CMYK -> Pantone?
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- maikel0
Back in the day it was a thing called Hexachrome which was CMYK+OG
A quick google on colour theory will give a general idea of why, and will also explain what GAMUT is and how quickly you can end off it.
Anyway, as mono said light colour in CMYK = eugh. I will add, gray in CMYK = trouble. And using software to match a CMYK to a Pantone = joke. It is not going to happen.
@ mydo: I've got solid, process and bridge. And now that I'm involved in product design would be quite happy to see a RAL to Pantone.
- Pantone - RAL would be way useful... I fucked this up before xmas and got a red cabinet instead of a reddish gray somehow... still haven't figured that one outkingsteven
- hans_glib0
@maikel: http://www.imi21.com/ral-convers…
- Thanks - I was thinking more along the lines of a swatch book...maikel
- monoboy0
You need the Pantone Bridge system. Match by eye too.
There's a lot of variables to watch out for. Type of press, paper stock and the ability of the printer. Also length of run.
Can be impossible to match a PMS in CMYK. Ask your printer for advice. Also a case of managing client expectations.
If colour is really important to them, they'll have to stump up the cash for a PMS run.
- 23kon0
Just tried Pantone > CMYK for a current job and wasnt impressed with the outcome although it got us close.
The client is just doing digital printing so I printed test colour variation charts out on our colour printer and a couple of decent copy shops nearby to get an average of results then from here chose the ACTUAL cmyk breakdown's we'd go with that looked the best on average.
Fingers crossed when this goes to print for brochures the colours are the same lol.
- bjladams0
i worked as a printing apprentice for a number of years after college, learning the ropes from an old guy that probably had trained gutenberg - he had his own color chart that he'd put together over the years that was a reverse cmyk to pantone book. crazy, but dead-accurate.
he could probably make a small fortune if he had the time to manufacture them.
- too many variables... probably great on that machine, but wouldn't be accurate for another machine/setup.Amicus
- problem is that process only covers a small range of pantone, so amazing as it is, it only goes so farmonospaced
- ha! no, i think this is being misunderstood. he's made physical breakdowns from pigment and matched them to pms colorsbjladams
- pms colors. it's awesome. and fills up an entire briefcase.bjladams
- Amicus0
Open Pantone Book, choose colour.
Or do you mean CMYK for a Pantone?
- monospaced0
If you have CMYK values why would you start swapping them for, or add, Pantone spots? Does the print job contain any photography? If so you might be adding to the cost. It really is best to look at a Pantone book and pick the colors you like in good light, and choose according to the paper as well. Good luck.
- detritus0
Photoshop is good for this.
Click the 'colour libraries' option in the colour picker.
- dyspl0
in illustrator :
http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutor…
- randomname0
If I'm sending it to the printer, I want it in two Pantone's rather than two CMYK values?
It will be cheaper right?
- Amicus0
Not necessarily cheaper, but you will get the exact shade you asked for. You can also get brighter, more pure looking colours in many parts of the spectrum.
The reason, it's not necessarily cheaper is that most printers these days are setup to do CMYK on the fly. To do anything else requires extra time to clean the rollers, load the colours and cleanup again at the end.
- fourth0
before I had the color bridge book I'd ask here and people would look it up for me
- monospaced0
If one of the colors is relatively light, I say go with the Pantone options. CYMK is less impressive on light colors. Either way, try to look at a swatch book.
- randomname0
For a normal cheap job on uncoated paper, do I use Process Uncoated colors?
- randomname0
or Solid uncoated?
- monospaced0
solid
- Amicus0
Use Process Uncoated if you end up printing CMYK and Solid uncoated if you end up printing spot colour.
- randomname0
So for a two color job on a budget, I should use process uncoated?
- mydo0
Pantone process is just cymk with a handy book for reference right?
Do most of your studios have a set of process and solid books, or just solid?