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    CHENHUI Pearl Pigment

    Soft pearlescent colour, and the one Chenhui family that is PARTIALLY TRANSLUCENT — their own chart says so. On white and pale stock these are lovely; over a dark sheet the stock reads through and the colour goes with it. Treat them as a light-stock finish and specify an opaque pigment when the ground is dark.

    12 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

    • P82-2 foil chipP82-2Warm Grey
    • P82-3 foil chipP82-3Pearl White 3
    • P83-1 foil chipP83-1Pearl Rose 1
    • P83-2 foil chipP83-2Pearl Rose 2
    • P85-2 foil chipP85-2Pearl Blue 2
    • P85-3 foil chipP85-3Pearl Blue 3
    • P83-3 foil chipP83-3Pearl Rose 3
    • P84-1 foil chipP84-1Seafoam
    • P84-2 foil chipP84-2Pearl Green 2
    • P85-1 foil chipP85-1Pearl Blue 1
    • P81 foil chipP81Champagne
    • P82-1 foil chipP82-1Pearl White 1

    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 Pearl Pigment 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