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1. #Word for mac where are the standard colors code#
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If you’re getting something commercially printed, consult with the printer and make sure they know that certain colors in your artwork should match with exact Pantone colors. The colors might even look the same to the untrained eye. You can get an approximate match for a Pantone color (PMS, Pantone Matching System) to use in an Office document. Whole print runs have been scrapped and even sides of trucks repainted just because the color wasn’t exactly right. Many corporate logos and designs nominate specific Pantone colors and woe upon any company or printer who gets it wrong. That’s important for consistency but also legally. Pantone is a system of color specification and matching so that printed material have the same colors in different places or times. They are also the main colors the human eye distinguishes. On-screen colors are made with RGB – a mix of Red, Green and Blue.

Your color printer probably comes with a set of CMYK ink/toner cartridges. There can be several reasons for that but mainly because the color is made on screen differently from the ink for the page.Ĭommercial printing is mostly done using CMYK, a mix of Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black, to make the required color. You’ve probably noticed that the color on a printed page is different from what you see on the screen. That works for on-screen use but printing is different. Microsoft Office lets you specify colors using either RGB (a mix of Red, Green, Blue) or HSL (Hue, Saturation, Lightness) which are color systems for on-screen use. Believe me they are a lot more complicated, add computer graphics and they get even more complicated. Unless you went to art school or paid attention in high school art classes, you probably think colors are simple, Red, Purple, Green etc. But you can get near matches and we’ll show you how in this article.

#Word for mac where are the standard colors windows#

Windows and Office don’t directly support Pantone colors.

#Word for mac where are the standard colors code#

How can you translate that PMS code into something Microsoft Word, Excel or PowerPoint understands?

McDonald’s uses PMS 123C and PMS 485C (yellow and red). The Ford car company specifies ‘PMS 294C’ for their blue logo. Most commonly this happens for a corporate logo. Sometimes you’re given a specific color using the Pantone color scheme. How can you use Pantone Color names in Word or other MS Office documents?

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