[CREATE] What color libraries do you use?
Hi! I was wondering in real life graphic design what color libraries other than Pantone people actually use... NCS, RAL, HKS someone? Olivier ___ CREATE mailing list CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create
Re: [CREATE] What color libraries do you use?
Hi Olivier, In 15 years, I've been invited to use RAL twice, with architects for exhibitions works, synthetic fabrics + paint, so a bit off the scope of real life graphic design. Pierre On 6 janv. 2011, at 18:19, Olivier BERTEN wrote: > Hi! > > I was wondering in real life graphic design what color libraries other > than Pantone people actually use... > > NCS, RAL, HKS someone? > > Olivier > ___ > CREATE mailing list > CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create ___ CREATE mailing list CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create
Re: [CREATE] What color libraries do you use?
On Donnerstag, 6. Januar 2011 18:19:51 Olivier BERTEN wrote: > Hi! > > I was wondering in real life graphic design what color libraries other > than Pantone people actually use... > > NCS, RAL, HKS someone? > > Olivier Salut ! It really depends on where you live/work and your area of work. Pantone is ubiquituous, but even Pantone needed to create separate palettes for different purposes (e.g. printing, painting etc.). RAL is a de-facto standard in Europe when it comes to industrial design or painting, but is less used in printing. HKS is a "standard" designed exclusively for printing and wide-spread in Germany and some neighbouring countries. NCS is being used in architecture, interior and industrial design. I don't know anyone who uses NCS for print or web design. Focoltone, Toyo and DIC are Japanese colour libraries and, as far as I know, rarely used outside Japan. Trumatch is just another way to describe CMYK process colours. Some commercial applications, like those from Adobe, Quark and Corel also contain additional libraries, like ANPA (outdated) or DuPont SpectraMaster (CorelDraw -- maybe because some specialised print shops use them). This is just a cursory overview, of course. I hope others will add their own experiences. Cheers, Christoph ___ CREATE mailing list CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create
Re: [CREATE] What color libraries do you use?
Thanks to all who answered! The reason I asked this was (indeed) to know what important libraries I'm missing in SwatchBooker... I'll ask the same question on the Scribus list ;-) Olivier Le 08/01/11 05:21, Christoph Schäfer a écrit : > On Donnerstag, 6. Januar 2011 18:19:51 Olivier BERTEN wrote: >> Hi! >> >> I was wondering in real life graphic design what color libraries other >> than Pantone people actually use... >> >> NCS, RAL, HKS someone? >> >> Olivier > Salut ! > > It really depends on where you live/work and your area of work. > > Pantone is ubiquituous, but even Pantone needed to create separate palettes > for different purposes (e.g. printing, painting etc.). > > RAL is a de-facto standard in Europe when it comes to industrial design or > painting, but is less used in printing. > > HKS is a "standard" designed exclusively for printing and wide-spread in > Germany and some neighbouring countries. > > NCS is being used in architecture, interior and industrial design. I don't > know anyone who uses NCS for print or web design. > > Focoltone, Toyo and DIC are Japanese colour libraries and, as far as I know, > rarely used outside Japan. > > Trumatch is just another way to describe CMYK process colours. > > Some commercial applications, like those from Adobe, Quark and Corel also > contain additional libraries, like ANPA (outdated) or DuPont SpectraMaster > (CorelDraw -- maybe because some specialised print shops use them). > > This is just a cursory overview, of course. I hope others will add their own > experiences. > > Cheers, > > Christoph > ___ > CREATE mailing list > CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create > ___ CREATE mailing list CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create
