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• Lack of Pantone colors in illustrator and Indesign

  Hello
  

  
  

  I hope someone can help me with the following.

  I use adobe creative cloud every day on a mac. We are currently finishing off a re-brand of the company I work for and we have a new color scheme implemented, which also means PANTONE new colors were chosen.

  But for some reason, I can only find 2 of the 4 colors in my indesign and illustrator PANTONE color libraries. The rest do not seem to be available...

  You miss the following colors:

  PANTONE: 2347

  PANTONE: 2292

  I wonder if there is some sort of an update that I should do for my libraries of colors? and what is the best solution for these missing colors in my adobe design creative cloud account so I can start using them in the future.

  Thanks in advance!

  PANTONE provide all their colors as shades available for download on their site, more free libraries, some only in the context of their commercial software. Check out their site. While there, also read their color guides. The colors you chose may simply have been replaced / replaced by others. For what be more demand in the forums of each product.

  Mylenium

• How can I add Pantone color books Illustrator CC?

  I'm used to using the Pantone Process color book in illustrator, but is absent from my CC of Illustrator. How can I add? I got it to work, so I guess it's a book of standard color, because my work never paid for something more. I see I have a coated CMYK + Pantone color book, but the names of the witnesses differ from Pantone Solid color book process that I'm used.

  Oh. then you ask for old pantone books?

  Here you go

  Dropbox - pantones.zip

  Let me know when you have it because I want to delete it.

• Lack of Pantone color in Illustrator Library

  Hello world

  I work with Illustrator 6 and here my question:

  The Pantone Coated 2167 C and 626 C are not available. How to manage to add all the missing colors in the library?

  Thanks in advance for your help.

  Fanny

  There is nothing wrong in sharing libraries. Two sources:

  This thread of the InDesign forum - see #129 on the last page:

  https://forums.Adobe.com/message/8289623?TSTART=0#8289623

  Then see what it does refer to:

  Sharing libraries of PANTONE Color Manager with task force - Pantone.com

• Cannot find Pantone 7737 in Illustrator CS5

  I understand that it is a question of Pantone Plus and in my folder "Colour books", there is no more the .acb file. Can't find anything useful when I Googled it. Help?

  Thank you guys.

  I had to buy PANTONE color Manager that solved the problem.

• Add pantone color to an object in Illustrator cc 2014?

  I need to send my file Illustrator but they ask that the objects are in pantone colors. I have been in charge of research and try different things, but I can't find where in the color swatches, I can add a pantone. I tried to recolor work but I do not understand. Can someone let me know how I can add pantone to an object in Illustrator?

  in the Swatch palette menu: open Swatch Library > color books

• How to script Illustrator to get a library of shades PANTONE color chart

  I've searched high and low, but can't find the answer to this question.  Quite simply, I need a script to convert all spot colors PANTONE an Illustrator file in the PANTONE BRIDGE book CMYK equivalents.

  To do this, however, it seems necessary for the script to search through the various books PANTONE swatch library color to find the one I'm looking for.  I have a string that I need, but I don't see how ExtendScript can perform a search in the libraries of different shades (or even just the a library - 'Coated + PANTONE Color Bridge (UN)'.  I can't just to watch the nuances that are in the main "Swatches" palette using Document.swatches.  Any ideas?

  I'm afraid that code gives me an "MRAP" error in the ESTK.  But, I actually found a way around the problem by using your original suggestion to have a separate file with all color swatches Pantone, added to this, then the script can enter this shade, grasp its getInternalColor, turn it into a CMYKColor, then assign the extracted values of getInternalColor of four properties of the colors of the new shade.

  Yes, it is a bit of a roundabout method and takes a lot of code, but it does the job quickly, and that's what I need.  Here is the code I have (the "workDoc" has already been assigned to the currently open document.):

  // To finish up, we delete the other two layers beyond the first and then save the file for use as digital printing file.
  // First, delete the two layers.
  workDoc.layers[2].locked = false;
  workDoc.layers[2].remove();
  workDoc.layers[1].locked = true;
  //          workDoc.layers[1].remove();
  
  // Before grouping and mirroring all of the artwork, it's time to convert all spot colors to process
  // using the PANTONE Bridge book as a reference.
  
