Color Changing from one to another 1

[gcaluna13]

1. I create a square, and color it "Pantone Solid Color 3015"

2. Next, I create text with the same color, so I'm to assume because I didn't go back into the color library.

3. Just for S..t's and giggles, (while I'm in text mode) to make sure that my text is exactly the same color as my square, I hover over the square with my eye dropper.

4. I pick up the color then check it in my color library.

5. The color library indicates that the color I drew into my eye dropper from the square is a color very close to what I chose (Pantone Solid Color 7462) but not exactly what used (3015) to paint the square.

How can this be?
I told the square to be 3015 not 7462

Is there a parameter I need to "check" that disables some kind of color matching code? Is there some parameter I need to "check" that locks in my color?


G.

 

[apepp]

...this sounds like an illustrator question perhaps?

Andrew

 

[gcaluna13]

They might be able to help as well, but I'm currently working with PS3.

 

[apepp]

...trouble is spots in photoshop have to be created in channels palette or duotone mode if you wnat them to be actual spot colors, if you want a cmyk version of a spot color it is best to use the pantone bridge library...

...your essentially sampling a document color mode (rgb or cmyk) color of a spot color, then asking photoshop to find a pantone equivalent based on those cmyk values, which would be the same when sampling another color from a document...

...the conversion however can be dependant on rendering intent, found in color settings (edit > color settings), try changing it to relative colorimetric, which is the recommended intent for printing...

Andrew