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    Great Western Pigments Not On The Chart

    Pigment colours Great Western prints a sample card for that do not appear on the summary chart we hold. The card set is the real inventory — we can order these — so they are published from the photograph. We do not say whether they sit in the matte or the gloss programme, because the chart is the only thing that would tell us and it does not list them.

    4 colours

    Colours we can show you

    • 409 foil chip409Mid-tone — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 416 foil chip416Deep — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 427 foil chip427Deep — measured from our chipAppearance from chip photo
    • 4739 foil chip4739Mid-tone — 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.

    Colours are screen approximations of metallised film. We match to the physical chart 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 409 foil stamped on a test card showing fine-line rules and a halftone ramp

      409

    • Great Western 416 foil stamped on a test card showing fine-line rules and a halftone ramp

      416

    • Great Western 427 foil stamped on a test card showing fine-line rules and a halftone ramp

      427

    • Great Western 4739 foil stamped on a test card showing fine-line rules and a halftone ramp

      4739

    Choosing a foil today

    Pick a Pigments Not On The Chart 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