Advice on reaching a certain color

[inkman996]

See pic below (PMS 7717C)

I have a very wide stock of standard colors but nothing close enough to this. I have been trying small sample mixes but cannot get close enough. Does not need to be exact but similar, anyone have any thoughts on what should be used to get a color like this? I have lots of blues and greens to work with. TIA

[blue moon]

that does not look like 7717, here's what I get in the PMS book.

which one do you need the one here or the one you have?

pierre

[inkman996]

Thats because I have color management turned off in Corel so it displays like above. The example you showed is more accurate, my bad.

[Orion]

Pierre, your swatch appears to be PMS 7712 on my monitor.

[inkman996]

This is how it looks on my monitor with color management turned on to North American General Purpose, it matches pretty close to my pantone book.

[alan802]

Process blue and pantone green 50/50 might be a good starting point.  We wouldn't have pantone green on the shelf so we'd find something close, around 3275C.

[Sbrem]

It looks like straight ahead Pantone Green on my monitor, but trying to check color this way is pretty futile...

Steve

[tonypep]

When customers spec Process blue as a spot  the usually mean Contact blue (Wilflex). If you have this, tint with mixing yellow and your done. Easy.

[blue moon]

When customers spec Process blue as a spot  the usually mean Contact blue (Wilflex). If you have this, tint with mixing yellow and your done. Easy.

yup, that's it. follow your formula for the 327 and mix in a little less yellow than it calls for. You might have to add a tiniest amount of black as the 7717 is slightly muddy.

pierre

[inkman996]

Thanks for the good directions. I ended up going with Contact blue, lemon yellow, and a touch of black. Almost an exact match. I tried like hell to get a pic that accurately shows the color but its impossible with a cell phone.