Tshirt Printing color type

[Karun36276877nntb]

Which family of colors/type of colors can be used for tshirt printing???????

[kglad]

which app? indesign?

[Karun36276877nntb]

Illustrator

[kglad]

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[barbara_a]

The t-shirt company that is going to print the t-shirts normally can provide a set of colors for you to choose from.

Most t-shirts are printed with solid colors that are nearly opaque, but the color of the t-shirt itself can influence the color of the inks because the inks are not 100% opaque.

It's best to discuss colors with the company that is going to print the shirts or their website will typically have information about the ink colors that they use.

Maybe this link will give you some inspiration. https://blog.bonfire.com/ink-and-shirt-color-combinations/

[Karun36276877nntb]

In the previous version of Illustrator, there were Pantone colors, which were used for printing but in the latest version, the Pantone color family has been disappeared. What should I do?? Now, How I get Pantone color family???

[Ton Frederiks]

You can have multiple versions of Illustrator installed.

There is still one version that you can download that has the libraries.

Install an older version of Illustrator: 2023 (27.0), this is the last version that has the old Pantone Color books.

In the Creative Cloud app select Apps > All Apps > Illustrator > click the 3 dots …  next to the Open button >  click Other Versions and select 27.0

Go the Illustrator 2023 Application folder > Presets > (your language folder) > Swatches > Color Books > and make a copy of PANTONE+ Solid Coated.acb and PANTONE+ Solid Uncoated.acb

Keep them in a safe place and copy them to the same location in the Illustrator 2024 application folder.

When done, you can uninstall the 2023 version.

If you have a Photoshop license, you can install Photoshop 22.2.

Then, open Photoshop 2021 Application folder > Presets > Color Books and you will find the PANTONE color books, so copy it to Illustrator's Color Books folder.