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. 

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

Here’s how you do it in Illustrator (you must 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