Manufacturer's description
Thickness
Weight
Paper type
Coating
Red River Paper's Polar Matte raises the bar for imaging excellence. This paper brings you professional quality in every sense of the meaning - from the coating to the base stock, Polar is the go-to photo matte when you want the best.
Polar features a beautiful soft white printing surface with outstanding ink holdout capabilities. Polar Matte is acid-free and its heavy 60lb. weight makes it a desirable photo paper for all high-quality photo imaging including portraits and greeting cards.
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Choose Polar Matte for landscapes, black and white photography, low contrast images, design, and artistic work. Polar's lack of surface reflection means that details are the primary focus of the print.
10mil
229gsm / 60lb
100% alpha cellulose (tree fiber)
Microporous photo matte
Acidity
Back
Acid free coating and base stock
This paper is available in two versions. One with a plain paper back with no markings; and a double-sided version with the same photo matte surface on both sides.
Brightness and Color
"Bright white"
According to our measurements this paper has an average LAB value of 95.678436 -0.338047 0.340729 (Measured using D50 2°), quite close to pure, bright white.
Spectral Graph
Note: spectral readings taken in M2 (UV Cut) mode. This paper contains optical brighteners which may affect appearance under UV light.
Spectral Readings
Canon Pro-2100 ICC Profile
and am1x configuration
Created 2021-12-31 by BSLprints using Argyll CMS 2.3.0 with X-Rite i1Studio
from 3,465 color patches.
Canon Pro-1000 ICC Profile
and am1x configuration
Created 2022-01-09 by BSLprints using Argyll CMS 2.3.0 with X-Rite i1Studio
from 3,465 color patches.
Note: Profiles created using M2 (UV Cut) mode . This paper contains optical brighteners which may affect appearance under UV light.
Gamut Chart
Coming soon