Sepia Brown-is it a PMS?

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Jan 29, 2007
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I have a photo to print in a Sepia Brown. Is that generally a Pantone color or is there a photoshop option to just convert to Sepia? I just know its normally that brown color usually on older photos
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Bernie
Jan 29, 2007
I’m sure you can find a Pantone colour that looks like the sepia brown you want.
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lark1000
Jan 29, 2007
I know but i wanted to know if there is an exact PMS or a standard one generally used for it…like Reflex Blue or something like that. If not, is there maybe a filter somewhere that I am missing that will convert to Sepia?
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Bernie
Jan 29, 2007
Not as far as I know.

Ask 10 people which colour is sepia, you’ll probably get 10 different variations of brown.

If not, is there maybe a filter somewhere that I am missing that will convert to Sepia?

Check out the duotone presets
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Gernot_Hoffmann
Jan 29, 2007
lark100,

sepia brown is NOT a single Pantone spot color.
A shadow in such an old image is almost black.
Therefore one needs a conversion like this:
Use the original brightness B, but add a little
tint by choosing a moderate saturation S and a
yellow-ish hue H.
Convert RGB to Grayscale, convert back to RGB.
Change color by HSB. For instance:
B as before, but S=0.2 and H=20°, or so.

Duotone, as suggested by C.N, is a good idea, if
the book should be printed by K and ONE Spot.
But which Spot should be used ? There are many
candidates on p.3 here:
<http://www.fho-emden.de/~hoffmann/swatch16032005.pdf>

If the book contains ordinary color images as well,
then the modified grays have to be simulated by
CMYK (convert modified RGB image into CMYK for
the actual process).

Best regards –Gernot Hoffmann
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LenHewitt
Jan 29, 2007
See http://www.cdds.co.uk/adobe/sepia.pdf for another option

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