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First of all, Pantone is the brand name of an organization that released an international color standard. You are probably referring to the difference between spot colors and CMYK since most artists are referring to spot colors when referencing Pantone.
PANTONE
A Pantone Spot Color is a pre-mixed ink color that adheres strictly to the international standard for that color. Ink manufacturers cater these inks to exact specs and send them to printing companies on-demand. The press operators can then drop the custom ink into the press and out comes the color.
CMYK
The most common form of printing uses 4 ink colors arranged in an intricate pattern of dots to generate colorful images. If you open up your inkjet printer you should be able to see those same colors on your ink cartridges. Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black; otherwise referred to as CMYK. These are called process colors and are often seen in commercial printing. For most print applications, this form of printing is sufficient. However, there are limitations. 1) The color gamut is relatively narrow in certain areas such as blue and fluorescent colors. 2) If a precise color needs to be matched, the printer would opt for a spot color. 3) Lighter colors such as gray will show the dots when viewed up close. A spot color can print 100% solid.
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∙ 15y agoIn offset printing realistic, full color printing is achieved by printing 4 basic colors, cyan, magenta, yellow and black, thus the CMY. K stands for black, the black plate usually contains the most information and is therefore referred to as the Key plate. Also other colors besides black begin with B, K is used to avoid confusion. Pantone colors are the industry standard for color consistency and are used in what is called spot color printing. If you want a specific shade of blue, for example, you can look through a Pantone swatch book, find the shade you want, and the printed result will match that color. So much about color is subjective, what one person sees as green, another sees turquoise, Pantone eliminates all of the confusion with their color matching system.
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How can you find the CMYK values for a pantone color?
By "Pantone Color," you must be referring to Pantone Solid or Pantone Spot Color, because Pantone is the brand of a private company that sets the international standard for print colors. "Pantone" does not indicate that something is not CMYK.The mentioned company, Pantone, produces a swatch book called Pantone Bridge, and has the spot color on one column, and the CMYK process color on the other column so that you can see the color shift between solid and CMYK, as well as the CMYK breakdown. These swatch books are available online or in a local graphics supply store.
How do you convert a DIC color to a Pantone color?
If you want to convert a DIC color to a Pantone color, you must calcuate the CMYK value inside a graphics program such as Photoshop. Once you have the CMYK value you can convert the color.
What is pantone 413C?
cmyk color c=100 m=72 y=0 k=30
How do you convert CMYK colors to TPX pantone?
This is a complicated process. To begin, TPX in Pantone stands for Textile Paper Extended. These colors are meant for printing on fabric. When one has a CMYK image in Photoshop the colors can not just be converted. The only way to incorporate spot color (Pantone) into a rasterized CMYK image is as an extra plate, or spot color channel in Photoshop. One can also create a monotone, duotone or tritone from a CMYK image. To do this the image can not remain in CMYK mode. The process is much easier to do in a vector file. Using the eye dropper or color picker tool in Photoshop one can measure the amount of cyan, magenta, yellow and black in a specific area. Using the swatches palette open the appropriate Pantone library, find the desired color and measure the CMYK content in the same manner. This process will reveal the CMYK equivalent for that specific color.
Rgb cmyk hsl or pantone in a document?
If you're printing the image on your desktop printer, use RGB--those printers will convert anything else to RGB, then to CMYK. If you're printing it on a wide-format inkjet printer like a Roland, Mutoh or VUtek, or you're sending it to a printing plant to be printed on an offset or flexo press, use CMYK if you're not using spot colors, and Pantone for the spot colors.
What is the difference between pantone cmyk ec cmyk up and cmyk PC?
PC = process coated ec = euro coated
How do you convert Pantone TPX to CMYK?
Pantone is system used to standardize color matching. Pantone colors are referenced by the TPX code. To convert Pantone TPX to CMYK, select an item, and then select "convert to CMYK" on the "edit" menu.
How can you find the CMYK values for a pantone color?
By "Pantone Color," you must be referring to Pantone Solid or Pantone Spot Color, because Pantone is the brand of a private company that sets the international standard for print colors. "Pantone" does not indicate that something is not CMYK.The mentioned company, Pantone, produces a swatch book called Pantone Bridge, and has the spot color on one column, and the CMYK process color on the other column so that you can see the color shift between solid and CMYK, as well as the CMYK breakdown. These swatch books are available online or in a local graphics supply store.
How can you find the Pantone equivalent of a CMYK value?
pantone 7401 coated
What is correct CMYK Color for Greenpeace logo?
It's Pantone 363U and its variants on CMYK or JPEG.
What is Pantone?
cmyk color c=100 m=72 y=0 k=30
How do you convert a DIC color to a Pantone color?
If you want to convert a DIC color to a Pantone color, you must calcuate the CMYK value inside a graphics program such as Photoshop. Once you have the CMYK value you can convert the color.
What is pantone 413C?
cmyk color c=100 m=72 y=0 k=30
What are the cmyk values for pantone 8760?
C-37 m-36 y-61 k-4
How do you convert CMYK colors to TPX pantone?
This is a complicated process. To begin, TPX in Pantone stands for Textile Paper Extended. These colors are meant for printing on fabric. When one has a CMYK image in Photoshop the colors can not just be converted. The only way to incorporate spot color (Pantone) into a rasterized CMYK image is as an extra plate, or spot color channel in Photoshop. One can also create a monotone, duotone or tritone from a CMYK image. To do this the image can not remain in CMYK mode. The process is much easier to do in a vector file. Using the eye dropper or color picker tool in Photoshop one can measure the amount of cyan, magenta, yellow and black in a specific area. Using the swatches palette open the appropriate Pantone library, find the desired color and measure the CMYK content in the same manner. This process will reveal the CMYK equivalent for that specific color.
What kind of product is the pantone huey?
Pantone is a color matching system that printers use where they mix up the color in question instead of using cmyk. A hue is a tint or a shade of a color.
What is the pantone color number for od green?
Pantone is a provider of color systems and color communication. The code for od green is OD GREEN CMYK (15%, 0%, 27%, 68%).
