Jack writes:
> Let me set everybody straight on this Pantone thread, and being a designer
for over 30 yrs I know from whence I come. Pantone (true pantone) color
only come in a Numbered specification period. No names for colors.
>Here endth the lesson.
Except for:
Pantone Warm Red Pantone Rubine Red Pantone Rhodamine Red Pantone Purple Pantone Violet Pantone Reflex Blue Pantone Process Blue Pantone Green Pantone Black Pantone Process Yellow Pantone Process Magenta Pantone Process Cyan Pantone Process Black ..and six Pantone Hexachrome colors
Here endeth the ammendment.
As has been said, please keep in mind that Pantone is only for printers inks... it will be near useless for metallics or for that matter in any mult i-layer paint job where an undercoat is modified by a transparent toner (the modern equivalent of the old masters' glazing techniques). These colors all have depth and they change as the angle of light changes (for example, as the sur face of the tube becomes less perpendicular to the line of sight, a ray of light reflected by the base coat has to pass thru more toner, producing a deeper c olor than would be seen straight on... the same kind of effect that causes the su n to be a different color when it is near the horizon where its rays must pass
thru the atmosphere at an angle). Because of this, I think the best color match is going to be produced not by a Pantone book or a color scanner, but by the eye of an experienced painter.
Bob Hovey
Art Director
WRBL-TV3
Columbus, GA