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Printing grunge distressed designs, how many colors?

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Hello and sorry if it's a dummy question.
I have my designs ready to print by a screenprinter.
My designs are 3-4 color designs and I am thinking of making them look a little bit distressed.
Will that change how many colors the screen printer will have to use?

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Peter
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I won't make any difference to how many colors you print. Depending on your design it will make a difference on how each of your positives will look.
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Celtic
No, it won't add colors, however you'll want to be sure that the screenprinter is set up to do halftone work..
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Not all grunge distressed designs use halftones, but if needed it is helpful for the screenprinter to be able to have those skills
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ScreenFoo
Just the really fancy ones. :)

I do non-halftoned distress far more often then really nice, multi screen 'vintage' style distress, but that's just because of cheap customers. There was a great article in Printwear about high-end distress not too long ago...
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