In 2010, ClassB hit a personal record of using over 1,000 gallons of ink on our custom t-shirts. That’s enough ink to fill up 21 bubble baths, or 231,812 ballpoint pens, or 16,000 coffee mugs…in other words, that’s a lot of ink!
So, exactly which colors made their mark in last year’s journey toward 1,086 gallons?
White blotted its way into first place with a whopping 476 gallons used. That doesn’t surprise us—not only is White used in all sorts of designs, but in many cases we also use White as a base under other colors when we’re printing on dark shirts, because it allows those colors to appear. For example, in order to make our Glow-in-the-Dark ink shine nice and bright, we always put White underneath it.
And speaking of that Glow-in-the-Dark ink, it interestingly beat out some of the more standard colors such as Red, Orange and Green.
While White was the winner by a long shot, Gold came in next at 200 gallons. In this race it turns out that gold doesn’t represent first place, but second place! Gold’s cousins Yellow and Yellow Mix were much lower on the list but still made a pretty good showing. Other standouts included Black and some various blue hues.
Bringing in the rear were Deep Purple and Light Gray, each making up just one gallon of our 1,086-gallon total. That’s ok, every little drop counts!
But to us, it really doesn’t matter which colors were used the most. We love them all! We’re just happy to be able to provide our customers with such a gorgeous spectrum of colors to use in their own customized designs. And we can’t wait to see which colors will be the most popular next year.
What do you think of last year’s ink usage breakdown? Did your favorite color make the list? Leave a comment below and let us know!
[...] Check out this post on our main blog to learn more! [...]
Thta’s a lot ink. Blue is my favorite…surprised it wasn’t a higher %.