is a relatively new print invention, having been created by Pantone in 1994 to improve upon conventional CMYK printing. Any print designer can tell you that combinations of cyan, magenta, yellow and black ink can be inadequate when reproducing certain colors, such as fluorescent colors, picture-perfect fleshtones and vibrant blues. The four inks in general are not very pure, and the cyan in particular is a dirty color. Pantone responded by creating a six-channel color model (which is supported by most commercial printers, who often have six-unit presses) that uses purer CMYK inks and adds Hexachrome Green and Hexachrome Orange inks to accommodate shortcomings in those color ranges. The result is an image that is more vibrant and has a color gamut approaching that of the RGB color model, and it is used best in circumstances where vibrant RGB color needs to be preserved in an ink-based printing. Click here for a gallery of brochures and designs printed using Hexachrome technology.
A Hexachrome image in the computer is not much different than a CMYK image. CMYK images have four channels (cyan, magental, yellow and black) while true Hexachrome images have six:
Hexachrome Cyan
Hexachrome Magenta
Hexachrome Yellow
Hexachrome Black
Hexachrome Green
Hexachrome Orange
All six of the Hexachrome inks can be found in the Pantone Solid Coated or Pantone Solid Matte color libraries.
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