Black, the non-coloured colour, is coming back strongly in packaging design, including the luxury package sector.

Why is it being chosen for packaging?

Black has always been used for food and drinks that have luxury connotations. Black is new, stands out, contrasts beautifully with white and other light colours, black is sexy, fresh and eternal.

Favini’s total black at Packaging Première

At Packaging Première, the event which is dedicated to the world of luxury packaging, Favini presents an intriguing look with the most remarkable collection of paper colour: Black.

For this special occasion Favini shows its range of black papers with a totally black stand to pay tribute to the undisputed king of luxury packaging 2018: Black, ever favoured by designers, creatives and graphic designers – despite the changing trends in fashions – thanks to its strong communicative power.

The fascinating night skylines of the most beautiful cities in the world illuminate the Favini stand, evoking both charm and beauty.  It explores the nuances and all possible variations of black available on Favini papers.

Come and discover all the variations of black at Packaging Première, STAND C 31-33.

Favini’s black papers for packaging

Due to their extraordinary versatility, Favini’s black papers perfectly match the packaging world.

Black papers stand out for their intrinsic ability to provide printing results with a strong visual and emotional impact. This is made possible by the various to the various print and finishing techniques chosen and which include black on black printing, combinations between matt and shine effects, litho, screen printing, digital, foil and die cutting.

Smooth and mirrored surfaces, fine and refined textures, metallic and matt effects, there are plenty of choices in the Favini black collection.

Burano: The Black is a key component in the Burano coloured paper range. This black is recognised as the most authentic and pure available – ideal for luxury packaging and quality communication – and with the benefit of no carbon black used in the process, makes it ideal for foil blocking.

Remake: Unique, environmentally friendly, 100% recyclable and compostable, dedicated to luxury print and packaging, it is Remake, the paper obtained with the residues of leather processing, also available in Midnight black.

Sumo: The high quality board Sumo, is available in the black version with 4 different thicknesses, from 1 to 3 mm. It is ideal for outstanding packaging and creative applications. Thanks to the perfect consistency between the surface colour and the heart of the board, any revealed cut section remains truly black.

Lunar: Two micro-embossed textures – Nexus and Mini – and a pearlescent surface give an even more elegant and mysterious allure to the Black version of Lunar.

Bindakote: Black becomes glossy in the Bindakote range of coated papers, perfect for creative ideas for printing and luxury packaging. Also available in black on black version.

The Tube: A flawless dead-flat matt surface, smoothly tactile, The Tube, is the matt paper from Favini. Its deep shades, which include black, are particularly suited to screen and foil blocking.

Prisma: The classic Favini felt marked paper Prisma is characterized by its hammered effect and is available in 35 colours, including black.

Twill: Favini’s felt marked paper with a classic linear design shows a range of new colours where of course the elegant black cannot be missed.

Twist: The intricate texture of Twist’s surface offers a black paper with an unusual and intriguing look, perfect for packaging.

Softy: The paper with a unique soft feel Softy, in addition to white it is also available in black and a black on black version.  Extremely strong it is ideal for packaging and creative applications.

Black is back in the packaging world!

In design applications, including packaging, what makes the difference it is often the print and finishing techniques: Printing with foils, silk-screen or with a die cutting, enriching even more that sensation of elegance and exclusiveness which a black paper instils.

Today, the main sectors using black packaging are luxury food & beverage (primarily chocolate, wine and spirits), hi-tech and beauty.

After years spent seeing the colour white dominate in all types of packaging, this year black has returned and will be one of the main trends in packaging design.

The black colour will dominate the food and beverage, beauty and hi-tech products, imposing itself as a testament to luxury and elegance.

White, according to a recent article, conveys an idea of “clean” and has always been synonymous with personal care packaging, is now replaced by its opposite colour in the chromatic scale: There are in fact more and more cosmetic products packaged in black.

For many years, white has been the undisputed protagonist of products dedicated to personal care: Today it seems that things are changing and already many beauty brands have chosen black for their products because of its ability to evoke, like nothing else, luxury, class and exclusivity.

In the fashion sector, black does not waiver and always remains on trend.

Black is a powerful colour, if used for packaging.  It evokes mystery, class and elegance, as well as luxury.

Black, regardless of fashion, is always loved by everyone, including designers, creatives and graphic designers. It is for that sense of exclusivity, of sophistication which is evoked, especially within the luxury sector.

Black is an enigma, a colour, a non-colour that is always very popular and powerfully communicative.

A curious fact about the colour black.

It is not an easy shade: Paradoxically in nature, that absolute black, the one that totally absorbs the light, apart from within a black hole, it simply cannot not exist!

Skylines: The lights of metropoles illuminate Favini’s black papers

From the concept that black paper cannot be defined merely by its colour but that it can also evoke a multitude of emotions, Favini has decided to present the complete selection of black papers in a special cross-branded collection in its visual book “Skylines”.

Discover in this post of “City lights in the new black booklet Skylines” the images of the most fascinating night views of cities. Find out about the range print and finishing techniques selected for the various black papers, so when combined with image and printing wonderful results can be guaranteed.