Threadless T-Shirt Color Tester PSD + AI File

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Threadless T-Shirt Color Tester PSD + AI File
Ensure your artworks suit your background shirt colours on Threadless using this cheap Photoshop + Illustrator template, downloadable now on Ko-Fi.

Updates: 2023-05-14 – increased to 87 colours, fixed some according to https://artistshopshelp.threadless.com/article/698-shirt-colors-hex-codes  and created Illustrator version
***As at 2023-05-14 Threadless has 87 t-shirt colours available. Number subject to change

 

Introduction

When you complete an artwork you’ve spent dozens of hours on, it can be tempting to slap it onto print-on-demand sites like Threadless as fast as possible. But you could be setting yourself up for more trouble than you need to.

Choosing the right background colours for your design – especially on t-shirts – is a big chunk of making your products look awesome. Rush this, and you could end up picking a unappealing and clashing color scheme. Enable all colours, and you can overwhelm your audience with too many choices.

My solution? An easy-to-use template for Photoshop and Illustrator, to test your design against 87 Threadless shirt colours!

How To Use

It couldn’t be simpler! Just download the template from my Ko-Fi store. It costs only $3 AUD.
Unzip the package and open the PSD file in Photoshop (process is the same for Photoshop and Illustrator).
 
In the Layers menu, you’ll see a folder called Your Art Here. Paste your art into that folder.
In the six folders underneath are all the shirt colours Threadless currently** offers. The colours are divided by family – blues, greens, neutrals, and so on. Simply turn the layers on and off to preview how your design would look on that colour garment.
  • Tip: Click and drag up and down along the eyeball icons to quickly turn several layers on or off.

If you would rather create your own background texting file, here are the names of colours and their corresponding Hex codes.

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  1. Wine #260D15
  2. Heather Purple #422F65
  3. Purple #5E3A8C
  4. Heather Heliconia #FF2F8E
  5. Berry #AF1971
  6. Fusica #F34976
  7. Light Pink #FDAEBD
  8. Pink #FFC2C4
  9. Soft Pink #FFEAE7
  10. Maroon #3F1924
  11. Scarlet Red #821D2B
  12. Athletic (Champion) #9D060B
  13. Heather Red #FF2420
  14. Bright Red #CC060B
  15. Red #B51717
  16. Redwood #A94857
  17. Nantucket Red #AD504C
  18. Chili Red #EF4848
  19. Orange Poppy #ef510d
  20. Bright Orange #FA6000
  21. Orange #ff7700
  22. Gold #F4A323
  23. Light Yellow #fdeb71
  24. Canary #FFF98A
  25. Lemon #FDF882
  26. Kelly Green #02642E
  27. Olive #645F3F
  28. Evergreen #007A53
  29. Military #636153
  30. Cypress Green #62736A
  31. Clover #437F2D
  32. Light Olive #767965
  33. Green #41A145
  34. Kelly (Champion) #00A25B
  35. Tri-Kelly #00B064
  36. Sea Green #40C1AC
  37. Irish Green #52905B
  38. Apple #569C21
  39. Grass #6FCF91
  40. Avocado #81AA5A
  41. Tri-Clover #76C59C
  42. Kiwi #8EC762
  43. Neon Green #C3F17A
  44. Midnight #1F2331
  45. Navy / Heather Navy #171C32
  46. Dark Navy #1F2331
  47. Anchor Slate #2C2B36
  48. Oxford #10223C
  49. Denim #353F4B
  50. Heather Navy Demin #424A55
  51. Heather Indigo #3B4559
  52. Heather Royal #2A4988
  53. Royal Blue #20419A
  54. Summer Sky #3F60A1
  55. Saltwater #4A4E67
  56. Blue Triblend #3D63B3
  57. Turquoise #046489
  58. Heather Sport Dark Navy #727791
  59. Cyan #0CA2BD
  60. Tri-Aqua #54C1E5
  61. Light Azure (Champion) #759DFB
  62. Steel Blue #6A9BBE
  63. Bimini Blue #8DB4E7
  64. Pacific Blue #27C1CA
  65. Light Blue #8AADC5
  66. Cancun #9CE6F1
  67. Powder Blue #B0D9ED
  68. Sky Blue #B7C4DD
  69. Baby Blue #C7DCE7
  70. Black #000000
  71. Smoke #373635
  72. New Railroad #2A2725
  73. Charcoal #333333
  74. Heather Charcoal #38353C
  75. Heavy Metal #525456
  76. Dark Grey Heather #5B5D61
  77. Asphalt #5E5E5E
  78. Concrete Grey #6F6B68
  79. Grey Triblend / Heather Graphite #7C7C7C
  80. Slate #939495
  81. Stone #EAE2DC
  82. Heather Grey #DEDEDE
  83. Heather Oatmeal #F9F5EA
  84. White #FFFFFF
  85. Pebble Grey #9B9988
  86. Tri-Coffee #483D3B
  87. Chocolate #281A12

Let’s put my artwork ‘Support Main Pixel Art‘ into the template and text out some background colours.

I can see that the design looks kinda dull and unfitting on the maroon background, but vibrant and cohesive on a tri-aqua background.

File Specifications

6.08MB Photoshop PSD file, and 206KB Illustrator AI file, compressed into a 162KB .zip file.

Terms of Use

These files can be used for creating personal and commerical projects. Do not resell, redistribute, or claim as your own.

Conclusion

I hope you find this template useful. If you have any questions or problems just leave a comment below and I’ll do my best to help. And for more useful Threadless tools and tutorials, check out this section of my blog.

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