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- liveforever
what is the best way to get pantone value if i only have the RGB ?
- pylon0
Photoshop colour picker tool.
Or the Pantone book, once you've converted from RGB to CMYK.
- inkpink0
find your color in a swatchbook is the best way and only accurate way to select any pantone color.
- monospaced0
Don't convert to CMYK if you plan on using a Pantone book (pylon is wrong). The BEST way is always an actual swatch book. There is no substitution.
- Photoshop's algorithms are pretty good for RGB-CMYK conversion.
I think he's asking about if he doesn't have a book...pylon - doesn't have a book for what ever reason.pylon
- yup i have no book and no timeliveforever
- Photoshop's algorithms are pretty good for RGB-CMYK conversion.
- liveforever0
i would do but the blocks of colour are all different shades of the same colour
was gona convert to CMYK but because the difference between alot of the colours is so minute i wasnt sure
- inkpink0
i don't understand why even bother pick a pantone unless you have a swatchbook.
choosing ID colors for your client off a screen is totally inaccurate (better off just giving them rgb/cmyk), and/or if you're actually sending a spot color to press without referring to a chip you're totally nuts.
plus screen values don't even begin to illustrate the vast difference between a swatch printed on coated and uncoated paper.
- +1d_rek
- Agreed.
But I'm sure there's a good, bad reason for it...pylon - +2monospaced
- monospaced0
Look, you asked for the best way to get a true Pantone value. We've given you the rationale for using a real book. If you won't take the suggestion, then you're not using the best method.
P.S. Photoshop's method isn't good since the RGB gamut doesn't cover the entire PMS gamut.
- Horp0
There's absolutely no correlation between an RGB colour and a pantone colour for print. Don't bother using Photoshop's colour picker to try and get a match. It wont work... at least, it wont give you a reliable translation and the eventual print colour end up being way off. You're more likely to get what you want by manually picking a colour you like from the swatch book.
- Sorry, just realsied you have no book.Horp
- * Throws self out of window.Horp
- Go borrow a book!!!
They have them at good art stores.monospaced
- liveforever0
fuck me monospaced, all u ever do is moan
i didnt say i wasnt going to take anyones advice on board - the reason i asked the question really if u READ my 2nd post was because the colours/shades were so close i wasnt sure if i would get the best from matching it to a book.Which is why i made this thread - in a effort to find out other alternative ways
- Do whatever the fuck you want, it's your client. If you don't use a book, you're just a poser.monospaced
- ZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...liveforever
- liveforever0
Technically they are all shades of one colour
so would i only need to find the pantone value for that one colour or is it better to find it for each individual shade ?
- inkpink0
shades meaning a "tint".. ? meaning just adding white to the color? or is the hue or darkness (black) changing?
if its just a tint% then its the same pantone.
- a tint is a percentage (of ink) going down...usually a screenmonospaced
- i know thxinkpink
- oh fck monospaced haha i remember youinkpink
- monospaced0
Find one color, and use percentages (tints) of that color. There is also a tint book.
- this sounds like what i'm wanting to achieve. cheersliveforever
- if you don't use a book, it won't be accurate. still have to use one.monospaced
- yeh dont want it to come out fuckd so obviously theres nothing better than doing it manually in this caseliveforever
- liveforever0
cool will do that then - cheers all for your help