Have you ever received a quote for custom printed T-shirts to find out that darker shirts cost more? There are quite a few reasons for this and we would like to share these reasons with you.

The first and most obvious reason is that dark T-shirts cost more blank when they are purchased from the manufacturers. This is due mainly in part to the additional process it takes to dye the shirt to that darker color.

The second and less obvious reason that custom printed dark T-shirts cost more is because of the under basing and flashing. What is under basing and flashing when it comes to screen printed T shirts? Under basing is taking the original artwork and converting all the colors to white to print below the artwork to serve as the base color. This allows the colors printed on top to really pop and show up vibrantly. Once you have a good under base laid down on the shirt and you begin to print the colors on top, it is important to print each color twice. This part of the screen printing process is known as flashing.

All of these additional steps in the T-shirt printing process require more products, labor and time. At You Design It, you are safe in knowing that we do all these extra steps to ensure that your design is printed the best it can be.