CMYK to pantone

[NewNada]

Hi all!

I need to convert 2 cmyk codes to pantone codes. I'm a newbie so i haven't bought the books yet.
Can anyone help me please?

The codes are:
* c79 m38 y0 k76
and
* c0 m79 y100 k0

Thanks in advance for all the help you can give me!

[lZakl]

The closest to the blue that I could find are

PMS 296
PMS 2965
PMS 539 -- CLOSEST MATCH

And the closest I could find for your Orange/Red were

PMS 811 2X -- CLOSEST MATCH
PMS 171

-- Zak

[NewNada]

Hi Zak!

Thank you very much!

Can you please tell me how to find those pantone colors in corel draw 11?

[NewNada]

Hi Zak!

What does the PMS stand for?

My palettes, corel draw 11, all say PANTONE 1234 C (for coated), U for UNCOATED and so on. Maybe PMS is some newer version?

And also I found "811" but without the "2X", i supose it's not the same thing?

I've tried the colors you said and in my screen, the blue ones look really good, the orange ones are a bit lighter than what i'm supose to use.

Well, thanks for everything!

[lZakl]

NewNada,

PMS stands for Pantone Matching System. This is a reference system, most software is capable of reading the PMS number. Aa-far-as a pantone for your other spot color I'd have to look deeper into my book. I cannot tell you the specifics of how to use Corel Draw, I am sorry. I have never used it.

I'll look at my book in a bit to see if there is a more suitable color for your orange.

-- Zak

[lZakl]

811 2X is the closest I can find. The 2X means to get a richer color, the Pantone is printed twice. when you have a 2X on a color, you need to have 2 pantone spots on the press, or the document needs to pass through the press more than once. This gives it a "richer" color. So 811 IS 811 2X, It just needs to print twice.

-- Zak

Anyone got a bigger book?

[NewNada]

Zak, thank you very much for all the help and tips.

[monkeythumpa]

I think you must have the biggest book Zak. I have heard of "two-timing" it but never thought that there were books that showed what it would look like if you did.

[lZakl]

monkeythumpa,

It's a tattered and very used 3 ring binder set with removable chips in the first binder (whoever thought that up ... It's missing about 25 chips.)

The 3rd binder in the set has solid pages with 24 colors per page, the PMS number, it's hex reference, an rgb reference, and a cmyk "sustitute" color are included. On certain colors, like 811, there is a 2X below the original information. It has no printed "preview", just a new set of RGB, hex and CMYK numbers. We rely on our monitor calibration to help us see what this new color really is. However, there are some differences when it actually prints. Some printer's dot impressions are different than others, and depending on which rossette they use, and if there is a screen (IMO, doesn't this defeat the whole purpose of Pantone? When people take the original color, and "alter" it by changing opacity, etc?) to the color you are using, it can vary by a little, but by looking at it on the screen, and if the file is built without altering the color, or layer with the color on it, you get a pretty darn good idea as to what the color will look like.

I think we bought the set through a company called Enovations, who supplies us with all our paper, inks, plates etc...

-- Zak

[gsmusr]

Hi Zak

Can I enlist your help too?

I need to convert CMYK 96, 96, 0, 0 and CMYK 2, 4, 87, 0 to a PMS matches, which if you can help with, would be most appreciated.

Many thanks in advance