Pantone colors mapped to rgb on the web?

[Xlars]

Does anyone know of at place on the web where I can check how a given Pantone color looks and give me a rgb color for that (I know that it will never match perfectly but just to get a indication and something to compare my render color to on screen) ?

[mdi]

why not just use photoshop?

[gilpo]

I know that Pantone makes a book called Color Bridge. It allows you to look up a pantone color and it will give you the CMYK and web (essentially RGB) equivalents. I don't own the guide, but from a screenshot of one of the pages in the book, the web values they give are NOT just a straight Photoshop pantone to rgb conversion.

I know you asked for an online version, but I have yet to find it from a reputable source. Most of the versions I found were Photoshop color conversions and not from Pantone themselves. I'm pretty sure that information is copyrighted anyway. If you find a source, please post the info here.

Good luck!

[glorybound]

RBG

I use ColorPix, which is free. I usually ask the designer to pick a Benjamin Moore color and I go to:

http://www.benjaminmoore.com/wrapper...proj&N=intproj

I type in the color they chose, use CoorPix to get the RGB, and use photoshop from there. I use LWF and darken the color -50%. Seems like a lot of hoops, but it is the only think I found that works.

[dlparisi]

Re: RBG

I use ColorPix, which is free. I usually ask the designer to pick a Benjamin Moore color and I go to:

http://www.benjaminmoore.com/wrapper...proj&N=intproj

I type in the color they chose, use CoorPix to get the RGB, and use photoshop from there. I use LWF and darken the color -50%. Seems like a lot of hoops, but it is the only think I found that works.

Getting a little OT here, but I use www.easyRGB.com to match most manufacturers paint color to RGB values. Not sure if its any more accurate than going to BM directly but it's faster. And for LWF, just put the rgb values into the color swatch of a colorcorrect map and set the gamma to 2.2.

[glorybound]

RGB

I am running MAX 9 so the color correct isn't working for me. The developer has a beta out, but it makes my max crash.

[Xlars]

Thank you all for some great hints and pointers (some great resources and suggestions, thanks) .. customer pointed to a color in a Pantone book and told me to take the book with me home to study. In there a cmyk value is given, not exately the one the Photoshop PS2 gives but very close..