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  CMYK to Pantone

  Posted by John Childs on 28 September 2004 at 11:09

  Help!!!

  I’ve been given a CMYK mix (C=95 M=50 Y=5 B=0) and I need to get a vinyl as close to that as I can.

  It doesn’t need to be spot-on, and all I really need is a Pantone number so that I can pick a vinyl.

  Anybody know of a painless way of doing this?

  Tim Painter replied 21 years, 1 month ago 5 Members · 5 Replies
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  Rodney Gold

  Member

  28 September 2004 at 11:16

  its panton 2935 u
  The way to do this is to draw a filled square in Corel , edit the fill to you cmyk values (go to properties of the item to edit fill) then in that same edit dialog box , pick palettes and choose the pantone (or any other type) one that you want , and hey presto , the equivalent pantone reference is highlighted

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  expressgraphics

  Member

  28 September 2004 at 11:21

  Hi John,
  this sort of works. Use Photoshop colour picker. Change the CMYK values to the ones supplied, then click on the custom button and it will throw up a Pantone Reference.
  The values you have indicate a blue, P.2945.

  John.

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  John Childs

  Member

  28 September 2004 at 11:27

  Brilliant lads. Many thanks.

  Now, if you reallywant to be heroes – do you know how I can do that trick in Illustrator?

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  Dave Standen

  Member

  28 September 2004 at 11:36

  Hi John
  Your colour I believe is Olympic Blue
  Regards
  Dave

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  Tim Painter

  Member

  29 September 2004 at 09:50

  4col to spot is a nightmare.
  Personally having looked at my Solid to process swatch I would say 2935 is too dark a blue.

  Are you trying to match to a printed sample ie letterheads?

  If so I would get a sample if the client is a picky one.

  Tim.

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