Multi-colour 3D printing
More than one colour in a single object, priced from the job that actually makes it.
A coloured file keeps its colours
If you already have a 3MF with colours painted onto it — from a model you made, or one you downloaded — upload it and the colour regions come with it. You do not rebuild them here, and you are not handed back a single-colour version of something you painted.
You can also set a colour per part, so an assembly can be several colours without any painting at all.
What a colour change costs
Changing colour mid-print is not free. The machine has to clear the old colour before the new one is clean, and that takes both material and time.
Your quote includes the transition material and the machine time the colour changes need, because it is calculated from the job as it will be manufactured rather than from the size of your model. A four-colour print is quoted as a four-colour print — not as a one-colour print with a surcharge guessed on top.
Where that material goes
Depending on the model and how the colours sit on it, preparing the job may add transition structures — a prime tower, for instance — that are printed alongside your object and thrown away. They are part of what the job costs, so they are counted in the quote rather than discovered afterwards.
What to expect from the result
Colours meet at a boundary rather than blending. Fine detail in one colour sitting inside another can pick up a little of its neighbour, which is how the process works rather than a fault. If a model matters, ask us before ordering it. Talk to us.
Try it with a file
Upload a coloured 3MF and the price and ready date are there, with the colour work already in them.