INK COLOURS

A Risograph machine is a stencil based digital duplicator, which is incredibly energy efficient because it does not use heat and very little electricity. Unlike laser or ink jet printers it prints one colour at a time by passing ink through a ‘master’ which is attached to an ink drum.

The machine has interchangeable colour drums and inks, which allows for printing many different colours in one print job. Risograph printers use inks that are made from vegetable soy oil or rice based ink, making it a sustainable printing process. Riso inks are slightly transparent, so a print’s appearance will also depend on the colour of the paper they are printed on. Colours can also be overprinted to create new tones and variations.

  • Black: PANTONE BLACK U
    RGB (0,0,0) / CMYK (0,0,0,100)

  • Medium Blue: PANTONE 286 U
    RGB (50,85,164) / CMYK (87,59,0,0)

  • Aqua Blue: PANTONE 637 U
    RGB (94,200,229) / CMYK (49,0,11,0)

  • Mint: PANTONE 324 U
    RGB (130, 216, 213) / CMYK (38, 0, 16, 0)

  • Violet: PANTONE 265 U
    RGB (157,122,210) / CMYK (40,51,0,0)

  • Yellow: PANTONE YELLOW U
    RGB (255,232,0) / CMYK (0,9,100,0)

  • Sunflower: PANTONE 116 U
    RGB (255,181,17) / CMYK (0,29,93,0)

  • Orange: PANTONE 021 U
    RGB (255,108,47) / CMYK (0,58,82,0)

  • Fluorescent Orange: PANTONE 805 U
    RGB (255,116,119) / CMYK (0,55,53,0)

  • Fluorescent Pink: PANTONE 806 U
    RGB (255,72,176) / CMYK (0,72,31,0)

  • Bright Red: PANTONE 185 U
    RGB (241,80,96) / CMYK (0,67,60,5)

  • Green: PANTONE 354 U
    RGB (0,169,92) / CMYK (73,0,81,0)

  • Light Teal: PANTONE 320 U
    RGB (0,157,165) / CMYK (93,0,36,0)

  • Hunter Green: PANTONE 342 U
    RGB (64,112,96) / CMYK (96,07,80,33)

  • Light Grey: PANTONE 424 U
    RGB (136,137,138) / CMYK (25,17,15,44)

  • Brown: PANTONE 7526 U
    RGB (146,95,82) / CMYK (18,62,84,23)

  • Flat Gold: PANTONE 1245 U
    RGB (187,139,65) / CMYK (6,26,97,15)

  • Metallic Gold: PANTONE 872 U
    RGB (172,147,110) / CMYK (22,33,68,8)

WHAT PAPERS DO WE PRINT ON?

Our risograph machine can only print on A3 or A4 paper between 80 and 250gsm. Due to the nature of riso inks, we are only able to print on uncoated paper.

We stock a range of papers suited to risograph printing and publication making. All our papers are recycled, FSC certified or otherwise donated, with the correct texture to absorb the ink nicely and bind neatly. It is not guaranteed that paper sourced elsewhere will work with our equipment and could cause waste and unsatisfactory results.

In addition to these in-house papers, we are happy to order in any special paper you require. When ordering paper in, we may ask that you purchase the whole ream, as it might be something we wouldn’t normally be able to use or sell. We regularly order heavier weights of Context colours, Pop’set and Colorplan, Fedrigoni, Munken or Olin papers on request.

White & Off-white papers:

Context Natural, a slightly grey recycled feel.
100gsm — 115gsm — 135gsm — 170gsm — 190gsm — 250gsm

Arden White, a bright white recycled paper
100gsm — 120gsm

Evercopy Plus, newsprint - esque, recycled, cheap and cheerful!
80gsm

Evercopy Premium, a whiter recycled paper, cheap, thin!
80gsm

Accent recycled, a creamier white, recycled, quality at a nice price
100gsm — 120gsm — 150gsm — 250gsm

Arena Rough Natural, high quality, toothy feel, soft white
100gsm — 200gsm

Context Ivory, a creamy recycled paper, a little bit toothy, too
120gsm — 170gsm

  • Evercopy plus 80gsm

  • Evercopy premium 80gsm

  • Context natural 100gsm — 115gsm — 135gsm — 170gsm — 190gsm — 250gsm

  • Arden white 120gsm — 150gsm

  • Lilac 80gsm — 120gsm — 160gsm

  • Pastel blue 80gsm — 120gsm — 160gsm — 230gsm

  • Pale green 80gsm — 120gsm — 160gsm — 230gsm

  • Pastel yellow 80gsm — 120gsm — 160gsm — 230gsm

  • Golden yellow 80gsm — 120gsm — 160gsm

  • Peach 80gsm — 120gsm — 160gsm

  • Salmon 80gsm

  • Tangerine 80gsm

  • Orange 80gsm — 120gsm — 160gsm — 230gsm

  • Red 80gsm

  • Pastel pink 80gsm — 120gsm — 160gsm

  • Grey 80gsm — 120gsm — 160gsm