Vinyl Colour Matching from pantone?

[Marcella Ross]

in 751 the only colour similar is 555 glacier blue – but it’s not a perfect match 😕

[Alison Falzon]

Thanks Marcella.

How close is it to that Pantone colour? I was expecting it to be darker. – Shows how much monitor colours vary doesn’t it!

Is there any better matches in another vinyl grade?

Sorry to be a pain, but I’ve asked Europoint for this info a couple of times, and no-one’s got back to me yet, and the customer’s hassling me!

Thanks again,

Ali

[Martin Pearson]

Hi Alison, your best bet is to phone some of the suppliers and ask them to send you vinyl swatches. Because you can’t really duplicate a vinyl colour on the computer with any real accuracy without spending a lot of money I always used to show the customer what vinyl colours I would be using from a swatch just so there were no complaints about it looking different on the screen

[Phill Fenton]

555 is not a bad match – if the customers not too fussy it would probably do. Give them a sample and let them decide for themselves.

Failing that you could get someone to print and cut that specific colour on a printer for you. I’ve done this myself in the past when I’ve had problems colour matching.

[David Rowland]

i just had a look… that pantone colour is very light blue.. bit like sky on a good day. I just looked thru Avery range, nothing at all. We would print vinyl on this one and then cut it.

[Alison Falzon]

Thanks everyone..

Yes because of the 50% pantone on part of the logo (which doesn’t seem to look anything remotely like a vinyl colour from anywhere), it looks like what I’ll have to do is get the logo’s printed anyway.

The customer is quite amicable, and said that if I get them printed, he’ll then match the paint to the vinyl. (part of the car has to be sprayed the same colour).

I have a feeling this is going to be one of those nightmarish jobs…..the colour matching bit is just the beginning……

It’s for a racecar, and they want the logo on the front, going half across the "bonnet" bit, then wrapping over onto the side a little (if you know what I mean), which is okay in priniciple, but it’s a funny, curved shape, so I’m somehow going to have to distort the logo quite a bit, just to make it look okay when it’s on there! So any advice would be greatly appreciated!!!