Show Only Magenta Plate

Question

Hard to describe without showing an example. 😎

I’ve used many methods in PS over the years to colorize an image, but I see this look in print design a lot lately. It looks like only the magenta (or cyan, or yellow) plate only got printed.

How do you do this?

Stephen Marsh · Accepted Answer

That’s not magenta, it’s a custom pink spot colour.

How you get it depends on how you’re working and the final print production and process.

One method is to start from a monotone conversion in RGB and colorise using different non-destructive methods.

Another method geared towards prepress would be working from a greyscale mode image, then using Duotone mode/monotone and specifying the pink values and name.

Thomas Hanser · Answer

Got it.In CMYK mode, load the magenta channel ONLY, and invert your selection.Create a new layer, and fill with magenta (100%).Put a white solid layer UNDER the magenta layer, and turn off the original (full color) layer you started with.

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