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    Great Western Matte Pigments

    Opaque, non-metallic pigment foils with a flat surface. This is what you specify for a solid brand colour or a clean white on dark stock, where a metallic would fight the design rather than serve it.

    30 colours · Matte pigment

    Colours we can show you

    • 212 foil chip212Pastel — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 231 foil chip231Mid-tone — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 310 foil chip310Mid-tone — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 311 foil chip311Mid-tone — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 315 foil chip315Deep — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 317 foil chip317Deep — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 320 foil chip320Mid-tone — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 321 foil chip321Mid-tone — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 322 foil chip322Mid-tone — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 325 foil chip325Deep — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 328 foil chip328Mid-tone — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 330 foil chip330Mid-tone — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 331 foil chip331Mid-tone — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 332 foil chip332Mid-tone — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 333 foil chip333Mid-tone — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 335 foil chip335Mid-tone — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 336 foil chip336Mid-tone — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 337 foil chip337Mid-tone — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 338 foil chip338Mid-tone — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 340 foil chip340Mid-tone — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 345 foil chip345Mid-tone — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 350 foil chip350Mid-tone — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 355 foil chip355Mid-tone — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 366 foil chip366Deep — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 380 foil chip380Deep — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 381 foil chip381Mid-tone — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 382 foil chip382Mid-tone — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 383 foil chip383Mid-tone — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 385 foil chip385Mid-tone — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 390 foil chip390Pastel — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo

    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 212 foil stamped on a test card showing fine-line rules and a halftone ramp

      212

    • Great Western 231 foil stamped on a test card showing fine-line rules and a halftone ramp

      231

    • Great Western 310 foil stamped on a test card showing fine-line rules and a halftone ramp

      310

    • Great Western 311 foil stamped on a test card showing fine-line rules and a halftone ramp

      311

    • Great Western 315 foil stamped on a test card showing fine-line rules and a halftone ramp

      315

    • Great Western 317 foil stamped on a test card showing fine-line rules and a halftone ramp

      317

    Choosing a foil today

    Pick a Matte 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.

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