Trapping Standards

These standards should be used for trapping the preferred match color versions of the MasterCard 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)
	(1) MasterCard Red and Yellow Interlocking Circles trap to each other. (2) MasterCard Yellow spreads to trap MasterCard Red. (3) MasterCard Red maintains the correct size and shape of the trapped area.	MasterCard brand name reverses out to white.	The MasterCard Red and Yellow 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.

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