Finding the actual colour of a pantone code HEX in Photoshop vs CC libraries?

[ninaw59048780]

Hello All,

I have run into a conversion issue in Photoshop. I find a Pantone color in photoshop save it to my CC librares and it gets saved as a HEX code example #E2467C now when I click edit on that saved Pantone color it gives me a compleetly different HEX code in the color picker mode #C3487B. Now my question is what is the HEX code that is being saved as the color name in the CC libraries and why is it different from the one in Photoshop color picker and which one is the correct one to use?

[c.pfaffenbichler]

I find a Pantone color in photoshop save it to my CC librares

As far as I know cannot save a Pantone Colour from Photoshop as you seem to describe;, when you use the Color Picker you are effectively selecting an RGB, CMYK etc. color because actual Spot Colors can only exist as Spot Channels (or duplex, …) in Photoshop.

You may want to use Illustrator or Indesign instead.

[davescm · Accepted solution]

Hi

A Hex Code is nothing special, it is just a representation of an RGB value in base 16. So FFFFFF is 255,255,255.

The problem is that without reference to a color profile - then those values  are meaningless.

In other words the same values referenced to different color profiles will represent different colors.

Similarly the same colour represented in different colour profiles will use different values.

So the answer to your question is that both values can be correct and represent the same colour - depending on the colour profile being referenced in each

Dave