are:
1. Black and White: Black and white is the most common color scheme for most prints including color business cards. Sometimes, this can also be referred to as gray scale, though technically there is a minor difference to that and actual black and white business card printing.
Whatever the case though, what most people like in this color layout scheme is the price. Since there is only the colors black and white and the mix of them both used in the printing process, it is very cheap to produce prints in this way. In addition, black and white is a classic look that never really becomes unpopular so it is a safe choice for most, novice or professional alike.
2. Spot colors Now, if you still want a few patches of color in your business card, you can try and ask your business card printing service if they do spot colors. Spot colors is a process by which the printer uses pure single inks in printing. For business cards, this means you can add one or even two specific and pure colors in the design.
The spot color scheme is great if you want to create color business cards without having to spend the money on full color. Since you will only use select pure colors in the process, the price is still significantly cheaper than full color images. So try this out when you want to save money but still want color business cards.
3. Full color CMYK The epitome of full color printing is the CMYK printing process. This basically involves mixing the four colors Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black to form thousands of colors. For business cards, using this means you can print full color images in near realistic quality. If you want the full power of color business cards, you should always use this process. You can print any kind of graphic or photograph in your business cards when you use this.
4. Full color sides Now, with some creative choices, you can actually cut the full color printing cost by almost half. This can be done by managing the sides of your business card color printing. You can print full colors on one side, and print absolutely nothing on the other. By doing this, only half the ink is used so you get almost half the price off. This is a great color scheme if you want to save some money in full color business card printing.
So that's about it for colors in terms of business cards. You have 4 very adaptable options which are perfect for different situations. Just use the best one for your own specific business card printing tasks.
