Color Shifting:

Note the shift in color balance between disc and paper

Designing full color (CMYK) artwork for CD-ROM can be tricky. Since a disc is made of plastic it has different printing and ink absorption properties than paper. It is near impossible to exactly match CMYK colors between your inserts and labels.

Since CMYK colors on the CD label can shift dramatically CDman cannot be held responsible for color deviations due to the limitations of the silk-screen process. Unfortunately, even film-based proofs for the label artwork are not guaranteed.

For technical reasons colors can shift from the start of your run to the end, so no color match warranty is ever expressed, written or implied by CDman with regards to CMYK CD label printing color matching.

Tips to avoid disapointments

• The easiest way to ensure color accuracy is to use PMS spot colors
  
  
• Keep your design simple.
  
  
• Unfortunately, there are no totally accurate means for viewing what the actual printed surface of a CMYK label will look like before you begin production. Even seasoned professionals cannot anticipate many of the undesirable effects that may occur from time to time while trying to color match. CMYK Proofs are to be used only as guidelines.