Cleojewellery started this topic @ 16:25 on 24/05/2006
Hello Everyone
Could anyone give me some advice on Pantone Colours and Printing.
I had some business cards printed but they were not set as a pantone colour therefore, everytime they print they look different.
I have found a colour I like, but it is a pantone coated colour, when you look at the colour sample for the same colour but uncoated, it looks very different.
For things like business cards, posters and compliment slips, should the pantone colour be coated or not. Also will the colour vary depending on what material it is printed on i.e silk business card to compliment slip.
Also, I have been told that all printed colours must be in pantone colours, yet when you look through exhibition programs etc. there are many product images or photo's of models...how does that vary. I am looking to have images included on posters .
Sorry if this is a basic question but I seem to have got lost in the world of printing!!!!
RE: Pantone Colours
creacom | 24/05/2006 04:49 PM
Hi Cleo,
Uncoated is really to show what the colour is like on normal stock paper not on something like Silk.
You also need to be sure that your printer is using Pantone refs and not converting it into CMYK.
Tell you what, drop me an email and I will talk you through it and help you with the colours and explain the differences.
Dont worry im not selling you anything, Ill just give you a hand 
Jacqui
j.macdougall@creacomdesign.com
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RE: Pantone Colours
danners | 29/05/2006 09:27 PM
if you are printing several colours i would opt for using CMYK - colours wont be as vibrant but your printing costs will be much reduced. If you are just using eg: black and 1 Pantone colour then less of an issue. Any print will look different on different papers/surfaces.
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RE: Pantone Colours
hightide | 30/05/2006 07:39 AM
a full colour brochure is printed using CMYK process.
as danners mentioned, you can use this on your business stationery too, and it can decrease the costs.
CMYK is a way of rpelicating most colours by mixing (C)yan, (M)agenta, (Y)ellow, and finally black (K). This is the same principal as your TV using RGB - red green blue.
to understand the difference that CMYK and Pantone make,
it's worth remembering that the massive corporates that use pantone also use CMYK every time they place a newspaper ad, a snewspapers use CMYK.
take a look at the logo on your british gas bill, and compare that with a press ad.
same thing with orange mobile bills
the bill will be pantone / spot colour. the press ad CMYK
in most cases you won't appreciate the difference unless you are looking side by side and in a lot of cases you still won't notice.
We specialise in providing fast full colour print using batch printing of CMYK jobs.
CMYK can be a lot cheaper than spot colours, particulary once you go to 2 colours.
Plus it makes things more flexible -suddenyl you can add photos of your products to your business card for the same price.
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RE: Pantone Colours
Cleojewellery | 01/06/2006 02:27 PM
Thank you everyone for your helpful comments!
Thank you to Jacqui, great help. Business cards arrived yesterday and I am very pleased with them.
I have one last question:
Does anyone know of a reliable source for converting Pantone Colour codes into the nearest CMYK code. I have a pantone book but it has no CMYK values on it. I want to do some work in Photoshop and as far as I understand I need to use CMYK.
Thank you!
RE: Pantone Colours
creacom | 01/06/2006 03:33 PM
Hi
The best thing would be to buy a Pantone colour bridge reference chart. The colours that you see on screen are not the same as what you see on print so its a useful tool.
We use the following supplier for that and the price is around £60 see the link :
http://www.tradeprintsupplies.co.uk/shop/products_view.php?prod=5
They have the CMYK and Pantone refs in them BUT......you can also use Pantone refs with Photoshop.
Drop me an email and I will talk you through it if you like.
Jacqui
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