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Let's say I have this design with 4 colors. However, one of those colors are going to be the same as the shirt color. Does this mean that, that color does not count as one of the colors? Do I just leave that layer transparent in Photoshop so the shirt can fill it up when it comes time for printing?

Also, is there a way to find out the hex codes for the AAA color chart? I need to match up some colors in my designs w/ the shirt color but it's hard just looking at this: ColorChart

I'd appreciate any help or advice. Thanks.

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yes, if the color is the same as the shirt color, you don't need to include it in your design or seps.

one way to match the shirt colors you attached is to sample the color in photoshop with the eye dropper and bring up the color properties (double click the selected color swatch). that will give you the color codes for each swatch.

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Thanks AddVenture, that helped a lot! Also, this has been confusing me. Am I supposed to be designing in RGB? CMYK? Pantone? From what I understand, Pantones (or spot colors) are primarily used if you want a specific color, however, it costs more to produce because the printer has to match the colors. Is this correct? I'm not too concerned with getting an EXACT EXACT color match. Anything relatively similar would be fine. So should I be designing in RGB or CMYK then?

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RGB is for web graphics and CMYK is for print. in photoshop, though, you have more effect options in RGB mode, so i end up often designing in RGB and changing to CMYK later if needed.

i do all my spot color (or pantone color) work in Illustrator, though. i find it easier to do spot color seps in illustrator. many people can do spot color seps in photoshop as well, i just prefer illustrator.

i've never heard of a printer charging more for matching colors. it's part of their job . however, a screen printer may charge more for doing the seps for you. that's a standard practice.

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Quote: Originally Posted by crackpixels I understand, Pantones (or spot colors) are primarily used if you want a specific color, however, it costs more to produce because the printer has to match the colors. Is this correct? I'm not too concerned with getting an EXACT EXACT color match.

Designing in Pantone doesn't mean you have to Pantone colour match the colours for print. It's used to create easy separations; but the printer doesn't have to match the colours in the file. You can just tell them to use a stock red for the specific Pantone red, etc. etc.

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Quote: Originally Posted by AddVenture i've never heard of a printer charging more for matching colors. it's part of their job .

Many printers charge for colour matching, especially Pantone colour matching (where there's the implication that if the printer gets it even slightly wrong they'll have to re-print at their expense). The printer's job is to print pink if you ask for pink - not necessarily to match the exact shade.

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Quote: Originally Posted by crackpixels Let's say I have this design with 4 colors. However, one of those colors are going to be the same as the shirt color. Does this mean that, that color does not count as one of the colors? Do I just leave that layer transparent in Photoshop so the shirt can fill it up when it comes time for printing? Also, is there a way to find out the hex codes for the AAA color chart? I need to match up some colors in my designs w/ the shirt color but it's hard just looking at this: ColorChart I'd appreciate any help or advice. Thanks.

I know someone who is a programmer and just developed some software called "Pallet Picker" where you click on the color and it gives you the codes and also codes for colors which would match it in the same color scheme. His website is Entering Notesoft Now

He hasn't really marketed it..he does it mostly for fun, developing software which he mostly gives away for free.

I tried it and it gave me hex(?) numbers, so maybe you could try that.

I don't know if it is anything which would help you or not.

I am not an expert on Photoshop, so I don't know if it would help.

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