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Trapping Standards

These standards should be used for trapping the preferred match color versions of the Cirrus Brand Mark and Acceptance Mark.


Color Trapping Standards (follow the trapping steps below, from left to right)

  Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 (Acceptance Marks only)
Cirrus Brand Mark/Acceptance Mark (1) Cirrus Dark Blue and Light Blue Interlocking Circles trap to each other.
(2) Cirrus Light Blue spreads to trap Cirrus Dark Blue.
(3) Cirrus Dark Blue maintains the correct size and shape of the trapped area.
Cirrus brand name reverses out to white. The Cirrus Dark Blue and Light Blue Interlocking Circles spread to trap the MasterCard Dark Blue Acceptance Rectangle.
Drop Shadow      
Decals and Signs
Greater than 63.5 mm (2.5") wide
Drop shadow reverses out to white and then prints 100% MasterCard Dark Blue.    
Decals and Signs
63.5 mm (2.5") wide and smaller
Drop shadow overprints the Interlocking Circles in 100% MasterCard Dark Blue.    
Communication Materials
not signifying acceptance
If blue, the drop shadow reverses out to white and then prints in 100% MasterCard Dark Blue. If black, the drop shadow overprints the Interlocking Circles in 100% black.