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Is the Paper Color Counted as a Color?

Therefore a two color printed piece is printed in two colors plus the color of the paper. Any color printed is counted, even black. In process color printing, the cheapest process to produce Business Cards, Post Cards, Brochures, Flyers, Inserts, Sell Sheets etc., is printed in 4 colors namely Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black.

Sometimes a tint (a very light color) is printed in the background to achieve a color paper appearence. An example will be say a light blue color printed in the background, then the type and images printed on top of the blue. You will note that the photographs don't have any light blue under it, as the white color of the paper lends to the highlights of the picture.

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