Basic CMYK Colors for Printing Banners

List of Common CMYK Color Mixes for Banner Printing

Adobe Illustrator Color Mix

 Vinyl banners are printed in the CMYK color mix. It is important that you convert all of your files to CMYK when you submit your own artwork to ensure that your colors print correctly. CMYK stands for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black. Each color has a range of 0-100 percent.

 Common CMYK Colors for Print
We have put together a list of some common CMYK color mixes that work well for printing vinyl banners. You can easily edit your colors in Adobe Illustrator in the color tab

Black: 100-100-100-100
Navy Blue: 100-50-0-65
Dark Blue: 100-75-0-0
Light Blue: 70-37-13-0
Dark Gray: 0-0-0-75
Medium Gray: 0-0-0-60
Light Gray: 0-0-0-45
Dark Green: 100-25-100-25
Green: 75-0-100-25
Orange: 0-70-700-0
Red: 0-100-90-5
Deep Red: 25-100-100-25
Magenta: 0-100-0-0
Purple: 85-100-0-0
Violet: 42-50-0-0
Pink: 0-50-0-0
Teal: 100-25-50-25
Brown: 29-78-97-75
White: 0-0-0-0

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How to Convert Text to Outlines for Printing

Step by Step Instructions on How to Convert Adobe Illustrator Text to Outlines for Print

If you want your artwork file to print properly as a banner, it is essential that you have your fonts converted to outlines. If you do not submit files with the text converted, your font will be converted to a default font. When you convert your text to outlines, your text turns into a vector image. The text is no longer editable.

Designer Tip: Always keep a copy of your original file in case you need to make edits later

Once you have designed your artwork in Adobe Illustrator and you are ready, select all of the text. You can tell your text is still a font because it will be underlined.

Text as a Font will be Underlined