To provide a hue control method in a perfecting press making the hue of preceding and succeeding printing surfaces almost uniform even in case of performing printing by the perfecting press using a printing plate formed by making the dot states in the preceding and succeeding printing surfaces same.

The solid density compensation quantity of the preceding printing surface is set to a value making the solid density of the preceding printing surface lower than the of the succeeding printing surface by the lowering of the density of the preceding printing surface caused by the blank in an impression cylinder.