[chevy man 22]

Most if not all use Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, and Black.

Are there any other colors ever used or are those the 4 universal colors used for evry card made ?

[leadmetogreatness]

I do remember seeing earlier ones using light magenta, light cyan printed on the backs of them.

[bamyanks]

I think close to 95% of them are magenta, cyan, yellow and black. At lease they were when I was in the printing business.

[bengalsandreds]

Those are the colors used in printing. Those four process colors will make any picture. I'm currently in the printing business, and that's what we use to print. There are hundreds if not thousands of other spot colors, but we won't get too technical in a baseball card forum.

[ryanmo5]

Not sure if anyone else has noticed this but every time I get my hands on a plate it's the cyan 9 times out of 10. I rarely see the magenta and black plates.

[hempick]

Not sure if anyone else has noticed this but every time I get my hands on a plate it's the cyan 9 times out of 10. I rarely see the magenta and black plates.

For whatever reason, I always get yellow most often. I wish I could get cyan ones as it is my favorite color.

[jumper4d8]

I always seem to find Black printing plates. Though I normally don't hunt for them because my PC (Griffey Jr) are usually so expensive. But to respond to the initial OP's question, commercial printing is always done in CMYK.

[magicpapa]

I always seem to find Black printing plates. Though I normally don't hunt for them because my PC (Griffey Jr) are usually so expensive. But to respond to the initial OP's question, commercial printing is always done in CMYK.