  // First, let's open up the reference document that has all of the PANTONE Bridge book colors as swatches.
  var bridgeDoc = app.open(File("~/Documents/PantoneBridge.ai"));
  
  // Since attempting to colorize textFrame objects seems to crash Illustrator, we're best off just converting them all to paths anyway.
  var texts = workDoc.textFrames;
  for (var t = 0; t < texts.length; t++)
  {
            texts[t].createOutline();
  }
  
  var items = workDoc.pathItems;
  for (var i = 0; i < items.length; i++)
  {
            var myPath = items[i];
            if (myPath.fillColor .typename == "SpotColor")
            {
                      try {var procSwatch = workDoc.swatches.getByName(myPath.fillColor.spot.name + "P");}
                                catch (e) {var procSwatch = addProcSwatch(myPath.fillColor.spot.name + "P", bridgeDoc.swatches);}
                      changePaths(myPath.fillColor.spot.name, procSwatch.color);
            }
  
            if (myPath.fillColor.typename == "GradientColor")
            {
                      for (var g = 0; g < myPath.fillColor.gradient.gradientStops.length; g++)
                      {
                                var gStop = myPath.fillColor.gradient.gradientStops[g].color;
                                if (gStop.typename == "SpotColor")
                                {
                                          try {var procSwatch = workDoc.swatches.getByName(gStop.spot.name + "P");}
                                                    catch (e) {var procSwatch = addProcSwatch(gStop.spot.name + "P", bridgeDoc.swatches);}
                                          changePaths(gStop.spot.name, procSwatch.color);
                                }
                      }
            }
  
            if (myPath.strokeColor .typename == "SpotColor")
            {
                      try {var procSwatch = workDoc.swatches.getByName(myPath.strokeColor.spot.name + "P");}
                                catch (e) {var procSwatch = addProcSwatch(myPath.strokeColor.spot.name + "P", bridgeDoc.swatches);}
                      changePaths(myPath.strokeColor.spot.name, procSwatch.color);
            }
  
            if (myPath.strokeColor.typename == "GradientColor")
            {
                      for (var g = 0; g < myPath.strokeColor.gradient.gradientStops.length; g++)
                      {
                                var gStop = myPath.strokeColor.gradient.gradientStops[g].color;
                                if (gStop.typename == "SpotColor")
                                {
                                          try {var procSwatch = workDoc.swatches.getByName(gStop.spot.name + "P");}
                                                    catch (e) {var procSwatch = addProcSwatch(gStop.spot.name + "P", bridgeDoc.swatches);}
                                          changePaths(gStop.spot.name, procSwatch.color);
                                }
                      }
            }
  }
  
  var rasters = workDoc.rasterItems;
  var bitmapFound = false;
  var checkForTint = false;
  for (var i = 0; i < rasters.length; i++)
  {
            var myRaster = rasters[i];
            if (myRaster.channels == 1 && myRaster.colorizedGrayscale) {if (myRaster.colorizedGrayscale) {bitmapFound = true;}}
            else if (myRaster.channels < 4 && myRaster.colorizedGrayscale)
            {
                      if (/^PANTONE/.test(myRaster.colorants[0]))
                      {
                                try {var rastSwatch = workDoc.swatches.getByName(myRaster.colorants[0] + "P");}
                                          catch (e) {var rastSwatch = addProcSwatch(myRaster.colorants[0] + "P", bridgeDoc.swatches);}
                                changeRasters(myRaster.colorants[0], rastSwatch.color);
                      }
            }
  }
  
  if (bitmapFound) {alert("Found at least one colorized raster image in the Digital file.  Please manually change their colorants to CMYK.\nPlease see Chris McGee for more information.");}
  if (checkForTint) {alert("At least one raster image in the art has been converted to CMYK.  However, if its former spot color was tinted less than 100%, then you will need to manually change the colorant in the Digital file to match.\nPlease see Chris McGee for more information.");}
  
