{"id":888,"date":"2021-03-23T14:45:51","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T06:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blog\/?p=888"},"modified":"2021-03-23T14:45:51","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T06:45:51","slug":"interesting-color-matching-silkscreen-and-solder-mask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/interesting-color-matching-silkscreen-and-solder-mask\/","title":{"rendered":"Interesting color matching &#8211; Silkscreen and Solder mask"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/interesting-color-matching-silkscreen-and-solder-mask\/#Green\" >Green<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/interesting-color-matching-silkscreen-and-solder-mask\/#Red\" >Red<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/interesting-color-matching-silkscreen-and-solder-mask\/#A_Blue\" >\u00c2\u00a0Blue<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/interesting-color-matching-silkscreen-and-solder-mask\/#Black\" >Black<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/interesting-color-matching-silkscreen-and-solder-mask\/#White\" >White<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"yzp-no-index\"><\/div>\n<p>In EBest Circuit (Best Technology),&nbsp;solder mask&nbsp;and silkscreen&nbsp;are available in a variety of colors. For example, common colors of solder mask&nbsp;are black, white, blue, green, red. Common silkscreen&nbsp;colors are black, white, yellow, red, blue. Generally according to the different needs of customers to use collocation, but sometimes if the color collocation is not appropriate will produce color difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following is a list of common collocations that we recommend based on our experience for your future project design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Solder mask<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Recommended <a>Silkscreen<\/a><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Black<\/td><td>White<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>White<\/td><td>Black\/Blue\/Green\/Red\/Yellow<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Blue<\/td><td>White<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Green<\/td><td>White<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Red<\/td><td>White<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For\u00c2\u00a0the\u00c2\u00a0most\u00c2\u00a0part,the\u00c2\u00a0color\u00c2\u00a0of\u00c2\u00a0solder\u00c2\u00a0mask\u00c2\u00a0doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t\u00c2\u00a0have\u00c2\u00a0any\u00c2\u00a0effect\u00c2\u00a0on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\">\u00c2\u00a0PCB<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>functionality.But&nbsp;if&nbsp;the&nbsp;color&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;silk&nbsp;screen&nbsp;does&nbsp;not&nbsp;match&nbsp;properly,which&nbsp;may<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cause&nbsp;chromatic&nbsp;aberration(for&nbsp;example,a&nbsp;yellow&nbsp;silkscreen&nbsp;on&nbsp;a&nbsp;black&nbsp;solder&nbsp;mask,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;silkscreen&nbsp;visual&nbsp;may&nbsp;look&nbsp;green)or&nbsp;make&nbsp;reading&nbsp;the&nbsp;silk&nbsp;screen&nbsp;more&nbsp;difficult<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To&nbsp;read(for&nbsp;example,&nbsp;a&nbsp;black&nbsp;silkscreen&nbsp;on&nbsp;a&nbsp;light&nbsp;black&nbsp;solder&nbsp;mask).The solder mask will also affect your ability to visually inspect the PCBs. Below&nbsp;are the&nbsp;solder mask comparison from the highest contrast to the lowest&nbsp;for your reference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Green\"><\/span><strong>Green<\/strong><strong><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Most customers will choose to use&nbsp;Green solder mask&nbsp;for their project since Green is easy on the eyes and allows for high contrast between traces, planes, and empty space on the PCB.&nbsp;Green solder mask has become an industry standard. High contrast allows technicians to most easily review for manufacturing defects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blogimages\/2021\/03\/23\/BPM18192.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blogimages\/2021\/03\/23\/BPM18192-s.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><figcaption>green<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Red\"><\/span><strong>Red<\/strong><strong><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A Red solder mask will provide a bold and clean looking PCB, however the contrast between traces, planes, and empty space significantly lower than it is with a green solder mask. Magnification may be needed when inspecting fine traces on the board for defects with a Red mask.&nbsp;White silkscreen will be better than black silkscreen on a board with red solder mask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blogimages\/2021\/03\/23\/BPM20939.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blogimages\/2021\/03\/23\/BPM20939-s.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><figcaption>red<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_Blue\"><\/span><strong>\u00c2\u00a0Blue<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Blue solder masks have even lower contrast, and magnification becomes required when inspecting for manufacturing defects. These PCBs look visually pleasing and professional and are a good choice for fully-developed products that will not require trace visibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blogimages\/2021\/03\/23\/8oz-heavy-copper-PCB.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blogimages\/2021\/03\/23\/8oz-heavy-copper-PCB-s.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><figcaption>blue<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Black\"><\/span><strong>Black<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Black masks have almost no contrast between traces, planes and empty space. A Black mask will absorb heat, increasing the danger of overheating for sensitive components. Pay attention that in order to avoid the appearance of color difference as far as possible do not choose the silkscreen like yellow, green, red, or blue. White will be the better choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blogimages\/2021\/03\/23\/Metal-core-PCB-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blogimages\/2021\/03\/23\/Metal-core-PCB-1-s.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><figcaption>black<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"White\"><\/span><strong>White<\/strong><strong><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A white mask will be the hardest to clean, and also has the lowest contrast. If possible, we suggest that you avoid choosing white, especially in the prototyping stage.&nbsp;It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the best choice to use white solder mask for LED board, following pictures for your reference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blogimages\/2021\/03\/23\/white.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blogimages\/2021\/03\/23\/white-s.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><figcaption>whtite<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blogimages\/2021\/03\/23\/white-solder.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blogimages\/2021\/03\/23\/white-solder-s.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have other questions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/about\/index.htm\">about<\/a> solder mask, welcome to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/contact\/index.htm\">contact\u00c2\u00a0us<\/a>. (Email:sales@bestpcbs.com), we will prove you professional suggestions and solutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In EBest Circuit (Best Technology),&nbsp;solder mask&nbsp;and silkscreen&nbsp;are available in a variety of colors. For example, common colors of solder mask&nbsp;are black, white, blue, green, red. Common silkscreen&nbsp;colors are black, white, yellow, red, blue. Generally according to the different needs of customers to use collocation, but sometimes if the color collocation is not appropriate will produce [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":623,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pcb-news","category-pcb-technology","category-special-pcb"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/623"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=888"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":889,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888\/revisions\/889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestpcbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}