Extend Colors to Extend Reach

Opaltone Digital Color, developed by Opaltone Graphic Solutions (www.opaltone.com) in 1998, is a 7-color reproduction system that mixes CMYK plus Opaltone Red, Green, and Blue in the halftone screens to achieve more than 2,800 colors without resorting to spot colors. Suitable for rotogravure, offset, and flexo presses, Opaltone Digital Color reportedly overcomes the saturation deficiencies in CMYK inks, producing greater optical contrasts and richer, brighter color. For the printer, ink inventory for process work is slashed to only seven base colors: CMYKR'G'B'. Designers can look forward to the accurate reproduction of their artwork, absent the limitations of traditional CMYK.