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Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] about the logos
From:       Tink <tink () kde ! org>
Date:       2003-01-28 21:32:36
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At 20:40 +0100 28/01/03, Simon Budig wrote about Re: [kde-promo] 
about the logos:

> > Pantone/HKS are color specifications. Printing machines are calibrated with
> > regard to Pantone and/or HKS.
> 
> Yes, basically these are just a whole bunch of named colors that can be
> even used to easily avoid *any* calibration issues. The Artist looks at
> his color chart, says "I want HKS 10 for that color" and the printer
> just fills a can of HKS 10 in his printing machine and everybody can
> rest assured that the color will have the right appearance. This is not
> possible with RGB colors, since their display varies greatly across
> different monitors.
> 
> Ok, when there is no such thing I'll try to get my hands on a
> Pantone/HKS chart and pick some nice blues that roughly match the RGB
> colors. Also they probably will look a bot different when on an stitched
> surface...

Another reason we graphic designers go for Pantone is that it's cheaper.
if you need print work you chose 1 color and can have many variations.

Say you use Pantone 286 you can use that in variations.
For instance a 10% Pantone 286 gives a very light blue color and a 
50% Pantone 286 slight darker than the 10%.

The printer will use only 10% of that specified Pantone color.
So you can create nice hues of the same Pantone Color, costing less 
because you use less print cycles. While for 4 color CMYK (Cyan 
Magenta Yellow and Black also called full color) print work you need 
4 print cycles to build up the same blue.

RGB is not used in print only CMYK. That's why printing an RGB image 
looks so awful.

So this why Pantone is easier and cheaper. As far as I know HKS is 
mainly used in Germany, Pantone is pretty much the international 
standard.

For KDE logo you could if you wanted to use 1 Pantone color and creat 
different shades of blue by subtracting color.

Well of my soapbox hope I didn't bore you all to death ;-)


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Tink
 
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