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how can i match pantone colours to paint?
I am looking to match CMYK and RGB colours to get paint samples. I have tried the website easyrgb but the matches are a good bit away. Does anyone have any suggestions rather than using a colour swatch card?
Cheers
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It cannot be done, thats why we got Pantone colours to illuminate monitor/printer defects in colour.
Bin the use of RGB colours in your sign shop.. buy a pantone book and then print a Pantone chart on vinyl media, pin it to the wall and use it as a reference when choosing colours. You will find not all pantone colours work but it help’s take the guess work away from choosing colours that you can print.
If forced to use RGB to CMYK, then eyedropper the colour in your designer program (or use photoshop) and that will tell you if it is ok or not.
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Rob.. need “Edit” post buttons here…
illuminate = adjust….. i cant spell illiminate! -
Dave thanks for the reply,
(Eliminate or illuminate….I’ll get rid of one then things will be brighter)
None of our work involves printing or the use of vinyl we cut our signs from EPS(expanded polystyrene foam) and coat them with various products. One particular job require us to colour match a corel file and our paint supplier is looking for a BS number or a reference # from a paint swatch book.
The easyrgb site is usually quite good but the matches it threw back, for this job, were quite far out.Looks like I’m going to have to rely on guess work.
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