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    CHENHUI Matte Colour

    Flat, opaque colour with no metal in it. This is what you specify for a brand colour that has to sit on dark stock exactly as drawn — the case where a metallic would fight the design rather than serve it, and where translucent ink would simply sink.

    23 colours · Matte pigment

    Opaque film: the colour sits on top of the sheet and reads as drawn, including light colours on dark stock. This is the group to reach for when translucent ink would sink.

    Colours we can show you

    • 137-3M foil chip137-3MLight Red Matte 137-3MOur name for it · 137-3M
    • 139M foil chip139MLight Red Matte 139MOur name for it · 139M
    • 139-1M foil chip139-1MRed Matte 139-1MOur name for it · 139-1M
    • 139-2M foil chip139-2MRed Matte 139-2MOur name for it · 139-2M
    • 139-12M foil chip139-12MRed Matte 139-12MOur name for it · 139-12M
    • 139-15M foil chip139-15MRed Matte 139-15MOur name for it · 139-15M
    • 143-1M foil chip143-1MPale Teal MatteOur name for it · 143-1M
    • 143-2M foil chip143-2MPale Green MatteOur name for it · 143-2M
    • 139-5M foil chip139-5MLight Orange MatteOur name for it · 139-5M
    • 139-6M foil chip139-6MRed Matte 139-6MOur name for it · 139-6M
    • 139-7M foil chip139-7MRed Matte 139-7MOur name for it · 139-7M
    • 139-11M foil chip139-11MMatte Red
    • 143-3M foil chip143-3MOlive
    • 143-4M foil chip143-4MLight Green MatteOur name for it · 143-4M
    • 157M foil chip157MLight Magenta MatteOur name for it · 157M
    • 157-1M foil chip157-1MViolet Matte 157-1MOur name for it · 157-1M
    • 157-2M foil chip157-2MLight Teal Matte 157-2MOur name for it · 157-2M
    • 157-7M foil chip157-7MViolet Matte 157-7MOur name for it · 157-7M
    • 158-1M foil chip158-1MLight Teal Matte 158-1MOur name for it · 158-1M
    • 160-1M foil chip160-1MDeep Blue MatteOur name for it · 160-1M
    • P82-3-3 foil chipP82-3-3Beige
    • P83-2-2 foil chipP83-2-2Baby Pink
    • P83-1-1 foil chipP83-1-1Coral

    When to specify this

    Opaque pigment foil is what you specify for light or white type on dark or coloured stock. It lays a solid, fully opaque layer on the sheet — unlike white ink or white letterpress, which are translucent and go grey and patchy over a dark stock. A white pigment foil is a white FOIL STAMP, and that is what it should be called on a spec.

    Pigment colours here are photographed off the vendor's own stamped card, so they carry camera and screen shift. We match to the physical chip on your job before anything goes on press.

    Choosing a foil today

    Pick a Matte Colour number here, or work the other way and pick by finish — every finish family page says what the finish does on press and which houses we run it in.

    Browse foils by finish