Screen printing is a very easy-to use process. Commonly, materials such as sheer nylon and polyester fabric screens are used to print designs on fabric. Such paints and inks are used which are either no-VOC or very low in VOC. An important part is to decide the colours that you want to use. The items required for screen printing are: T-shirt or fabric, screen with designs, squeegee, screen printing ink and a flat surface. You need to think about the following things while deciding on the colours.
See the colour of the fabric that you are using. Light coloured shirts should preferably have designs in dark colours, and dark shirts in light colours. Choose a colour that is distinctly different from the background or the pattern will not be visible from more than a few feet away.
Think about the colour scheme that you desire for printing. A primary scheme makes use of the different shades of red, yellow and blue. Secondary colour scheme uses colour such as orange, green and purple which are made by combining primary colours. A monochromatic colour scheme employs different shades of the same colour, while complementary scheme uses colours which lie cross from each other on the colour wheel, such as purple and yellow, red and green and blue and orange. The factors which you should keep in mind while deciding the colour scheme are the colour of your fabric and the subject you are screening.
If you have white coloured fabric, remember that some colours like red and black stand out on white cloth. Yellow and white show off very much on dark fabric. In case you want to use light colours for designing a light coloured shirt, use a dark colour for outlining the design. If you are using more than one colour for design which touch or overlap, apply the background colour first. Allow it to dry completely and than paint the other colour.
Colours can be used to put across different messages. Dark and muddy colours have a certain meaning. Bright pastel colours have a very different one. Think about the effect you want to create on the viewer and the message you want to convey and than decide on the colour scheme.
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