William Overington Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 I found the following video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbOWrk300CI 3 minutes 14 seconds It starts about Pantone colours and then uses an example using an Adobe product. I have tried to find that colour using Affinity Designer, but without success. Yet I am new to this. So can it be done please, and if so, how? William Quote Until December 2022, using a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 in England. From January 2023, using an HP laptop running Windows 11 in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 10 minutes ago, William Overington said: So can it be done please, and if so, how? You can use the Search bar at the bottom of the Swatches panel. For example, type PANTONE 363 there. However, it only searches within the current swatch palette that you have selected. So if you don't know which Pantone palette has that color, you'll need to go through them one at a time. Start with the first one, type PANTONE 363 into the Search box, and if you don't get a result, go to the next palette, then the next, etc. The Search box will remain populated, so you don't need to retype the search string. William Overington 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderings Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 yes you can definitely use Pantones in Designer. First thing you want to open the Swatch panel, then in there click the pull down menu and select the colour book you want to use. If you are using this for print on paper you would want Formula Guide Solid Coated or Uncoated. Now just select the colour you want to use. William Overington 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Overington Posted June 1, 2021 Author Share Posted June 1, 2021 Thank you both. I have now found the Pantone Formula Guide Solid Coated V4 palette and found Pantone 363 and filled a rectangle with that colour. How does one get the list with names please? I remember doing this once long ago but I have not remembered how I did it. At present I have filled square of colour each with the name as a tooltip message. William Quote Until December 2022, using a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 in England. From January 2023, using an HP laptop running Windows 11 in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 Panel Preferences (hamburger) menu: Show as List. William Overington 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LetterBank Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 On 6/1/2021 at 12:02 PM, William Overington said: Thank you both. I have now found the Pantone Formula Guide Solid Coated V4 palette and found Pantone 363 and filled a rectangle with that colour. How does one get the list with names please? I remember doing this once long ago but I have not remembered how I did it. At present I have filled square of colour each with the name as a tooltip message. William I simply do not find a drop-down menu with anything close to PMS or Pantone colors. Can you take a screen shot of where exactly you accessed this? Many thanks. William Overington 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 16 minutes ago, LetterBank said: I simply do not find a drop-down menu with anything close to PMS or Pantone colors. You need to be in the Swatches panel View > Studio > Swatches make sure it is checked. William Overington 1 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | 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...
Komatös Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 @LetterBank You will find this under the studio tab swashes William Overington 1 Quote AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | INTEL Arc A770 LE 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (22631.3296) AMD A10-9600P | dGPU R7 M340 (2 GB) | 8 GB DDR4 2133 MHz | Windows 10 Home 22H2 (1945.3803) Affinity Suite V 2.4 & Beta 2.(latest) Better translations with: https://www.deepl.com/translator Interested in a robust (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF Life is too short to have meaningless discussions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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