How to Convert Rgb Color to Pantone
There are many considerations graphic artists make beyond how to complete their creations. Color management is a very important element in making sure your art is printed or presented exactly how you conceptualized it. Converting from one color library to another may be necessary.
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Instructions
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Open your browser and navigate to the Optiman website linked in the Resources section. Click on "Services" in the left-hand column and select the colored "RGB to Pantone" icon. This brings up a paragraph in French and four type fields.
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Take a look at your RGB color properties. Determine whether your properties designate a separate value for the red, green and blue colors or are presented in hexadecimal form, which will be a six-digit figure.
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Enter the values in the appropriate fields on the website.
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Select the color from the list that most closely matches your RGB swatch. The first column of the list represents the Pantone color's distance from your RGB values. The smaller the distance, the closer to your color the Pantone swatch is.
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Tips & Warnings
Alternately, many graphics-editing programs such as Photoshop have a built-in converter for RGB and CMYK colors to the Pantone libraries. Double-click on the foreground color in Photoshop and select "Color Libraries" to bring up an automatic conversion. Change Libraries in the "Book" drop-down menu above the swatches.
