Convert CMYK or RGB to Pantone Colors | Illustrator 2024

If you are a brand or packaging designer, chances are there have been a few times when you've needed to convert your CMYK or RGB files to Pantone Colors for printing. Unfortunately, as of October 2023, the Pantone Color Books have been phased out of Adobe Illustrator. Because of this, the color conversion process is no longer as easy as it used to be. Luckily, there are a couple of workarounds for this, and in this Illustrator tutorial, we will look at both approaches so you will have print ready Pantones inside of Adobe Illustrator 2024!

As a bonus, I will also show you how to save your color swatches as well as how to import them to your swatches panel inside of Illustrator.

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Hey y'all, I'm Eric. I create in-depth design tutorials centered around entertainment, key art, and brand design. After 15 years in the 9-5 world, I recently transitioned to working for myself full-time and starting a design biz. I've worked for brands like SYFY, NBC, Lifetime, History, Discovery, and Major League Baseball.

[dazzled]

I honestly have been looking EVERYWHERE for a way to get the Pantone colours back, thank you so much!! SUPER HELPFUL!!

[shannonvierra]

Thank you so much for this awesome vid! Literally a lifesaver. I forgot about the pantone severance in Adobe and now that it came time to export some cover art for printing, I thought oh no! Glad I came across this!

[silviaperezdeluis]

You sir are an absolute genius! Thanks for saving my day.

[dlwynnjr]

This worked perfectly!!! Thanks for sharing the video and thanks for the Pantone Color Books Download!

[mexkilo]

Thank you for the awesome tip! As a designer/ screen-printer this is a life saver.

[moishazilberman]

Tnx a lot! I have a task with pantone, and couldn't find Saved my day!

[techbananas]

Thank you Sir, this was really helpful, even for a illustrator noob like myself!

[stephaniehoffman]

Thank you so much! This was extremely helpful and really easy to follow.

[yoribokokim]

Thank you for the download link! super helpful !! it's so hard to get back the old version. I start subscribe your channel~

[razialaydrus]

THANK YOU FOR THIS! YOU'RE A STAR!

[CoraCipriani]

You're the best! It worked! Thank you so much!

[Ddiananova]

Amazing, worked like a charm. Thank you!!

[Graphicsofmaya]

thank you SO MUCH I am going to try this now

[alicelengereau]

Ditto to all the comments below, thank you so much!

[AngelinaRoman-trme]

I can't find the swatches folder in the applications, is there another way?

[dada_is]

Hi. Which color profile and color settings I should set on a file to pass it to printing company so that they get that it's pantone?

[LissaEwing-pvud]

Can you convert RGB/CMYK using the free/basic version?

[renekjaep]

Can someone here mail the pantone folder to me?

[IMPULSE]

Where are you getting these colors like PANTONE+ Solid Coated-V3 or PANTONE(R) F+H paper TPX-New Colors? Because I have never seen these on Illustrator

[bernettebecker]

Oh my goodness, so happy I found your video! LIFESAVER!!!