Guest Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Hi, I'm Andrés and I'm just starting to use Affinity Designer. How can I convert a color in CMYK to PANTONE in Affinity Designer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Welcome to the Serif Affinity Forums, Andrés. As you may be aware, not all colours in the CMYK gamut have direct Pantone equivalents. However, this online tool may help you find a close match: https://www.ginifab.com/feeds/pms/cmyk_to_pantone.php Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.3.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Welcome Andrés. It would help to give a meaningful title to your question. In your case you should simply use "How can I convert a color in CMYK to PANTONE in Affinity Designer?". John Quote Windows 10, Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Designer 1.10.5 and Publisher 1.10.5 (mainly Photo), now ex-Adobe CC CPU: AMD A6-3670. RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petar Petrenko Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 You can from PANTONE to CMYK and get a similar color just not the same because there would be no need for PANTONE colors otherwise. In your case you should do it as Alfred suggested. Alfred 1 Quote All the latest releases of Designer, Photo and Publisher (retail and beta) on MacOS and Windows. 15” Dell Inspiron 7559 i7 ● Windows 10 x64 Pro ● Intel Core i7-6700HQ (3.50 GHz, 6M) ● 16 GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600 MHz (8GBx2) ● NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4 GB GDDR5 ● 500 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD ● UHD (3840 x 2160) Truelife LED - Backlit Touch Display 32” LG 32UN650-W display ● 3840 x 2160 UHD, IPS, HDR10 ● Color Gamut: DCI-P3 95%, Color Calibrated ● 2 x HDMI, 1 x DisplayPort 13.3” MacBook Pro (2017) ● Ventura 13.6 ● Intel Core i7 (3.50 GHz Dual Core) ● 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 ● Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 1536 MB ● 500 GB SSD ● Retina Display (3360 x 2100) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 6 minutes ago, Petar Petrenko said: You can from PANTONE to CMYK and get a similar color just not the same because there would be no need for PANTONE colors otherwise. The logical extension of that argument is that there is no need for any spot colours which can be replaced by CMYK process colours. However, spot colours are more consistent, and because they’re printed in a single pass they don’t pose registration problems and they’re cheaper to use. Petar Petrenko and Old Bruce 2 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.3.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 None have answered my question. In Adobe Illustrator if you can convert a color in CMYK to PANTONE. How can I convert a color in CMYK to PANTONE in Affinity Designer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Just now, Andrés Rivera Gómez said: None have answered my question. In Adobe Illustrator if you can convert a color in CMYK to PANTONE. How can I convert a color in CMYK to PANTONE in Affinity Designer? Alfred gave you a tool to approximate the conversion, the conversion may be impossible in that a CMYK colour may not have a Pantone equivalent. 18 hours ago, Alfred said: this online tool may help you find a close match: https://www.ginifab.com/feeds/pms/cmyk_to_pantone.php Alfred 1 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.2 Affinity Designer 2.3.1 | Affinity Photo 2.3.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.3.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petar Petrenko Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 No CMYK color match any PANTONE color. Quote All the latest releases of Designer, Photo and Publisher (retail and beta) on MacOS and Windows. 15” Dell Inspiron 7559 i7 ● Windows 10 x64 Pro ● Intel Core i7-6700HQ (3.50 GHz, 6M) ● 16 GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600 MHz (8GBx2) ● NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4 GB GDDR5 ● 500 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD ● UHD (3840 x 2160) Truelife LED - Backlit Touch Display 32” LG 32UN650-W display ● 3840 x 2160 UHD, IPS, HDR10 ● Color Gamut: DCI-P3 95%, Color Calibrated ● 2 x HDMI, 1 x DisplayPort 13.3” MacBook Pro (2017) ● Ventura 13.6 ● Intel Core i7 (3.50 GHz Dual Core) ● 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 ● Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 1536 MB ● 500 GB SSD ● Retina Display (3360 x 2100) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petar Petrenko Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 If you have PANTONE PMS (Pantone Matching System) for coated/uncoated colors you will see that PANTONE use 14 colors with stronger pigmentation to get their specific colors. Taht is why you can't convert CMYK to PANTONE. Quote All the latest releases of Designer, Photo and Publisher (retail and beta) on MacOS and Windows. 15” Dell Inspiron 7559 i7 ● Windows 10 x64 Pro ● Intel Core i7-6700HQ (3.50 GHz, 6M) ● 16 GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600 MHz (8GBx2) ● NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4 GB GDDR5 ● 500 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD ● UHD (3840 x 2160) Truelife LED - Backlit Touch Display 32” LG 32UN650-W display ● 3840 x 2160 UHD, IPS, HDR10 ● Color Gamut: DCI-P3 95%, Color Calibrated ● 2 x HDMI, 1 x DisplayPort 13.3” MacBook Pro (2017) ● Ventura 13.6 ● Intel Core i7 (3.50 GHz Dual Core) ● 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 ● Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 1536 MB ● 500 GB SSD ● Retina Display (3360 x 2100) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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