50+ Standard Ink Colours
Our wide range of curated colours means you’re likely to find what your designs needs, at no extra charge.
Pick a colour, any colour!
Choose from Stock Ink Colours, a custom Pantone mix, or Special Effects inks.
We're here to help you pick colours that match your brand and vision.
Special Effect Inks & Finishes
Special inks make your designs turn heads and leave lasting impressions.
Custom Ink Colour Mixing
If your brand calls for a specific Pantone® or custom colour, our expert team can blend spot colour inks to hit the mark every time.
Colour Resources
We believe great printing should be easier to understand. We’ve built this page to help answer questions and guide the way.
Premium Inks
We use the best inks for the best results. Our experts at picking the best decoration methods for any application.
Only the best.
Premium Screen Printing Inks
We offer retail quality finishes using premium inks for the absolute best results.
Classic, bright inks.
Bold
Our Bold Ink is a high-opacity ink that creates a brighter print with a bit more pop. While it has a bit of a feel to it, the results are a consistent bright print across all fabric colours and blends.
Vintage & Discharge inks.
Super Soft
SuperSoft is a ink that soaks into the fabric and dyes the garment fabric. Depending on the shirt, it results in a vintage looking print that is always extraordinarily soft.
A wide range of colours for your project.
Standard Ink Colours
A curated list of basic colours.
That means it’s easy for us (or your designer) to pick a colour that works, communicate it clearly, and skip the cost of custom mixing.
Simple, reliable, and ready to go when you are.
See All Standard ColoursThat means it’s easy for us (or your designer) to pick a colour that works, communicate it clearly, and skip the cost of custom mixing.
Simple, reliable, and ready to go when you are.
When a colour is critical, the best way to communicate it is with the Pantone Colour Books. The books allow you to be confident that the swatch you’re looking at in your book is the same as the swatch in your printers’ book.
Pantone colours can be simulated on a computer or mobile device, but for true communication accuracy the best bet is to choose from a physical Pantone Book.
Here are some suggestions if you don’t own a Pantone Book:
- Contact a local design studio and ask if you can visit to choose a colour.
- Visit your nearest print shop (including ours) and ask if you can have a look through their book to choose a colour.
- Ask any designer or artist in your social network if they may have access to a Book.
Our eyes can see a wide variety of colours, but not all of those colours can be printed. There are many compromises happening with colour when our eyes are viewing colours represented on an RGB display like our phones, or a CMYK printout on a billboard, or a swatch in a Pantone Colour Guide, or a spot-colour Screen Printed on a t-shirt.
Use our Colour Gamut Comparison to get an idea of the range of colours that can be seen by our eyes, versus displayed on a screen, mixed with the Pantone System, or with CMYK inks.
Inks can be mixed to closely simulate swatches from the Pantone Matching System. We keep a copy of both the Solid Coated and Solid Uncoated guides in our studio for different types of ink.
Once printed, the main type of inks we use are similar swatches from the Solid Coated book. The inks are slightly glossy and reflect a bit of light, so it’s not possible to simulate Solid Uncoated swatches with our current ink process.
Both the Solid Coated and Solid Uncoated books contain inks printed onto paper. Screen printed inks applied to textiles behave a little bit differently due to difference in the ink and the texture of the garment, so it’s important to note that it’s not possible to perfectly match a Pantone Swatch, only to closely simulate it with the different ink type. There are optical differences due to the variables between ink and garment.
Talk to a Printing Pro for more details when exact colour accuracy is a concern!
All of them! We also offer 40+ Stock Ink Colours to narrow it down a bit.
We can also mix a custom Pantone colour for $35 per custom colour, per order.
Use the Pantone Solid Coated Book for Custom Colours
Custom Pantone® Mixing
We can help pair swatches with embroidery thread to keep your colour consisitent across tees, hats, jackets and more.
Custom Pantone Mixing
Inks can be mixed to closely simulate swatches from the Pantone Matching System.
Screen Printed inks are closest to the Solid Coated guide.
Special Effect Inks
Step up your merch with trending special effects.
Puff, Metallic, Reflective, & more!
Neon Ink Colours
Puff & 3D
Add a raised 3D effect to your design with Puff Inks
Puff Inks are perfect for adding a 3d effect to your design. Designs with strong bold details and strong lines are recommended. Due to limitations with the ink some smaller details and thinner lines cannot be achieved.
Puff Inks are not as long lasting as traditional inks. The raised print can be more prone to eventual cracking than a thin layer of ink.
Puff Inks have an additional cost per print, based on the quantity and other factors.. Ask your Account Executive for more details.
Metallic & Glitter
Add a little sparkle with glitter inks
Glitter Inks are great for adding a shimmer effect to your design. Designs with strong bold details and strong lines are recommended. Due to limitations with the ink some smaller details and thinner lines cannot be achieved.
Glitter Inks are not as long lasting as traditional inks. The glitter shines because it is raised off the print and can reflect light, but this means that the raised glitter is prone to shedding from heavy wear and friction in the wash.
Glitter and Metallic Inks have an additional cost per print, based on the quantity and other factors. Ask your Account Executive for more details.
Vintage Tonal
For a subtle toned look, consider a Clear Ink. Using our Clear Ink effect gives a slightly lighter or darker look, depending on the garment.
Clear Ink has no extra or special pricing. Just ask your Account Executive for more details.
PANTONE® and other Pantone trademarks are the property of Pantone LLC. Floodway Print Co. isn't affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Pantone LLC. Colours shown on screen are approximations and won't match PANTONE-identified standards. When colour matters, check a current Pantone publication or ask us to pull the book.