One of the biggest factors in determining the price of custom screen printed T-shirts has to do with the amount of printed ink colors on the T-shirts. At You Design It we like to keep it simple and count up the total colors needed to print the T-shirts. For instance, if you are printing blue ink and red ink on the front of the T-shirt and nothing on the back, that is considered two total colors. Similarly, if you are printing blue ink on the front of the T-shirt in red ink on the back of the T-shirt, that is also considered two colors.

However, one of the most confusing parts of counting up screen printing colors is separating the print locations. For example, if you print black on the front and black on the back, that is still considered two colors. With that said, if you print black ink on the front and blacking on the back and add one more location of black ink on the sleeve, then you have three total screen print colors.

Knowing this information will empower you to optimize your design and lower the cost of your custom screen printed t shirts.