Adobe Illustrator Color Separations
Spot colors are our friends!
Why do we need to separate colors?
When printing on a printing press or printing T-shirts we print one color at a time. The colors we use for this task are called spot colors. If we have three colors in our design we will need to have each color on a separate screen or printing plate. Our artwork will have to be separated in order for this to happen. This week we are working with color separation and the use of spot colors in Adobe Illustrator. The separation of color is a very important part of both offset printing and silkscreening that is essential any good designer today. We will cover various aspects of this procedure and perform some basic color separations and output them paper. Please take a the time to watch the video below.
Quick color separation tutorial for vector art in Adobe Illustrator.