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- fusionpixel
some one gave me a list of pantone colors:
ex. 445C
Now, for the last hour I have been looking all over illustrator and google to find how in the world I set up my custom pantone colors.
Does anyone has an idea? I know how to create a new swatch, but i dont get the option of entering those pantone #s
TIA!
- pyeaton0
Go under the windows menu to Swatch Libraries. Pick the type of pms you need, and look it up in the swatch palette.
- fusionpixel0
cool
is there anyway to see what pantone color belongs to what PMS?
Just wondering
- gruntt0
can't get my head around your last question.
- jakeyj0
the number you get should tell you.
ex 445 C would mean you open the pantone solid Coated library. etc.
- pyeaton0
i cannot either. do u mean the versions? such as coated vs uncoated? or do you need to know how to look up the numbers themselves?
- gruntt0
PMS = Pretty Mean Smoke?
=)
- fusionpixel0
LOL
thanks for your help and sorry for my dumb questions (no much of print guy and i have to use the same colors for web) anyyways
so i get handed a color list:
467C
7416C
445C
... and so forth.So I can load a library, but I have like 20 libraries and I was wondering if there was some special way to find a specific Pantone Color, like there isnt a 400's library or a 7000's library, but I will do as pyeaton suggested, find the coated colors and see if I have more luck like that.
TA
- gruntt0
click the triangle at the top of your PMS pallette and select "list view"
- Duane0
Window>Swatch Libraries>Pantone solid coated
Type in the find field at the top of the Pantone swatch window.
- fusionpixel0
Cool!
It was the "Pantone solid coated" library(...10 libraries later).
Something new to learn everyday!
Thanks again guys
- fusionpixel0
another print question.
So all these libraries are the onlyones that can be used if you want to design for print?
I mean those are the only true colors that printers can reproduce?
Just wondering..
- pyeaton0
No problem. anytime!
- pyeaton0
No. PMS colors are pre-mixed inks. The good thing about them is that they duplicate well, as well as being considered 1 color. Printers charge for each color used. So, if you want to print a color photo, that would be four colors (C=Cyan M=Magenta Y=Yellow, K=Black.) This is how printing works. But, for instance, logos should always be designed using a pms color because they will always match, and keep BC cost down. Easy enough to convert it to CMYK.
Email me if you have any questions. .
Be happy to help you out.
- horton0
another print question.
So all these libraries are the onlyones that can be used if you want to design for print?
I mean those are the only true colors that printers can reproduce?
Just wondering..
fusionpixel
(Aug 17 05, 12:16)no.. pantones# are just used for spot colour printing, when you are using just a limited number of specific colours.. (like a corporate ID package, screenprintingjobs, etc etc).
if the print job is 4 colour process/ CMYK (like a magazine) the you can pretty much make any colour using CMYK inks.
- fusionpixel0
great, thanks again.
- kld0
fyi, only certain pms colors have cmyk equivalents. There will be four small dots in a circle under the color in the pantone swatch book if they are.