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Old January 7th, 2007 Jan 7, 2007 10:57:33 AM -   #1 (permalink)
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Hi everyone....
In screen printing does white count as a color? and how about individual shades of black.. example like 15% & 50% black... do they count as different color or same color?

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if you're printing white on a shirt (like not just using the white of a shirt in the design), then yes. If you need a white underbase (for instance, in putting a bright color on a dark, you may need a white underbase), then your screen printer will probably count this as an additional color as well.

What your printer may do in the case of the blacks is do a halftone rip of the blacks in the image, in which case the 15% will be composed of very tiny dots, and the 50% of slightly larger dots, and they will both be on the same screen and count as one color. I think that'd probably be the best way to go about it, but I'm not entirely sure.
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Here are a few threads that might help:

http://www.t-shirtforums.com/graphic...elp/t6426.html

help me with this one... handling fades / gradients with screen printing
 
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