Problem – Multiple colour swatches with the same number. There can be a major colour shift due to the fact that CMYK can’t reproduce some of the brighter or highly saturated colours. One other problem is that not all Pantone colours convert well when switched over to CMYK. Some colours look completely off sometimes very muddy/dull or significantly darker or lighter than in the Pantone books. 1505 C, 1505 U, 1505 PC, 1505 UP).Īnother problem being that they don’t display correctly when viewing them on screen. This can be confusing as the libraries contain various options for the same Pantone number (e.g. One problem lies with the number of actual swatches in the Illustrator swatch library. There are a few problems when working with Pantone colours. These colours are also known as PMS (Pantone Matching System). The formula is the same every time so it provides the most consistency when printing. Pantone – Each colour is made up of one solid ink which is created by the printer using a specific formula. This is also known as full-colour or process printing.
They are printed one at a time over top of one another to create a range of colours. Difference between CMYK & PantoneĬMYK – This is made up of 4 separate colours: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow & Black. What you see in the Pantone books is what should come out when printed. Unfortunately Pantone colours can be a real pain to work with but they do provide the most consistency when printed.
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