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What colour for cardboard parts? - N. W. Perry - 2026-11-01
We have new colour entries for fabric parts, but what to use for the category Sheet Cardboard?
I can think of at least four finishes that would be needed:
- Raw, unfinished cardboard (usually for the unprinted back of a sheet, but possibly also dyed/printed for the front)
- Glossy
- Matte (or would this just be another case of Raw?)
- Textured - some of the early printed art cards have a textured, almost fabric-like finish. This may be more a result of the printing process than the material itself, because different colors show different textures, so maybe this is more a case of using fabric finishes in combination with cardboard base parts. See this image for an example of what I mean:
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