Why there is no color - application of spot colors (2)

I do not know if you have noticed that different software versions have different values. It was originally that the paper used by PANTONE Color Office before 2000 was relatively yellow. After the customers reported that they used a newer version of paper in 2000, it affected four colors. The simulated values ​​are compared in the figure below.

How to get the best color matching

What value is used to get the closest effect? There are two ways to do this: (a) Find the closest color block in the four-color color table with the color ticket selected, record the value, and apply it to the software. (2) Using some color management software, type the number of spot colors or read the color data with the instrument, and use the four-color ICC profile to find the closest color combination.

Four color rendering table spelling

Four-color color table published in different places

Match the spot color office with the four-color color table to find the closest four-color dots


X-Rite's ColorShop color management software:

X-Rite's ColorShop Color Management Software Figure 1

X-Rite ColorShop Color Management Software Figure 2

(1) Use a spectrophotometer to measure a spot color sample or color.

(2) The spectrophotometer can read the spectral spectral values ​​of spot colors.

(3) Different readings are calculated by the software.

(4) The software finds the closest spot color number in the spot color database.

(5) In the color gamut diagram of CIE x,y, this color is said to leave the color gamut range of four-color printing.

(6) Through the four-color ICC profile to find the closest CMYK dot combination, but because this spot color is out of the four color gamut, a warning signal â–³ appears, and shows the color difference value â–³E (Delta E).

GretagMacbeth's ColorPicker Color Management Software

Two color gaps

A spectrophotometer for measuring the color of a computer

Spectral densitometers that measure spot colors are termed Delta and translated into total color difference in Chinese.

For some spot colors, the above two methods may not find the appropriate four-color pairing, because there are many spot colors that are out of the color gamut range that can be represented by the four colors, so that only spot color printing can be used. Therefore, it is recommended that when selecting colors for customers, we must first know whether to use four-color or spot color printing, and then select the appropriate color to do.