Color Corner at the Press

Color Corner at the Press
September 12, 2015 cemkocy

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Let’s talk about color today.

Risographs use color drums and you will need different color drums for each color you want to print. This is the reason Risograph Presses list their collection of colors. In the pictures, you can see the color drums (not the drums, but their cases). Let’s write a 5th grade math question: If we have 5 cases which have one color drum each, and 1 printer with only one drum inside. How many color drums we have at our press?

Yes, the answer is 6. So at the moment we are offering the following colors:

  • Red
  • Indigo Blue
  • Purple
  • Black
  • Steel
  • Metallic GOLD ink.

Color drums are not as tiny as your little cartridge for your digital printer. They are huge cylinders that you have to feed with 1000ml of ink. (Let’s put a reminder here: Riso inks are all soy-based, just like you favorite vegan treats.) In one of the pictures, you can see how they go into the printer. The ink tube goes in the middle of the drum. You can also see that the master (with the last printed image on it) is wrapped around the drum.

Color charts will be posted soon. In the meantime, you can see our colors in action in the shop.

 

 

Colors in Action