Iriodine - Brilliant Performance

Iriodines bring surfaces to life and give a convincing, natural impression

Iriodines are effect pigments that produce a deep gloss and consistent sheen on the surface of the printing stock. They consist of mineral mica and refractive metal oxide layers and offer unusual design options. Whether brochures or packagings, high-quality cosmetics, brilliant car paints or luxury jewelry, the subtle color and light reflections of iriodines deliver impressive results for spot or full-area applications.

Silver-white, gold gloss, metal gloss, and interference pigments are available. Their effects vary depending on the pigment size and the sequence in which the inks and pigments are applied. Fine pigments, for example, exhibit very high opacity with a silky gloss character, while coarse pigments offer a sparkling effect with low opacity. The iriodines are applied inline using the coating unit of a printing press. The smoother the surface of the printing stock, the more effective the pigments.

Passion for print - this was how our motif was produced
Iriodines make a striking impression. Two different iriodine coatings were used for our motif. First, the whole surface was coated with an iriodine coating, which gives the image a natural look. Then the color image was printed using UV inks. An additional UV matt coating protects all the image surfaces, except the lips and hearts. They are overprinted with a second iriodine coating and a gloss coating.

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