Clear before clever
Plain words, calm layouts and one clear next step. Operators should never have to decode a screen.
Brand preview
Print color that goes further.
ColorSpread is the brand for printers and RIP software built for print shops: from the first proof to the last job in the queue.
This page shows the visual direction only. Products, models and launch plans have not been announced.
Principles
Three principles
How ColorSpread looks, sounds and behaves.
Color with purpose
Color is our name, so it appears where it carries meaning: in the mark, in highlights and in the work itself. The rest stays quiet.
Built for the shop floor
Large targets, readable type and honest status. Made for busy print shops, not for brochures.
Logo
A chain of three inks
Yellow, magenta and cyan grow as they spread, and where they overlap they mix into new colors.
Clear space
Keep free space around the logo equal to the radius of the yellow dot on every side. Minimum width is 96 px for the full logo and 20 px for the symbol.
Please don't
Don't recolor the dots, change their order, add shadows, or place the color logo on busy imagery. Use a single-color version when color is limited.
Color
Three inks and what happens between them
Cyan, magenta and yellow carry the brand. Ink and warm paper carry everything else.
Select a swatch to copy its color code.
Text-safe pairings
Bright inks are for shapes and large display type, not small text on light backgrounds. Pair them like this.
- Ink on Yellow · 12.1:1
- Ink on Cyan · 7.6:1
- White on Violet · 5.6:1
- White on Magenta 700 · 6.4:1
Typography
Friendly, geometric, clear
Figtree, one family for everything. Open license, self-hosted, readable at small sizes.
Spread color, not confusion.
Jobs, queues and proofs
Choose a printer, load the job and watch the queue move. Status is always shown in words, not only in color.
Ready to print
Voice
Warm, direct and exact
We talk like a good colleague on the shop floor: say what happened and what to do next.
We say
- Your job is in the queue.
- White ink is low. Refill before the next job.
- Something went wrong. Nothing was printed.
We avoid
- Revolutionary next-generation color solutions!
- Error 0x80004005
- Oops! Something unexpected happened.
Components
A small starter kit
Buttons shift like a misregistered print on hover. Focus is always visible.
Buttons and links
Tags
New
Preview
Draft
Sample card
Cards sit on paper with a soft border and a single accent dot.
Motion
Small and purposeful. Everything respects reduced-motion settings.