Discussion adding pantone back to adobe post 2022 removal, and additional color correction tools.

[Andrewmsmith]

All swatches 2022 from Adobe Illustrator swatches folder. if unzipped in placed in:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 2026\Presets\en_US\Swatches\color books

some also available: https://github.com/AZ-597/PANTONE-ColorLibraries

the 2022 folder is from my copy of Adobe Illustrator CC 2022 (but also contains the unofficial V5 of the standard color set)

the biblioteca folder i found containing official v4 pantone colors.

in addition:

Your colors, your way - Generate, collect, download - Color palettes made easy | iColorPalette

Create awesome color palettes with our color palette generator. Extract colors from images, browse curated color schemes, and download palettes as PDF, Adobe ASE, Photoshop ACO, SVG, and PNG. Build your own color palette collections for your design projects.

icolorpalette.com

is a great tool, enter your pantone color in the search, a list will populate, the first option (if it doesn't say similar) will have all data for that color, including LAB for color correction in RIP.
and:

https://qconv.com/en

also is a great tool, for theoretical matching of pantone, RGB, CMYK, and various other colors including cut vinyl. I say theoretical, because sometimes i have gotten closer just eye-balling it. but it is a good tool none the less.

Pantone C colours | Lab RGB CYMK HLC values

Lab, HLC, CYMK, RGB values for colours from the Pantone C colour range.

www.e-paint.co.uk

is nice also in that it provides LAB for pantone. but is also very nice if you need a color corrected paint swatch to output for inkjet printing. i.e. printing a Sherwin Williams color. Just choose range and select color manufacture, then find color, and then you will have LAB values for said color(s).

in the past i have had to input alternate LAB values into my RIP when colors were either not present in the software or did not print accurate.

 

[Think713]

These are clean files yea?

 

[dannyd1962]

Awesome, thanks for posting!

 

[Andrewmsmith]

for certain the 2022 are, it is directly from my install of illustrator 2022. and i have used the v5 that is included in that folder in my 2026 illustrator with no problem. the v4 in the biblioteca folder are from a clean and reputable source on GitHub.
you may get a pop up in illustrator saying pantone is no longer supported. but they work and carry over to your rip with the correct data for color correction. (assuming your rip is setup correctly).

 

[LizKeenan]

I found this awhile ago and it has totally transformed our color matching process. Here is a deck I made so you can see all the mapped spots on your printer, you can print it on whatever material you want to see how material changes the color