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  • can anyone help with a pantone match please?

    Posted by Tim Painter on October 27, 2008 at 2:11 pm

    Can anyone match Pantone 281 ( Blue)

    I can get close, but not close enough. Client already has signs in place which I need to match to.

    Rush job, as per usually so any suggestions appreciated.

    Tim.

    Tim Painter replied 15 years, 6 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Otto Peltonen

    Member
    October 28, 2008 at 4:22 am

    PMS 281 C is available in Avery 900- series.

  • John Childs

    Member
    October 28, 2008 at 5:29 am

    Hi Tim.

    Surely if there are already signs in place that you have to match exactly it doesn’t matter what the Pantone number is, and you are wasting your time trying to get a vinyl to that colour. After all, for all you know, the originals may not be a spot-on match either.

    My first move would be to get up a ladder with an armful of vinyl swatches and try to identify the material originally used.

  • Tim Painter

    Member
    October 28, 2008 at 8:17 am

    Hi John

    I have done that, I know I won’t get spot on but from the 5 manufacturer swatches I have I can’t match.

    Thanks Otto will look at that.

    Tim.

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