Color Matching Questioin
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- bigbaby53
I'm trying to match a particular color from a printed piece to a document that I'm creating. My problem is when I scan the printed piece with the intention of using the eye dropper tool to get the wanted color its not correct because of the dpi I assume. Any suggestions one how I can do this?
- must_dash0
by. eye.
- FredMcWoozy0
^ what he said.
Print out a row of 5-10 shades of the color you're trying to match. Then find the closet shade and start bumping up whatever color you think you need then repeat process.
The thing is you will never match the color exactly, especially if you're doing outside printing. This is the reason the pantone system was set up.
It's not the DPI of the scan, its the light from the scanning bar.
Also make sure you're working under consistent lighting.
- capn_ron0
PMS swatchbook
- The have color bridge out now to. You might want to look into that BigBaby53FredMcWoozy
- nosaj0
Yeah, get a Pantone book and match it up.
- bigbaby530
Pantone book would've been my first choice if i had one. I was hoping there was a another, simple way
- vaxorcist0
Colormunki scanner and monitor calibration... $$ but predictable once you have it all setup....
- SHAMAN0
I keep looking for a way that when I scan in a painting I can color correct the image to print exact to the painting. I know there is a way to choose exact black and play with the levels but if anybody has a step by step way of doing it - please share. And don't send me any LMGTFY I have already been all over.
- johndiggity0
http://www.pantone.com/pages/pro…
had one at an old job. pretty cool and was surprisingly accurate.
- vaxorcist0
I know people who do this, they use a spectrophotometer and profiling software. You scan a test print, and you get a device that sticks onto your monitor, scanning the screen representation of the test print, then you print a test print and scan it and keep re-scanning and re-calibrating till your color environment workflow is fully calibrated.
The issue is that the colorspace of your monitor is different from the colorspace of your printer is different from the colorspace of your printer. For example, your monitor may be able to show some colors your printer cannot print.
Colormunki is one of these calibration methods, there are others, usually cheaper and not as good, or more expensive and complicated...
- inkpink0
holy crap none of you got eyeballs... ?
mix the colors in cmyk - its not rocket science.
if an exact match is required then a pantone shoulda been spec'd.