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> converting from Pantone to regular RGB/CMYK is a lot more lossy than one would think From what I briefly read, a large chunk of Pantone doesn't even fit in C
by aasasd 4y ago
> converting from Pantone to regular RGB/CMYK is a lot more lossy than one would think
From what I briefly read, a large chunk of Pantone doesn't even fit in CMYK:
> About 30% of the Pantone system's 1114 spot colors (as of year 2000) cannot be simulated with CMYK but with 13 base pigments (14 including black) mixed in specified amounts.
These 1114 spot colors are apparently themselves only a part of the total 2161, but still it's 400 colors missing, seemingly without even accounting for texture effects and whatnot.
- exmadscientist 4y agoPantone prints "bridge decks", with the true spot colors printed right next to their CMYK best equivalent. If you've ever seen one, you might well conclude that almost none of the Pantone spot colors are representable in CMYK. It's not great!
- systemvoltage 4y agoCMYK is not a colorspace.
- aasasd 4y ago(I only now noticed the “as of year 2000” next to the ‘1114’—while the number 2161 is from 2019. So presumably the number of un-representable colors grew in the meanwhile, and might be about 650 now if the proportion is the same.) Also, personally I find that I'd like to have some kind of printed swatches just so I can figure out the color of my stuff at home and find the corresponding paint, sealant or whatever. I could just pirate Pantone and print some of it for like twenty bucks—however, if a third of it is outside CMYK, then I'm rather out of luck. Bit of a weird problem to have.