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Looks nice but: Hex colors don't map to CMYK at all. Your printer may be able to use a non-CMYK color using a special ink but that may cost more. There are no

• sokoloff 10y ago
  Those particular RGB colors map well into the CMYK gamut and will be readily printed by any competent printer using a 4-color process. https://support.dma.ucla.edu/help/tutorials/print_color_guide.pdf https://support.dma.ucla.edu/help/tutorials/print_color_guid... has more information on the two color spaces' overlap. The front side design is very tolerant of inherent printing tolerances, but the backside design is poor (in that it will highlight, rather than hide, the inherent tolerances in cutting). The human eye can readily see the difference in thickness of the white border. A far more tolerant design would take the green fill all the way to the edge. It's not the end of the world to have the backside of your business card have slightly uneven margins, but if you're equally happy with a full fill (and you bleed it beyond the cut lines), you'll never end up with a visibly bad cut.
  • rangibaby 10y ago
    Wow! Thanks for that link. It matches with my experience over the years. I think choosing in-gamut colors to start is a good practice though. It saves frustration later on. Otherwise agreed on all points. Nice post!
    • sokoloff 10y ago
      NP. I do have a fair amount of relevant experience in the space: almost 14 years working for what is almost surely the highest volume seller of business cards online. ;)