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    CHENHUI Solid Colour Pigment

    The core opaque pigment set: white, red, green, blue, grey and two blacks. Small chart, heavy use. The white is the answer to light type on a dark uncoated sheet, which is the single most common thing a translucent ink cannot do.

    10 colours · Gloss 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

    • P94 foil chipP94Pigment Green
    • P95 foil chipP95Prussian Blue
    • P96 foil chipP96Pigment Grey
    • R1 holographic foil stamped on a test cardR1IridescentIridescent
    • P92 foil chipP92White
    • P93 foil chipP93Pigment Red
    • PY96M-1 foil chipPY96M-1Black PY96M-1Our name for it · PY96M-1
    • PY96M foil chipPY96MNear-Black Blue MatteOur name for it · PY96M
    • 162-9 foil chip162-9Black 162-9
    • PIGMENT-CREAMPigment Cream

    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.

    Stamped on CHENHUI’s own test card

    Opaque ivory pigment film — a custom roll Chenhui ran for us. Reads as warm off-white on dark stock, where a translucent ink would vanish. Not a chart colour: re-ordering means re-ordering the roll, so quote lead time accordingly.

    • CHENHUI R1 foil stamped on a test card showing fine-line rules and a halftone ramp

      R1Iridescent

    Choosing a foil today

    Pick a Solid Colour 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