Magenta Colour Set

This is the most widely used colour set for 4 colour printing systems. You’ll achieve a broad range of smooth colours with this set. It’s particularly suited for natural skin tones and photographic images. With a firing temperature of 820°c – 840°c, there are 4 base colours:

  • Cyan
  • Magenta
  • Yellow
  • Black

You’ll want all the facts to make an informed decision. Here’s our view on the most important information:

Advantages

  • More options for a vast range of colours overall
  • Pinks, blues, greens and purples are bright and deep in colour

Compromises

  • Your reds, oranges and yellows won’t appear to be as bright unless you use the red colour set

Red Colour Set

Achieve the most vivid reds and vibrant greens with the red colour set. With a firing temperature of 780°c – 800°c, the 4 base colours are:

  • Cyan
  • Red
  • Yellow
  • Black

You’ll want all the facts to make an informed decision. Here’s our view on the most important information:

Advantages

  • You’ll achieve a crisp lime green

Compromises

  • Pinks and dark blues tend to be less saturated than those achieved with the Magenta Colour Set

Hi-Temperature Colour Set

This set has a firing temperature range of 1080°c – 1300°c. Excellent for in-glaze firing which gives extra durability for hotel ware. This set is extremely stable and gives excellent reds, and a blue very close to colbalt blue. You can use this set at lower temperatures if you use an additional fluxed cover-coat, there are 4 base colours:

  • Cyan/colbalt blue
  • Red
  • Yellow
  • Black

You’ll want all the facts to make an informed decision. Here’s our view on the most important information:

Advantages

  • Extremely Stable
  • Great range of colours, with a large firing temperature range

Compromises

  • You will need to have a flux cover-coat iff ring at on-glaze temperatures

Strong Black

Our strong black transfers gives you an intense jet black colour which gives you a crisp, pin sharp
result. It prints a double strength black which eliminates the bleed you sometimes get when you
use a four colour black and is ideal for line-work, backstamps, text and any other black only
designs. Also less transparency when used on coloured ware or glass.
With a firing temperature of 650°c – 850°c:

  • Black

You’ll want all the facts to make an informed decision. Here’s our view on the most important information:

Advantages

  • Double strength black. Sharper looking line-work

Compromises

  • You can only print black on the sheet

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