How can I convert Humanae Pantone skin-tone references to RGB values?
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I'm trying to find RGB color values for the skin-tone references used in the Humanae project. The project lists Pantone colors, but I can't find those exact codes in Pantone's regular online color finder. What is the best way to get approximate RGB values from those Pantone references or from the images themselves?
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Check a special Pantone booklet: https://www.pantone.com/skintone-guide
To get the RGB values of that page you can grab a color picker and measure it. For example on windows, this is a useful tool: http://www.color-picker.de/en
Of course we are relying that the images have the proper color profile embedded.
You could also open them in Photowhatever and take a reading there.
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Pantone skin-tone references may not appear in the standard Pantone color finder because they can belong to a separate Pantone SkinTone system. One suggested source is the Pantone SkinTone Guide booklet.
If you need RGB values for on-screen use, a practical option is to sample the color directly from the Humanae image using a color picker tool or image-editing software. That will give you the RGB value actually displayed in the file.
Keep in mind that this is only an approximation: the result depends on the image’s embedded color profile and how the file was prepared. So the most reliable workflow is:
- Identify the Pantone reference from the project.
- Check whether it belongs to the Pantone SkinTone Guide.
- If you only need screen RGB, sample the image with a color picker in a color-managed application.
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