Color Breakdown

Information aquired from Pantone Connect. The breakdowns are using the Pantone Color Bridge Coated Book, the only Pantone Guide that offers CMYK, HTML, and RGB values for Pantone Spot colors. Color Bridge shows the shift in color a spot color has when printing in CMYK. The vast majority of UT Southwestern projects are printed in CMYK.

Finding a Navy

This exploration is to identify a darker blue or our UTSW Navy breakdown we will use moving forward. The goal is to find a navy that can be used as a standalone color field or in the shadows of duotone image. As a solid color a purple hue is a concern. This comparison below is to use a reference. A Pantone Color Bridge book should be looked at to see the shift in color when printing in CMYK. As a side note our pantone books are outdated, a Color Bridge book can be purchased here.

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Custom
100, 77, 0, 68
#1E2648
30 38 72

INFO
Used in the US News & World Report banners and billboards.

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1

2767 CP
100, 71, 0, 66
#202E52
32 46 82

INFO
Similar CMYK value to the custom color in US News banners and billboards. 

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282 CP
100, 72, 0, 73
#16274A
22 39 74

INFO
Similar CMYK value to the custom color in US News banners and billboards. 

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1

289 CP
100, 66, 0, 76
#132E53
19 46 83

INFO
Has less magenta which should help the purple concern when printing.

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1

Custom
100, 55, 0, 70
#17304E
23 48 78

INFO
Adding 50 more points to black in  UTSW blue 2945 100, 55, 0, 20.

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7463 CP
100, 53, 0, 72
#043659
4 54 89

INFO
A PMS color with similar CMYK values to the 50 more points in black.

If this image just looks like a red square to you, you’re likely on a monitor that can only display sRGB colors. If you open it on a wide-color display device, you should see the Instagram logo “magically” appear — otherwise, the information is lost.