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            Explaining and Resolving the Adobe/Pantone Color Quarrel

   Adam Engst

   If you work with color in the publishing world, you may have heard
   about how a licensing dispute between Adobe and Pantone has resulted
   in[1] Pantone Color Books being phased out of Adobe Creative Cloud
   apps, starting with updates to Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop
   released after 16 August 2022. After November 2022, only three Pantone
   Color Books will remain: Pantone + CMYK Coated, Pantone + CMYK
   Uncoated, and Pantone + Metallics Coated.

   To access all other Pantone Color Libraries, Creative Cloud users must
   purchase a $59.99 per year ($7.99 per month)[2]Pantone Connect license
   and access the libraries through the generally unpopular [3]Pantone
   Connect plug-in. For the most part, existing files should continue to
   work as before, although Adobe offers details of how files in
   [4]Illustrator,[5]InDesign, and[6]Photoshop may be affected.

   A possible workaround may come from the [7]FREETONE color palette
   plug-in from Stuart Semple of [8]Culture Hustle. The plug-in provides
   1280 'Pantone-ish' colors that Semple says are nearly indistinguishable
   from Pantone colors. It's available for free to anyone who doesn't work
   for or with Adobe or Pantone.

   If you find all this as confusing as we do, turn to Dan Vincent's
   [9]The Adobe and Pantone Color Apocalypse: Frequently Asked Questions
   post on his [10]Userlandia blog and podcast.

References

   1. https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/changes-to-pantone-color-books/td-p/13076187
   2. https://www.pantone.com/connect
   3. https://exchange.adobe.com/creativecloud.details.103029.pantone-connect.html
   4. https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/kb/pantone-color-books-illustrator.html
   5. https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/pantone-color-books-indesign.html
   6. https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/pantone-color-books-photoshop.html
   7. https://www.culturehustleusa.com/products/freetone
   8. https://www.culturehustleusa.com/
   9. https://www.userlandia.com/home/2022/11/adobe-pantone-faq
  10. https://www.userlandia.com/

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