DEC colours

[Innfogra at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/15/04 11:03:11 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
allain at panix.com writes:
BTW I have a 2nd hand Pantone guide right here, it reads out to "three
parts Pantone light red and 1/8 part ..." yadda
Well, that is how I mix the ink colors, by weight. Makes doing parts easy. 
All major ink manufacturers sell Pantone colors so you can mix whatever color 
you want.

The only inks sold in RGB type colors are multiple color process inks and to 
blend them it is a process of screens and angles and you need to have multiple 
passes through the press.

RGB does not lend itself to printing processes well. It is much cheaper to 
print just one color.

John, since you have a Pantone book could you match the numbers to the DEC 
stuff you have?

On each color swatch there should be a corresponding number. That is what is 
important not the formulation. 

You want to ignore the C and U letters as they refer to Coated and Uncoated, 
more printing terms. (refers to whether you are printing a clear gloss coat on 
top of the ink to get the glossy look or if printed on gloss stock.)

Somewhere DEC published the Pantone numbers in their documents they sent to 
printers......

PS Printers are supposed to upgrade their $50 Pantone books every 6 months to 
deal with fading, not many I know did that.

Paxton
Astoria, OR