I like to work up different applications when making my boards. One application I’ve been doing for some time now is what I call a compound color lam.

So what’s that? If you laminate one color on the bottom and a tint or translucent color on the deck you get a third color where the deck lam overlays the bottom lam along the rails. A little tricky to do but the results can be pretty cool… at least I think.

A couple months ago I did one in colors I’d not done before. Black and white. White over black can will make gray if done right. By making the white on the deck a translucent see through color I was able to get gray rails where the white over lapped the black along the deck and bottom rail laps.

White labels on the bottom, black labels on the deck and black deck lines to complement the three colors created from the two.

D.R.