1 Reply Latest reply: Nov 23, 2014 2:53 PM by Jacob Bugge RSS

    Adobe Illustrator: Neon Pantone to CMYK Conversion

    sgchun Community Member

      So I am working with a client who is going to be making keychains. She wants neon colors, so in Illustrator, I used the Pantone colors 801-814 which are supposed to be neon. I know that those will not show up accurately on the computer screen (They show up pastel-looking). I wanted to convert the colors to CMYK so that she can print it out and see a close comparison. But when I converted it to CMYK, it stayed that same dull/pastel color--both on the computer screen and when I printed it. My confusion is that I thought when you convert Pantone to CMYK it's supposed to convert to a color closest to the actual Pantone and not what you see on screen, yet that is exactly what I got when i printed the converted CMYK.