For workarounds see workaround 1.

Missing pantone colors in illustrator.

I just wanted to add one wrinkle to this.

Download the pantone color manager software and load the tcx tpx library in illustrator.

Nothing terribly onerous but set aside more than two minutes.

Repeat this procedure with the pantone 300 color.

This will then show you the closest color match from that book which you can find in the default illustrator pantone color libraries.

13 choose file save then file close.

It s a bit of a slog to get hold of the missing ones.

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

You will indeed need the pantone color manager you can run a free trial.

What s the solution.

Missing pantone colours in illustrator wtf.

Keep in mind that if you used spot colors they are automatically imported and added to the swatches panel in indesign when you use the file place command.

Make older pantone libraries available for missing colors.

Replace pantone plus with older pantone color books and workaround 2.

Speccing a pantone colour in your design software when it s not available is kind of awkward.

Using the tint slider apply various shades of the pantone color throughout your illustration.

However once you have it it does not update.

Running adobe cc 2017 products on a mac running os x yosemite 10 10 5.

How to get all pantone colours in indesign illustrator photoshop.

However it retains the color as a spot color illustrator converts the color to a default black spot for the swatch values instead of coverting it to a process color.

Hello i have my pantone solid coated palette open in illustrator but can t find the pantone colors from 7548 to 8002 they actually jump from 7547 to 8003 and i want to use 7737 my list is sorted by name.

If you use these colors a lot i highly recommend getting it set.

This process takes a few steps but you only have to set it up once and then you re done.

The only thing i think might be the problem is that these have a transparant white value.

Ok so after consulting my paper pantone spot uncoated book and selecting 7630u to use for what i m working on i come to find that it s nowhere to be found in illustrator cs5 s swatch list.

How do i update pantone color palettes in indesign cc 2017 so that missing colors can be made available i e.

Colors 2389 2263 are currently unavailable via the pantone coated color library.