RGB to PANTONE

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Ami
Jul 27, 2007
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Hi!

I’m new here. I need to translate 4 rgb/CMYK values to PANTONE codes (preferably those that ends with TPX, otherwise those that ends with C). A friend has told 1000 times to me how I am suppouse to do it, but I do not understand properly. Is there a good soul out there that could do this to me?

The colors are:
1)
CMYK 0,272 / 0 / 0,043 / 0,078
RGB 171 / 235/ 225
2)
CMYK 0,977 / 0 / 0,954 / 0,314
RGB 4 / 175 / 8
3)
0 / 0,924 / 0,987 / 0,075
236 / 18/ 3
4)
CMYK 0 / 0 / 0 / 0,302

Thank you soooo much!

Ami

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Jim_Oblak
Jul 27, 2007
For a ballpark conversion, pop those values in your color picker and then click the button right below ‘cancel’.
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delooch
Jul 27, 2007
better grab someone with good eyes and a swatchbook..

curious though, if you designed using the CMYK/RGB values, why are you specifying PANTONE after the fact?
SF
Steven_Foley
Aug 9, 2007
Hello,

I need to do this too. What "cancel" are you referring to? I can’t find a "button right below cancel."

Could someone please clarify?

Thanks!
JO
Jim_Oblak
Aug 9, 2007
Do you have your color picker window open?
SF
Steven_Foley
Aug 9, 2007
Jim,
Yes, I believe I figured out the button you were talking about (it has a right-pointing arrow on it). At that point, I couldn’t figure out what to do. I would like to find the closest PMS match to a CMYK color.
SF
Steven_Foley
Aug 9, 2007
Never mind! I figured it out.

I double-clicked on the little color swatch in the TOOL PALETTE. That brought up the Color Picker. Then I simply clicked on the COLOR LIBRARIES button and chose the correct "BOOK" from the dropdown menu (in my case, it was PANTONE Solid Uncoated). Photoshop then automatically shows the closest PANTONE match to my CMYK color.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!!

– Steve
JO
Jim_Oblak
Aug 10, 2007
Of course, use this as a rough guide. This is really a backwards way of picking a color. You are supposed to have a printed swatch book in front of you to choose PMS colors. The PMS color you discovered through the color picker means nothing more than the RGB color. There is typically no point in doing this kind of conversion. You should always rely on printed swatches.

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