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Carl Ploughman
08-20-2007, 03:35 PM
Hey all
I want a better understanding of colour. When you use tints of an existing colour do these tints have a Pantone reference of there own?
Ie I'm using a colour 440U - would a tint of that be 438U?
Or am I being fick?
Many thanks all
A tint is pantone is just when the gap between dots become larger.
They would be separate colors.
AlexNJ210
08-20-2007, 04:19 PM
A tint is pantone is just when the gap between dots become larger.
They would be separate colors.
Pretty much meaning you drop the percent of color printed. Being that colors are created via a dot pattern, the less dots, the wider the space between dots, the lighter the color becomes. Darker versions of a HUE (color) are SHADES (adding black). Lighter versions of a color created using LESS dots are TINTS.
so select the spot color, then find the right TINT of that color based on a %. As far as i know, there are tint swatch books but no specific pantones for a tint of a color.
PrintDriver
08-20-2007, 04:40 PM
Depends on how you are gonna print it.
A tint can be a percentage of a PMS color for regular spot color printing on a press. It isn't necessarily a separate color.
HOWEVER, if you are creating branding, percentage tints (or screens) are not a good idea on their own. While you may think you are saving money in print, you aren't when doing large format and the tint may be some unexpected color when printed digitally. Believe it or not, some of the blues will print as pink and some greens will go orange somewhere between 15 and 25%. Some of them. But which ones? When doing a logo or any branding, do a standard that not only defines the tint percentage but also gives an alternate PMS color that matches the tint as you intend it to look.
There are Pantone tint fandecks. There are no specific color numbers for the tints. The percentages run by 10s so choosing a tint ending in 0 is in your best interest.
AlexNJ210 wrote
Pretty much meaning you drop the percent of color printed. Being that colors are created via a dot pattern, the less dots, the wider the space between dots, the lighter the color becomes. Darker versions of a HUE (color) are SHADES (adding black). Lighter versions of a color created using LESS dots are TINTS.
so select the spot color, then find the right TINT of that color based on a %. As far as i know, there are tint swatch books but no specific pantones for a tint of a color.
Well… if you want to be all "technical" about it,lol