Plastic cards on colored material

Printing on white plastic cards is no longer the only option in card printing. The cards can also be made on colored material, giving the cards a unique look.

Colored PVC

The colored material for card printing is plastic dyed in the mass with a pigment of an appropriate color. Cards printed on such material stand out from standard cards with white edges and gain a unique look, which is why colored material is often chosen for printing prestigious club cards, VIP cards or exclusive business cards.
Our offer includes three colors of plastic:

• gold
• silver
• black

The photo below shows a combination of white, silver, black and gold material for making plastic cards.

Gold, silver and black – printing options

Black PVC is perfectly saturated, deep and uniform. Gold and silver PVC have colors similar to pure metallic Pantone colors. The surface of the card will therefore not contain glitter particles, but a smooth and vivid color.

The mentioned materials (apart from the standard white one) are not available in an ecological version (read more about eco material here). You cannot use them to make proximity cards.

Please note that there are certain limitations in the technology for printing on black, gold, and silver PVC. The inks we use are not 100% opaque, which requires the use of a white underprint in most cases.

An example of a club card with gold edges and simple black printing with a selection in the design so that the gold base is partially visible. We also placed a gold HiCo magnetic strip on this card, which fits perfectly with the whole.

Because the colored material has the same properties as the white and transparent material, they can be combined to create interesting cards.
Above is an example of a card made of a combination of silver and transparent PVC. The transparent sheet was printed with an offset (ribbon) and a glitter pattern. Thanks to this, we achieved a delicate depth effect resulting from the difference in levels of individual layers. Even though the plastic and glitter are the same color, the silver material has a different shade.

Cards made of colored plastic can still be printed with additional decorations, such as selective varnish, hot-stamping, hologram, magnetic stripe or barcode. This makes it possible to obtain interesting and eye-catching effects and additional functionality.