I never thought I'd figure out a way to say that in under 160 characters.
Pantone <noun> [usually as modifier] <trademark> A system for matching colors, used in specifying printing inks: Pantone colors. Etymology: 1960s an invented name.
I never thought I'd figure out a way to say that in under 160 characters.
Pantone <noun> [usually as modifier] <trademark> A system for matching colors, used in specifying printing inks: Pantone colors. Etymology: 1960s an invented name.
GIMP stays winning!
:tux:
did a bit of searching and found some info about an open colour standard that was being worked on as an alternative to Pantone
unfortunately most of the links seem to be broken at this time, which really makes me wonder how much money Pantone spent to keep an alternate standard from being created
https://boingboing.net/2009/12/13/open-colour-standard.html
also this got me thinking about the film Pleasantville
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasantville_(film)
That open color standard went nowhere looks like, since I looked up the creator's mastodon and twitter and couldn't find mention of it. And the website had no updates since 2011, saying that there will be updates soon.
The creator of the project has some papers on their attempt at this project
The problem with these non-open industry standards, you need a lot of sway to get people to use it. Plus looks like the creator of that project is a graphic designer, not someone who has a big dent of printing marketshare.
Reminds me of how everything uses HDMI, and the group of companies that designed HDMI get a cut. Displayport is open, but many companies that make money off HDMI also make money off of TVs, so why would they make TVs letting you get away from their own standard?