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Posted by sewgirls.com on December 5, 2008, 11:29 am
Hi All,
How do I get a colour reference for a fabric without using a swatch or
going into a shop or a manufacturer with a sample?
If I have a piece of say, watered silk ribbon and I want to order some
more, is there a reference system where I can say "I need some watered
silk ribbon in colour reference ABC123X" and that colour reference would
correspond to the colour I need in that fabric? It would be the textile
equivalent of Pantone colours in printing.
Sorry if this is a stupid question. (I'm famous for them)
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Posted by Kay Lancaster on December 5, 2008, 5:42 pm
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> How do I get a colour reference for a fabric without using a swatch or
> going into a shop or a manufacturer with a sample?
> If I have a piece of say, watered silk ribbon and I want to order some
> more, is there a reference system where I can say "I need some watered
> silk ribbon in colour reference ABC123X" and that colour reference would
> correspond to the colour I need in that fabric? It would be the textile
> equivalent of Pantone colours in printing.
Yup, there are pantone swatches for fabrics, too, which are expensive.
Many manufacturers also use the Pantine printing colors.
http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/pantone.aspx?ca=4&pg=20378
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Posted by Bruce Fletcher (remove denture on December 5, 2008, 7:01 pm
Kay Lancaster wrote:
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>> How do I get a colour reference for a fabric without using a swatch or
>> going into a shop or a manufacturer with a sample?
>> If I have a piece of say, watered silk ribbon and I want to order some
>> more, is there a reference system where I can say "I need some watered
>> silk ribbon in colour reference ABC123X" and that colour reference would
>> correspond to the colour I need in that fabric? It would be the textile
>> equivalent of Pantone colours in printing.
>
> Yup, there are pantone swatches for fabrics, too, which are expensive.
> Many manufacturers also use the Pantine printing colors.
> http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/pantone.aspx?ca=4&pg=20378
If money is no object then have a look at
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<http://www.tradeprintsupplies.co.uk/shop/products_list.php?cat=59>
Thank goodness I'm colour blind <g>
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Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney UK
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Posted by kevmc on December 7, 2008, 2:24 pm
kevmc had written this in response to
http://www.sewgirls.com/textiles/Re-Colour-reference-problem-3947-.htm :
Thanks guys. Do you know if there is an online site with colours relating
to their pantone number? You can search for any colour on Pantone.com but
they ask you for the colour number first. I have the colour but I don't
know it's number. It's not worth our while buying a whole pantone colour
board finding the colour we want then buying the swatches relating to the
colour just for one colour.
Kev
Bruce Fletcher (remove denture wrote:
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> Kay Lancaster wrote:
>>> How do I get a colour reference for a fabric without using a
>>> swatch or
>>> going into a shop or a manufacturer with a sample?
>>> If I have a piece of say, watered silk ribbon and I want to
>>> order some
>>> more, is there a reference system where I can say "I need
>>> some watered
>>> silk ribbon in colour reference ABC123X" and that colour
>>> reference would
>>> correspond to the colour I need in that fabric? It would be
>>> the textile
>>> equivalent of Pantone colours in printing.
>>
>> Yup, there are pantone swatches for fabrics, too, which are
>> expensive.
>> Many manufacturers also use the Pantine printing colors.
>> http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/pantone.aspx?ca=4&pg=20378
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> If money is no object then have a look at
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Posted by Kay Lancaster on December 7, 2008, 10:42 pm
On 07 Dec 2008 19:24:23 GMT, kevmc
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Unless you've got a really carefully calibrated monitor, the colors
you see online won't match a pantone book anyhow. Your best bet may be
to find a commercial artist or printer who'll let you sit there with your
swatch and play matchy-match.
I belong to a fabric coop that uses the $20 shopping color guide
for describing colors, even if the description is "nearest Blue Green
pg 150 18-4525"
http://www.pantone.com/pages/products/product.aspx?pid=327&ca=4
If you did have the number, some Xerox printers have the ability to produce
a swatch of the matching color.
There are also markers available at art stores with Pantone numbers...
you may be able to find a match that way, but there are only about 300
colors.
http://www.shoptheartstore.com/pantone_tria_markers.cfm
Kay
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> going into a shop or a manufacturer with a sample?
> If I have a piece of say, watered silk ribbon and I want to order some
> more, is there a reference system where I can say "I need some watered
> silk ribbon in colour reference ABC123X" and that colour reference would
> correspond to the colour I need in that fabric? It would be the textile
> equivalent of Pantone colours in printing.