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JoCoMoBo t1_j1vowex wrote

Reply to comment by dmazzoni in ELI5: How is that Pantone colors don't have direct RGB counterparts? by ExternalUserError

>Would you look at Pantone swatches to see what the "real" color will look like, then look at the Photoshop version and imagine what the final result will look like with the real Pantone color?

This, and spending a lot of time colour calibrating the monitor to actual colours. Apple monitors and lcd screens were great as they could be colour calibrated easily.

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DiscoveryOV t1_j1wgcm8 wrote

I believe they also generally just came calibrated from the factory, no?

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C47man t1_j1zvs2z wrote

>I believe they also generally just came calibrated from the factory, no?

Any serious artist using a computer monitor will calibrate it, normally using a probe and some specialized software that works with it. There's a few different brands out there. The cheaper end is iirc around 150-250 USD, like the Spyder

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