Can I print in CMYK with Digital Gold or Silver on the same design?

Yes, you certainly can. The way you set up your artwork for this print method is a little different to setting up for Digital Gold and Silver on their own. 

The elements to be digital gold or silver must coloured with A SPOT COLOUR (see below).

It's important that your Illustrator or InDesign document is using the CMYK profile

ILLUSTRATOR INSTRUCTIONS

• Name the spot colours exactly.
• Make sure your colour mode is also CMYK.

Digi Gold + CMYK

Parts of the design to be printed in Digital Gold should be a Red Spot Colour (CMYK 0/100/100/0) and named: Gold

Any other parts of the design to be printed in CMYK are fine to be left as a mix of CMYK.

Digi Silver + CMYK

Elements to be printed in Digital Silver should be a Cyan Spot colour (CMYK 100/0/0/0) and named: Silver

Any other parts of the design to be printed in CMYK are fine to be left as a mix of CMYK.

If you’re using Canva (which can’t create spot colours) use these Hex values for Gold or Silver instead:

Gold: #ff0000 (Red)

Silver: #00ffff (Cyan)

Any other parts of the design to be printed in CMYK are fine to be left as a mix of CMYK.

For more indepth information about setting up your artwork read our artwork guidelines