  // We should be done now with the PANTONE Bridge reference document, so close that.
  bridgeDoc.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
  app.redraw();
  
  function addProcSwatch(swatchToGet, docSwatches)
  {
            var bridgeSwatch = docSwatches.getByName(swatchToGet);
            var newSwatch = workDoc.swatches.add();
            var spotName = bridgeSwatch.color.spot.name;
            var spotValue = bridgeSwatch.color.spot.getInternalColor();
            newSwatch.color = CMYKColor;
            newSwatch.name = spotName;
            newSwatch.color.cyan = spotValue[0];
            newSwatch.color.magenta = spotValue[1];
            newSwatch.color.yellow = spotValue[2];
            newSwatch.color.black = spotValue[3];
            return newSwatch;
  }
  
  function changePaths (colorName, newColor)
  {
            var allItems = workDoc.pathItems;
            for (var j = 0; j < allItems.length; j++)
            {
                      var thisPath = allItems[j];
                      if (thisPath.fillColor.typename == "SpotColor" && thisPath.fillColor.spot.name == colorName)
                      {
                                var thisTint = thisPath.fillColor.tint / 100;
  
                                thisPath.fillColor = newColor;
                                thisPath.fillColor.cyan *= thisTint;
                                thisPath.fillColor.magenta *= thisTint;
                                thisPath.fillColor.yellow *= thisTint;
                                thisPath.fillColor.black *= thisTint;
                      }
  
                      if (thisPath.fillColor.typename == "GradientColor")
                      {
                                for (var g = 0; g < thisPath.fillColor.gradient.gradientStops.length; g++)
                                {
                                          var gStop = thisPath.fillColor.gradient.gradientStops[g];
                                          if (gStop.color.typename == "SpotColor" && gStop.color.spot.name == colorName)
                                          {
                                                    var thisTint = gStop.color.tint / 100;
                                                    gStop.color = newColor;
  
                                                    gStop.color.cyan *= thisTint;
                                                    gStop.color.magenta *= thisTint;
                                                    gStop.color.yellow *= thisTint;
                                                    gStop.color.black *= thisTint;
                                          }
                                }
                      }
  
                      if (thisPath.strokeColor.typename == "SpotColor" && thisPath.strokeColor.spot.name == colorName)
                      {
                                var thisTint = thisPath.strokeColor.tint / 100;
  
                                thisPath.strokeColor = newColor;
                                thisPath.strokeColor.cyan *= thisTint;
                                thisPath.strokeColor.magenta *= thisTint;
                                thisPath.strokeColor.yellow *= thisTint;
                                thisPath.strokeColor.black *= thisTint;
                      }
  
                      if (thisPath.strokeColor.typename == "GradientColor")
                      {
                                for (var g = 0; g < thisPath.strokeColor.gradient.gradientStops.length; g++)
                                {
                                          var gStop = thisPath.strokeColor.gradient.gradientStops[g];
                                          if (gStop.color.typename == "SpotColor" && gStop.color.spot.name == colorName)
                                          {
                                                    var thisTint = gStop.color.tint / 100;
                                                    gStop.color = newColor;
  
                                                    gStop.color.cyan *= thisTint;
                                                    gStop.color.magenta *= thisTint;
                                                    gStop.color.yellow *= thisTint;
                                                    gStop.color.black *= thisTint;
                                          }
                                }
                      }
            }
  }
  
  function changeRasters (colorName, newColor)
  {
            var allRasters = workDoc.rasterItems;
            for (var j = 0; j < allRasters.length; j++)
            {
                      var thisRaster = allRasters[j];
                      if (thisRaster.channels > 1 && thisRaster.channels < 4 && thisRaster.colorizedGrayscale)
                      {
                                if (/^PANTONE/.test(thisRaster.colorants[0]) && thisRaster.colorants[0] == colorName)
                                {
                                          thisRaster.colorize(newColor);
                                          checkForTint = true;
                                }
                      }
            }
  }
  // That concludes all of the color-changing steps.
  

