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Specialist-finish page with two rows of six large swatch cards showing brand foils (gold, chrome, iridescent) and metallic inks (gold, silver, bronze).
Summary
A specialist-finishes page laying out the brand's foils and metallic inks as two rows of large simulated swatch cards.
Visual description
Warm off-white (#F7F3EC) page with the "Appendix / Stocks and Finishes" header, title "Specialist finishes", page 203, and a short grey intro about specifying foils and metallic inks. Two captioned rows of three rounded cards each fill the body. The top "Foils" row shows a brushed gold "PADDOCK CLUB GOLD FOIL" (FOILCO 309), a brushed silver "CHROME SILVER FOIL" (FOILCO 6007), and a rainbow "IRIDESCENT SILVER FOIL" (FOILCO SHLR). The bottom "Metallics" row shows a flat gold "PADDOCK CLUB GOLD INK" (PANTONE 871C), a grey "VIP SILVER INK" (PANTONE 877C), and a brown "BRONZE INK" (PANTONE 875 C). Each swatch label sits in white caps at the card's top-left with its reference code beneath.
Key takeaway
Simulating each foil and metallic as a large, realistic swatch, complete with brushed and iridescent textures, lets a page communicate finishes that are normally impossible to show flat. Splitting foils from metallic inks into two labelled rows organizes the production palette at a glance, each card doubling as a spec chip via its code.
Reuse notes
A strong reference for the special-finishes page of a premium print appendix or packaging guideline. The textured-swatch grid scales to any set of foils, varnishes, or metallics. Realistic rendering matters here, flat colour blocks would misrepresent a foil; invest in convincing swatch art if reused.
From this deck: Specialist finishes foils and metallics
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