The company was founded in 1989 with the goal of producing fluorescent and metalized high quality inks.

Once the waterless printing process started developing and in limited acquisition conditions (the only ink source being in Japan), together with various printing houses from Scandinavia, Classic Colours managed to produce a waterless ink that can fulfil even the most strict requirements. In the past couple of years, besides the waterless inks they have extended their portfolio with waterless UV and LED UV inks.