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    Great Western Gloss Pigments

    The gloss side of Great Western's pigment range, plus the clears and pearls. Clear gloss and clear holographic live here — the passes that add surface rather than colour.

    33 colours · Gloss pigment

    Colours we can show you

    • 100Clear Gloss
    • 290White Pearl
    • 226Aqua Pearl
    • 228Pink Pearl
    • HT9500Clear Holographic
    • 410 foil chip410Mid-tone — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 417 foil chip417Deep — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 420 foil chip420Deep — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 421 foil chip421Mid-tone — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 422 foil chip422Mid-tone — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 425 foil chip425Deep — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 426 foil chip426Deep — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 428 foil chip428Mid-tone — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 430 foil chip430Mid-tone — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 431 foil chip431Mid-tone — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 433 foil chip433Mid-tone — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 435 foil chip435Deep — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 437 foil chip437Deep — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 444 foil chip444Mid-tone — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 447 foil chip447Mid-tone — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 448 foil chip448Mid-tone — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 449 foil chip449Mid-tone — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 450 foil chip450Deep — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 480 foil chip480Deep — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 484 foil chip484Mid-tone — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 485 foil chip485Mid-tone — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 486 foil chip486Deep — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 490 foil chip490Pastel — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 5047 foil chip5047Deep — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo

    Order codes, appearance not yet published

    Great Western lists these 4 numbers in the Gloss Pigments programme. We can order any of them. We have not published what they look like, because we would be guessing — and a guessed foil colour is a reprint.

    • 415
    • 429
    • 443
    • 445

    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 Great Western’s own test card

    Sampled on the vendor's own test card: holds the fine-line rules and the halftone ramp cleanly at stamping size.

    • Great Western 410 foil stamped on a test card showing fine-line rules and a halftone ramp

      410

    • Great Western 417 foil stamped on a test card showing fine-line rules and a halftone ramp

      417

    • Great Western 420 foil stamped on a test card showing fine-line rules and a halftone ramp

      420

    • Great Western 421 foil stamped on a test card showing fine-line rules and a halftone ramp

      421

    • Great Western 422 foil stamped on a test card showing fine-line rules and a halftone ramp

      422

    • Great Western 425 foil stamped on a test card showing fine-line rules and a halftone ramp

      425

    Choosing a foil today

    Pick a Gloss Pigments 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