CMYK RED

[Geneva Olson]

Does anyone have a good cmyk red color that's not too orangie?

 

[Bobby H]

I think results are going to vary from one device and print setup compared to the next. Obviously Magenta needs to be 100%. I think Yellow at anywhere from 90% to maybe 95% can keep the Red looking Red without it shifting too much toward pink.

 

[Boudica]

I like 15-100-90-10

 

[danno]

I use 3/100/91/0

 

[Geneva Olson]

I think results are going to vary from one device and print setup compared to the next. Obviously Magenta needs to be 100%. I think Yellow at anywhere from 90% to maybe 95% can keep the Red looking Red without it shifting too much toward pink.

my problem with the 90-95% yellow means that it turns to orangie

 

[dannyd1962]

100 magenta 100 yellow

 

[Mike Paul]

My computer is shut down right now but definitely a bit of Cyan, 100 magenta, apx. 90 Yellow, and a bit of K comes to mind.

Every printer and rip is different though...

 

[Mike Paul]

If I get a slow day I'll get out my 3M Cast vinyl color chart and dial in printed samples to match as best as possible.
Save them in a swatch Pallet in Flex software program, name them and then you can just select the printed color and apply it to your vector graphics when needed to match.

 

[alcorey]

my problem with the 90-95% yellow means that it turns to orangie

That's really strange because typically losing a little yellow will decrease an orange tint - I can see decreasing magenta turning it more to an orange flavor - I use 10 C, 100 M, 100 Y, and maybe or maybe not some K
Here's a logo that I added 10 Cyan to = original is 100 Y & 100 M

 

[AB Rolan]

Does anyone have a good cmyk red make

Does anyone have a good cmyk red color that's not too orangie?

Make sure your magenta head is firing all of its nozzles..

Does anyone have a good cmyk red color that's not too orangie?

 

[LizKeenan]

Some of this is dependent on your white point or media/ color intent. But 485C is excellent, your RIP should have an internal library for it, just name a spot that color, or 185C and see if it’s any good.

 

[Bobby H]

When print jobs are being output on one of our printers that have six ink colors rather than the usual four I'll leave Pantone spot color fills set as Pantone spot colors. The RIP will usually do a more accurate six-color conversion of the spot color than I'll manage when trying to dump it down to a four color mix. It's still pretty important have a physical set of Pantone spot color swatch books as a reference to compare output.

 

[Elwood "Woody" Smith]

PANTONE 186 C (Coated) CMYK build