Discuss the various finishing services that can help showcase your brand. Topics include custom neck tag labels, hang tags, garment washes, folding, bagging and even shipment/packaging options.
I couldn't find this in search but I was thinking of getting a shirt printed with a black inside tag in the neckline and started thinking that the color might stick out too much on the back of the shirt? What are some safe colors to use for something like this so it doesn’t show up too much on the other side?
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Currently the shirt is going to be on an American Apparel mint shirt, but I'd like to know a color that has a better overall use so the tags stay somewhat consistent from shirt to shirt. But I already am open to the idea of switching between white and black/a darker color.
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I see a good number of people use black for their tags . . . I just want to know if the potential downsides to using it are huge or are they nothing to worry about?
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Like you said in your original post, black will show through on most light garments. White, creme, etc. If you don't want it to show, don't use black. Use creme, or light gray or some other light color.
depending on your shirt, ANY color will see through on a white garment.
For my personal tags I did what Unik ink does, Gray and a Lighter gray on grays.
But I have done black tags on white shirts before. I used water-based ink and the softest squeegee with very light pressure, and only one pass. This worked very well. When you hold them up to the light you can see the print , but when they are worn it can't be seen.
Ah ok but as far as show through . . . I fine with it being seen if you have to look for it in the light. I just don't want to have an effect like the one that's happening in the attached pic. Although, the flash does kind of exaggerate how much shows through.
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I think a safe bet is going with cool gray. If you wanted to change it up a bit, go with a color a few shades darker than the shirt color and there shouldn't be much of a shadow in the back.
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Printed Tag/Label Color Show Through Question 
