Foil Blocking Tone on Tone

Also known as foil printing, or hot foil stamping.

• Tone on Tone foil printing is simply a description for the use of glossy foil applied to the same colour matt finish gift box - black on black, gold on gold, rose gold on rose gold, white on white etc.
• All our boxes have a matt finish, so tone on tone glossy foil looks especially good.
• It is exactly the same process and price as 1 colour foil printing, it’s just the foil is the colour of the box.
• If you use our on-line price estimate, just select 1 colour foil.
• The print process uses heat and pressure to apply your logo or design with a very thin layer of pre-glued foil film to the surface of the gift box.
• First, your logo or design is etched into a metal block (also known as a die, plate or stamp).
• The metal block is fixed into the foil blocking machine and heated to a high temperature.
• Under pressure the metal block presses the foil film colour into the box surface in the shape of the etched design.
• Foil film is supplied on rolls and cut down to the required logo width from larger rolls.
• Traditionally foil colours were most commonly gold or silver but foils are now available in a wide selection of colours and match all our box colours.
• You don’t need to specify the foil colour if you want tone on tone, we’ll match it to the box.
• Foil is a solid colour, shading and half-tones cannot be achieved. Your logo will need to be modified to a solid colour if it normally includes shading.
• Due to the application of heat and pressure, the logo is depressed slightly into the surface of the box.
• Each box is printed individually by hand, this is not an automatic process and requires a skilled printer.

Example of Brass Dies

Example of Foil Rolls