Re: [Gimp-user] HEX to Pantone Color Conversion

[Gez]

On 11/25/2015 05:42 PM, Chris Mohler wrote:

> I know of no reliable method (aside from having a swatch book and
> using the mark-one eyeball).  That being said, try this:
> http://rgb.to/hex/3e479a
> 
> Or if you search the web for "HEX to Pantone", you will see some
> other
> tools pop up.
> 
> Also, (I think) Pantone used to have a color lookup on their own
> site.
> But I can't find it anymore.
> 
> But once again - I doubt any of these tools are super-reliable.  This
> is from someone who used to mix Pantone ink colors.

Pantone Formula digital swatches are stored in CIE Lab colorspace,
which means that it is possible to reliabily choose a close match for a
RGB value, given that we know *which* RGB colorspace those values
belong to.

An hex RGB value means nothing if we don't know the colorspace, so any
conversion will be based on an assumption, we can't really know.

So the very first question is: What RGB is that RGB value?
Is sRGB? If not, what colorspace?

Once you know that, you have to convert the RGB value to Lab and find
the closest match for your Pantone.
iirc, the Lab values of the Pantone Formula guide could be loaded from
Pantone Xref using Swatchbooker.

Gez.
 
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Re: [Gimp-user] HEX to Pantone Color Conversion

[Chris Mohler]

On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 11:45 AM, Robert &  Betty Lustila
 wrote:
> Good day, I'm looking to find a way to convert HTML 3e479a to its
> corresponding Pantone Color Code - Is there any way to do this?  Thanks

I know of no reliable method (aside from having a swatch book and
using the mark-one eyeball).  That being said, try this:
http://rgb.to/hex/3e479a

Or if you search the web for "HEX to Pantone", you will see some other
tools pop up.

Also, (I think) Pantone used to have a color lookup on their own site.
But I can't find it anymore.

But once again - I doubt any of these tools are super-reliable.  This
is from someone who used to mix Pantone ink colors.

HTH,
Chris
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Re: [Gimp-user] HEX to Pantone Color Conversion

[Kevin Cozens]

On 15-11-25 12:45 PM, Robert &  Betty Lustila wrote:

Good day, I'm looking to find a way to convert HTML 3e479a to its
corresponding Pantone Color Code - Is there any way to do this?  Thanks


On my website I have a file that has a Pantone-like palette for use with 
GIMP. I don't know how accurate the colours are to actual Pantone colours 
but you could take a look. The palette file can be seen at

http://ve3syb.ca/software/gimp/extras.html

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