I was in a local art supply store and they have three different versions of a Pantone book, it's not the colortones book that I wish I could get my hands on but its something you can use to get formulas. If you would like, next time I stop in there I will try to find out more for you. The colortones book has been discontinued due to the maker of it dying and nobody continuing to make it, or so I'm told.
-------------------- Harris Kohen K-Man Pinstriping and Graphix Trenton, NJ "Showing the world that even I can strategically place the pigment where its got to go." Posts: 1739 | From: Trenton, NJ, USA | Registered: Jun 2001
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I have a Colortones book. You are referring to the PMS color matches from lettering enamel, correct? Whaadda need to know?
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"Things work out best for the people who make the best of the way things work out." - Art Linkletter Posts: 6464 | From: Saint Cloud, Minnesota | Registered: Jun 1999
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Thought I had one but I looked and it's a Color-Aid Swatch book from 1962. Still looks brand new. Has a price of $5.50 on it. I've really got too much of this crap.
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The Colortones book allows you to mix (albeit limited) a number of PMS colors using lettering enamels only.
Many PMS colors can not be mixed with lettering enamels due to the transparent characteristics of many printing inks.
Chromatic did try to address this issue with the introduction of the transparent base colors back in the late 80's. There were some neat effects you could do with them.
I am not sure if the Colortones book is still avaialable. It was available through SignCraft.
Hey, I am a know-it-all, after all... LOL!
-------------------- Bruce Bowers
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I'd like to have more than the one I have. I suppose there might be a few on a shelf somewhere. Last time I checked, SignCraft still had a couple. There were two books, one was entirely florescent colors. Lyn Carr was the man that did those, and he's on the wrong side of the grass.
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