Your Vision. Our Colors. Unlimited Potential.
The Colored by INX Can Design Contest is your opportunity to showcase your talent and creativity while gaining industry recognition. Whether you’re a graphic designer, brand owner, or metal decorator, this contest celebrates outstanding can design using the INX Color Catalog and Color Perfection System.
More than just a competition, it’s a platform to tell your story—highlighting the inspiration behind your design and how INX helps bring your vision to life.
What's in it for you?
- Custom Trophy:
Celebrate your winning design with a personalized award. - Feature in Color Perfection Magazine:
Get noticed by industry leaders. - Industry Recognition:
Gain exposure through press coverage. - Social Media Spotlight:
See your design featured on INX’s website and social platforms.
How to Participate:
- Create a can design using the INX Color Catalog.
- Submit a high-res production or press proof PDF of your design. Your artwork must include spot colors listed from the catalog, or your metal decorator may provide the press proof listing the color catalog numbers on the PDF.
- Share your creative journey—what inspired your design, how you selected your colors, and how INX helped bring it to life.
Note: Catalog serial number will be required during submission.
Who Can Enter?
- Your can must be on the market before January 1, 2025
- Your design must include at least one INX Color Catalog color.
- Open to graphic designers, brand owners, and metal decorators using INX’s color tools.
What Makes a Winning Design?
Our expert industry judges look for:
Originality & Creativity – A unique, compelling design that stands out.
Use of Color – How effectively you utilize INX’s colors in your design.
Your Story – A strong connection between your design and the inspiration behind it.
Every Design Tells a Story—What’s Yours?
Your design is more than just color—it’s about your vision and inspiration. Whether it’s a bold artistic statement or a subtle, refined aesthetic, share how the INX Color Catalog helped bring your ideas to life. Stand out by telling your story.
Ready to Enter?
It’s time to show the world what you can create when innovation meets artistry. Submit your design today and join the growing community of creators making an impact with INX. Submit Your Can Design
Every Design Tells a Story—What’s Yours?
Your design isn’t just about color; it’s about the vision and inspiration behind it. Tell us how the INX Color Catalog or Color Perfection System helped you bring your ideas to life. Share your creative journey and stand out with a story that connects.
Every year INX hosts a can design contest for anyone that uses the INX Color Catalog to get their cans to market quicker is allowed to enter.
Subscribe and view the Color Perfection Magazine!
Press Release:
Jackie O’s Brewery wins Colored By INX Can Design Contest
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The INX contest is always something we look forward to entering. We challenge ourselves to use our INX catalog whenever possible. We're always struggling at which can to enter each year - wish we could enter them all!
—Annie Gomes“
The use of the catalog helps to make customers aware of the tones that can be given with an adequate application of ink, which makes our printing processes efficient.
—Jesus Mariscal“
Winning the INX award it’s a little sample of the high printing quality we've been doing in México, it’s the result of the joint efforts of many people during many years, INX supplier included when they offer new tools to work with, like the INX´s Catalog.
—Oscar Ocampo
