pantone / cmyk bridge question

[J Hill Designs]

Can someone with access to a pantone - cmyk bridge look up the formula for pantone 2726c?

TIA

 

[rfulford]

2726
r 76 g 92 b197
html 4c5cc5
c 84 m70 y0 k0

 

[J Hill Designs]

thx guys - is the 83/60 actually out of the bridge book?

 

[oldgoatroper]

Mine says 79/66/0/0 but it doesn't look close to the Pantone...

 

[gabagoo]

the bridge chart is not even close to being that colour. If it were my job I would be scouring my colour charts for a closer match than these numbers.

 

[rjpjr]

2726
r 76 g 92 b197
html 4c5cc5
c 84 m70 y0 k0

Seconded... from Color Bridge

 

[ChicagoGraphics]

Pantone 2726
C84
M70
Y0
K0

 

[CanuckSigns]

Yeah that one doesn't convert well at all....stupid blues!!

And for the record mine says 84/70/0/0 as well.

It doesn't translate into paint very well either as i found out last year, A lawyers office hired us to make a lobby sign for them in that colour, I had to get the paint mixed by Pantone and shipped up from the USA!

 

[P Wagner]

Pantone Color Bridge's CMYK values are intended to show the closest CMYK match possible to Pantone spot colors, using an offset press that is adhering to SWOP standards. The CMYK values are as useless as (redacted) on a bull for any digital printer that is trying to match Pantone colors as accurately as possible.

 

[rfulford]

If the profiles for your rip/media are accurate, you should try to running with lab values.

L: 42
A: 18
B: -58

 

[Custom_Grafx]

Can you elaborate on this a bit?

The only time I've used lab values was to print a bright green, which was impossible to hit using cmyk or rgb. All I remember was creating a special color with l*a*b values then somehow converting it in Versaworks. Is there a secret way to do this? Another local printer had walked me through it at the time, but I can't remember the steps for the life of me!

I think it's this one..

http://support.rolanddga.com/docs/D...Manuals and Guides/rvw_spot_color_replace.pdf

 

[Rooster]

Definitely use the lab values. It's easily within the gamut of your printer.

I soft-proofed the color using a few different media profiles and even the fastest print settings and worst white point media I use show it well within their gamuts.