  I hope this helps someone else who is faced with this (admittedly unusual) situation.

• Help to find the Pantone colors

  Hello

  I try to use Pantone colors and some of them do not appear when I type the number e.g. 2333 CP.  I'm going between different libraries, sex / non-couche, etc., and most of them see fine.

  I have about 40 colors to find / match because I use to create accurate models of clothes.  It seems to be of those who are 2XXX I have problems with. Does anyone know what is the problem?

  Thank you

  
  Emma

  There is a Pantone iPhone app that includes 4 figures. A sample of the color (of modest value) comes with its Lab value (among others). By entering the value of laboratory in the Photoshop color picker, you can see and have precise color. Your 2333 C is 46, 1, 3. (It shows Lab to two decimal places. I rounded it)

  

• PANTONE + does not match the previous Pantone spot color chart. I have several customers who are using spot colors in logos etc and now these colors are a mess. Can I get and use the old color for Illustrator books?

  PANTONE + does not match the previous Pantone spot color chart. I have several customers who are using spot colors in logos etc and now these colors are a mess. Can I get and use the old color for Illustrator books?

  Well, the spot color has not changed, but the way they were simulated four-color changed, they now use color management to get to the nearest ink possible task.

  Here is some info:

  https://helpx.Adobe.com/Illustrator/KB/PANTONE-plus.html

• Displaying incorrectly in Illustrator Pantone colors

  I have an illustration with Pantone Coated colors, to be exact, they are 7459 and 646. Pantone in Illustrator colors are correct. But when the Illustrator EPS file is inserted into a Word document, the colors turn almost fluorescent, very different from the original colors. When the Word document is saved as a PDF using PDFMaker, the colours are fluorescent in the PDF file. In other words, the colors in the document Word and PDF match each other, but they do not match the true Pantone colors, and they don't match they way these true Pantone colors look like in Illustrator.

  If there is a way to keep the precise colors Pantone when you save an Illustrator EPS file and insert into a Word document?

  Have you tried to make a PDF of AI and that place in Word? Also try to use a RGB color mode to generate the PDF or EPS.

• Find a particular Pantone color swatch speed dial?

  If I'm looking for reflex blue or PMS199 or something I kn

  how the name or the value #, is there a quick way to do once I get this color scheme open?

  Photoshop, you have a beautiful range of colors and can quicktype the number and it rises. Illustrator, I have search like crazy for about 10 minutes. Is there an easier way to find my color?

  Drop-down menu in the upper right--> the show search field. Identical to the PS.

  Mylenium

• Cannot find the cursor color in Illustrator CC

  Where can I change the value of the hue of the color in Illustrator CC?

  I don't see the cursor in the Swatches palette.

  I have CMYK converted at the global level and can't see where to set the tint value

  It is in the pnael of color, not in the color chart.

• How is the Pantone color chart more Series is not everything appears under the pantone + solid coated library? Some colors are missing...?

  In illustrator CC under the menu LIBRARY of NUANCES, under COLOR BOOKS, in PANTONE + COATING SOLID, I can not find the green color C 2290 or any green color of the series?

  These colors are available? What's wrong?

  Standard text:

  Update of the Adobe color books:

  http://Pantone.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/A_ID/1803/~/exporting-PANTONE-libraries-for-Adobe-and-other-solutions-from-PANTONE-color

  PANTONE Color Manager does not 'automatically' Refresh libraries; on the contrary, it gives you access to libraries for export in your applications.

