[amayausers] Re: Pantone guide

Yes, we use a Pantone Guide 
http://www.pantone.com/pages/products/product.aspx?pid=53&ca=1

If you do a lot of logo work, most colors are specified as PMS colors. We use 
the "Coated"
colors (printed on shiny paper), finding the specified PMS number and then 
holding the
color next to a likely match on the thread chart. I find that far more accurate 
than the
matches that are on any of the charts or programs.

But...with only 300 or so thread colors and 1100+ PMS colors, there's not 
always going to
be a close match, so having the customer decide is a good idea.

I don't see how a Pantone Guide is supposed to help you match an ARC color to 
Madeira,
though. You'd need both thread charts and if you had those, you could compare 
without
using a pantone guide! 

Don
Terradon Embroidery
terradon@xxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.terradonembroidery.com 


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From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
On Behalf
Of AthenaAccents@xxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 3:48 PM
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Subject: [amayausers] Pantone guide

Hi all,
I spoke to another embroiderer today about matching an ARC color to a Madeira 
color.  (the thread converter chart did not work).  She first made a snooty 
comment about "who on earth is still using Melco thread", then was aghast when 
I replied that I didn't have a Pantone book.  Ok, I didn't even know what a 
Pantone book was, so I looked it up on the Internet. 
 
 So, now my questions are:
  1. How many of you use one of these things regularly?
  2. If it is an embroidery shop necessity, how new does it need to be?,
  3. How exactly do you use it with embroidery thread? (hope that one doesn't 
sound TOO dumb....)  
 
Thanks,
 
Dumb and Dumber aka
Bessie and Kim 
Athena Embroidery Accents


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