Bright screen blues, greens and oranges often cannot be printed in four-colour process, and what can be printed depends heavily on the paper. Enter a screen colour to see roughly how it fares on premium coated, uncoated and newsprint stock.
| Printing condition | Screen | nearest printable | Result | Chroma: yours / max here |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOGRA51Offset, premium coated paper (PSO Coated v3) | Outside: prints about ΔE00 2.3 duller | 59 / 51 | |
| FOGRA52Offset, wood-free uncoated paper (PSO Uncoated v3) | Outside: prints about ΔE00 15.1 duller | 59 / 18 | |
| FOGRA39Offset, gloss or matt coated paper (ISO Coated v2) | Outside: prints about ΔE00 2.7 duller | 59 / 50 | |
| IFRA26Coldset offset on standard newsprint | Outside: prints about ΔE00 24.1 duller | 59 / 2 |
The right-hand swatch is the model’s nearest printable colour at the same lightness and hue, shown on your screen. Paper colour is not simulated: every swatch assumes a neutral white page.
A palette can fail in print even when each colour is close enough on its own: two colours that were clearly different on screen can be pulled towards the same edge of the printable range and come out looking alike. Enter a brand or chart palette to see which colours fall outside a printing condition, and which pairs lose their separation.
5 of 6 colours fall outside the model's printable region for this condition. 2 pairs come out markedly closer together in print than on screen.
| Colour | Screen | nearest printable | Result | Shift (ΔE00) |
|---|---|---|---|
| #0057FF | Outside | 13.6 | |
| #2B4BD8 | Outside | 9.8 | |
| #00C853 | Outside | 5.5 | |
| #4CAF50 | Printable | 0.0 | |
| #FF6A13 | Outside | 2.2 | |
| #1B1B1B | Outside (lightness) | 4.0 |
| Pair | Difference on screen | Difference in print | What to expect |
|---|---|---|---|
| #0057FF · #2B4BD8 | ΔE00 5.9 | ΔE00 1.7 | Likely to be confused: under ΔE00 5 apart once printed. |
| #00C853 · #4CAF50 | ΔE00 7.3 | ΔE00 3.8 | Likely to be confused: under ΔE00 5 apart once printed. |