What is Pantone Connect?
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Written by Lucas Hedgecock
Updated over a week ago

Pantone Connect streamlines the color inspiration for the design process through a web and mobile app as well as an Extension for Adobe CC programs, making it easy for designers to measure and match physical materials to Pantone’s global standard Color System. Users are able to share their inspirational color palettes, integrate Pantone’s PMS colors for Graphics or TCX for Fashion, Home, and Interiors (FHI) textiles whether directly through Pantone Connect’s app or through the plugin extension for Adobe’s Creative Cloud, specifically Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, and Adobe Photoshop.

  • Search and select from over 15,000 colors

  • Access Pantone's color library data to find the nearest RGB/CMYK/Hex/L*a*b* color equivalents to Pantone colors

  • Convert color data to best match substrates

  • Measure colors from real life with the Pantone Color Match Card

  • Utilize Color Stories to create custom collages with multiple images

  • Upload images to extract and isolate colors from the collage colors

  • Share Palette information with users across your workflow to ensure that everyone is working from the same color page

  • Access trending palettes and articles

New features and colors will continue to be added to Pantone Connect to enrich the user experience.

Pantone Connect is sold as an online subscription that includes a Web portal, mobile app, and integration into Adobe Creative Cloud apps via a plugin extension. Pantone Connect is available in a free or premium version. The premium version is required to use the Pantone Libraries in Adobe Creative Cloud apps.

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