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Sometimes cost considerations limit our color choices. These limited color palettes come to the rescue and show you just how much can be done with only a few colors. Although presented with CMKY formulas, you'll probably want to convert these to PMS equivalents for spot-color printing.
M45Y100 | C40K100 | M3Y15
A charcoal black and a pale yellow, almost ivory shade team up with orange.
M50Y100 | C100M37K15 | C25M10K4 | White
Vary the look here by using orange as the accent or the medium blue as the accent.
C65Y100 | C40K100 | White
A grassy green with nothing but black and white.
Keep it simple with just two colors plus white.
C65Y100 | C40K100 | White
A pale green with nothing but black and white.
C100M70Y90 | C80M30Y50 | C60M10Y50
Three shades of teal form this monochromatic palette.
M9Y45K5 | C95M80Y30K15 | C45M40Y10K5 | M80Y100
Two shades of blue with orange and light yellow.
Y70 | C5M20Y100 | C40K100
It's no mellow yellow when you add black. Put it between the two yellows to make them each stand out.
M30Y30K90 | M20Y20K75 | M10Y10K40 | M5Y5K20 | White
You could call this monochromatic palette shades of gray or tints of black. All with a dash of white to brighten.
C60M100 | C30M50 | C15M25 | C70M50Y25K10 | C100M85Y35K15 | C40M20Y10K5
Show your passion for purple and your bias toward blue with this cool palette. One purple stands in for many but just using tints of the darker purple.
C80M75K10 | M35Y85 | M15Y35 | White
Golden yellows pops when placed on a background of purple. (Yes, it looks bluer on the Web but it really is purple in print.)
C80M50Y15K15 | C25M15Y5Y5 | White
A grayish blue with a bluish gray on a background of white.
C60M20Y5K10 | M75Y80 | White
Dark tangerine orange and blue with a dash of bright white to keep it from being too subdued.
