Pantone Fabric to SWOP Efforts
Pantone Fabric to SWOP Efforts
- Subject: Pantone Fabric to SWOP Efforts
- From: Jeff Harmon <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 16:01:44 -0800
on 11/22/00 09:30 AM, email@hidden at email@hidden wrote:
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There is a rather large gap between fabrics, with their textures, gloss
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factors, etc... (and their D65 spherical spectro readings) and CMYK SWOP
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percentages calculated through D50 LAB. A spectral data based software
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package is usually used for such conversions in the textile industry, such as
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ColorRite. To simply move the color data to SWOP would almost guarantee a
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visual mismatch.
I know, but we're talking between Pantone fabric swatches and Pantone chips.
I just wanted Pantone to have done the work and give me the CLOSEST match
between their systems, not necessarily an EXACT match!
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j e f f h a r m o n
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colorhythm
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510.647.3689
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