Re: color charts (was iris info)

Kathy & all:

The printer's (& graphic artist's) color charts most widely used in the
US are produced by Pantone, a manufacturer of ink -- is that the name
you were trying to think of, Kathy? If so, you may now get up & walk
around if you wish...

Prices for the various types of Pantone charts, chips & books (there are
many combos) start at about $60 - $75 & they can be found at any
well-stocked art supply store or even the bookstores of many colleges.

The Pantone color system, as well as others I've seen, uses proprietory
numbers to denote each color chip & tells the printer what proportions
of inks & tints to use to reproduce that color on paper. This wouldn't
help Griff & others who are trying to find *words* to convey color --
one would still have to call off numbers, sounding like a Bingo
game-in-progress, but if everyone was using the same chips it would at
least help in agreeing on color ID. Not nearly as much fun tho as
copy-writer's descriptions such as "Falls are a particularly vibrant
lavender with just the merest flush of pink surrounding the blue-brushed
beard"...

Marte in the mtns	Zone 4/Sunset 1  Colorado

Irisborer wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 98-01-01 08:59:43 EST, you write:
> 
> << How can you obtain a copy of the most recent colour chart? >>
> 
> The color charts are no longer available from the American Iris       > Society, as far as I know.  They are published by the Royal           > Horticultural Society and are outlandishly expensive ($150??).
> 
> Some hybridizers are now using color charts available from printers... > and the name escapes me.  These are the charts that describe all the  > different colors avaiable in print... they are just as extensive but I > believe more reasonable.
> 
> Kathyguest.... who doesn't think she really answered the question, so > she'll go sit down now.
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