  The steps to do this are entirely documented within the system of online help installed with the software and accessible from the Help menu. You can find them on Page 11 y. Here's a brief description:

  1. If your target applications are open, close them.
  2. launch PANTONE Color Manager
  3. go on display/Fandeck, then select the library you want to export.*
  4. go to file/export/select your application/choose L * a * b * to print or sRGB for Web design *.
  5. the library is exported and is now accessible from your target application.

  * PANTONE Color Manager also allows you the flexibility to assemble and work with color palettes, or apply an output profile for your front of libraries/pallets for export, to provide management of the PANTONE colors for a particular device. Please refer to the 'Help' system for more details.

  * PANTONE + Color Bridge libraries must be exported in CMYK.

  -OB

• Folder "Global colors without a name" of Pantone Color Manager ASE

  Hi all

  I'm not sure if this - or something similar - has been answered before, but I couldn't find any suitable thread/message /...

  All first of all system information:

  OSX imac running 10.8.x and macbook OSX 10.9.1 running

  * Illustrator CC

  * Pantone Color Manager

  I try to use the Pantone Fashion and home / color paper library provided by Pantone color Manager, clean for the use of the radiant missawi 18-3224 TPX (color of 2014). I saved the library named in a *.ase file and opened it in artificial intelligence. The number of colors, I guess, that all colors are imported, but I can't find the 18-3224. BUT there are a lot of 'no name Global Colors"with some of them who could be in question. Using 'pantone.ase xxd' in the terminal I can find at least the name "radiant 18-3224 TPX Orchid", which means, it is saved in the given file. Does anyone have an idea where start or - even better - how to solve this problem?

  Looking forward to any suggestions,

  Stephan

  Dear Scott:

  Your copy of PANTONE Color Manager is seriously out of date, because this problem has been fixed for a long time.

  To correct this, you will need to register at myPANTONE if you have not already done so - it is a free registration and will allow access to the PANTONE Color Manager update installer.  If you need to register you can do it first at https://www.pantone.com/pages/MYP_myPantone/mypMemberProfile.aspx.

  So here are the steps needed to correct this problem:

  1. delete all exported PANTONE FASHION + libraries HOUSE of all Adobe applications.

  2. log into your myPANTONE account and go to tools/downloaded software.

  3. download the PANTONE Color Manager for Mac or Windows Installer as appropriate.  It is the first product on the software downloads page.

  4. run the installer of PANTONE Color Manager directly on your current installation, which will update to version 2.1.

  5. the re-export the PANTONE FASHION + HOME of PANTONE Color Manager libraries for your Adobe products.  All exported PANTONE FASHION + HOME colors will now properly appear in Adobe Illustrator.

  Please note: when you start the PANTONE Color Manager Update, you will be asked to perform a "PantoneLIVE" update on the cotton F & H PANTONE library.  This update will remove the cotton F & H PANTONE and PANTONE F & H cotton - libraries of new colors and replace them with a single cotton F & H PANTONE library with all the colors of 2,100 in chromatic arrangement.

  Best regards

  John Stanzione

  Director - technical support

  PANTONE, LLC

  E-mail: [email protected]

• Lack of pantone colors?

  Hello

  I have my palette Pantone Solid Coated to open in Illustrator, but it is impossible to find the colors Pantone 7548 8002 (actually, they jump out of 7547 to 8003, and I want to use 7737), my list is sorted by name.

  The only thing I think that may be the problem, it is that they have a transparent white value and everything else didn't maybe if it's in a different shade?

  Thanks for your help

  @Leicon, what version of AI do you use. This query, I can assume that you are using CS5/CS5.1 because you can easily find the 7737 Pantone + libraries in the CS6. Extract the contents of the Pantone Plus file on your hard drive following location to use the samples you want:

  For windows:

  C:\Program Files (x 86) \Adobe\Adobe Illustrator CS5\Presets\en_US\Swatches\Color Books\

  For Mac:

  / Applications/Adobe Illustrator CS5/Presets/en_US/color chart/color books.