[kje10l]

Closest color or ...
Working in Illustrator and Quark i've come up with this "problem"
Whats the easiest way to find the closest color ?
This will simplify my work a lot.

Kje10l

[Corys]

I usually compare the CMYK values to what is in the Pantone-Process book..

assuming you don't have a printed sample to compare to a pantone book

[kje10l]

Originally posted by Corys:
I usually compare the CMYK values to what is in the Pantone-Process book..

assuming you don't have a printed sample to compare to a pantone book

What if you don't have the Pantone book ? (Getting one in the nearest future though)

Any quick tool to compare out there ?

The Art Director Toolkit 3 followed my Dual G4 and i find it quite good but it's to bad they didn't ad this feature in it

Kje10l

[andi*pandi]

sigh. No pantone book? Tsk Tsk.

Do you have the CMYK values? In photoshop, color window, type in the CMYK values. Then hit custom and select the pantone library. It will seek the closest approximation.

[kje10l]

Originally posted by andi*pandi:
sigh. No pantone book? Tsk Tsk.

Do you have the CMYK values? In photoshop, color window, type in the CMYK values. Then hit custom and select the pantone library. It will seek the closest approximation.

Jupp. Pantone Book will be on top of my shopping list, on my next visit to the store.

It works ok doing the steps swopping in to Custom but still the colors won't match
quite as good as i would like

For now i will go for this option...

BTW: Thanks for the advice.

Kje10l

[zubro]

The prints are NEVER 100% close to what you want (pantone or any other CMYK mix) anyway, so my advice is that you choose one (close) and you warn your client that it will be "alike" ;o)

Good luck!

PS: I have a PANTONE ref kit, and I use it as a source to choose my colors.

[art_director]

pantone books are a must. they must be replaced regularly because the inks fade. there is no substitue. unless you count re-running jobs. and that's more expensive than a pantone book.