Want to know exactly what colors your designs will print from Silhouette Studio? Or just want to get better colors when printing from the Silhouette software?
This free Silhouette Studio Color Chart is all you need!
The colors you see in Silhouette Studio can not only vary from the digital files that are saved out of the software, but they can also vary (usually even more dramatically) when printed. And they may look different on various material type such as copy paper vs glossy sticker paper vs sublimation.
Each circle on the Silhouette Studio color chart matches the color swatch on the Fill Color panel.
By printing out the color sample sheet you'll know how those standard colors will print.
To use the free printable Silhouette Color Sample Sheet just download it here (it's a Studio file) to your computer. Then open in the Silhouette software.
Change the Page Setup so the Media Size is Printer and then click the Print tool along the top tool bar to print.
Compare the print out to the colors on your screen and you'll see they're not exactly the same.
I printed on several different materials: copy paper, glossy sticker paper, and matte sticker paper so I could compare the colors. Look closely at the top left circle on each sheet. You can see the colors came out slightly different on each.
Keep these color sheets handy the next time you are filling designs with color in Silhouette Studio so you can make your color selections based on how the colors will print on various materials rather than what they look like in Silhouette Studio!
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Thanks Melissa, this is exceptionally handy. Happy New Year!
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ReplyDeleteGreat idea. Thank you, I have been disappointed with the printing quite a few times, this will be invaluable.
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ReplyDeleteIs there an easy way to get new color palettes into Silhouette Design Studio? The latest version removed a number of colors I was using.
ReplyDeleteThis is a good idea - thanks!
ReplyDeleteThe P in print comes out funny on my download
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ReplyDeletesince the update I'm having trouble with the software crashing.. have you any idea if this is something others are going thru? I don't know what to do ... if you can please help.
thank you for all you do :)
Hi there, check out Silhouette America's troubleshooting post for this here: https://www.silhouetteamerica.com/faq/solution/silhouette-studio-crashing-or-freezing-after-startup
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