Pantone swatches - where to get them?!

Go into B&Q and get all the colour paper cards from the paint that they mix up for you. Then see if any colour matches your dresses and you can send the paper chart to anyone who needs it ?

Alternatively you can try and get thread or ribbon that matches. HTH x

Can you use an online pantone reference guide such as:

http://www.u-do-design.com/187/Colour-Reference.html

I did look at ordering them from dessy.com because £6 seemed quite reasonable but then they whacked an extra tenner on top for shipping which I think is a bit extreme for something so light!

Do you know which Pantone colour it is or do you need to match it up first? I have a couple of old pantone books, I'd be happy to send you the relevant 'page'.

Alternatively, if you need to work out which colour code it is, you could take your dress to a local printer/designer and ask them if you could jsut borrow the book to note down the number

Hi

I think Lynsey has the best idea. It's free and there are sooo many different colour variations so you should be able to get a good match!

Nat

I agree with Lynsey. I had Dessy BM dresses, in 5 different colours and was able to get a pretty much exact match for all 5 of them from paint charts in Homebase. I went back to the shop with them and matched them to the colours in their sample book as I didnt have the dresses at home as they were on order.

Then I just went back to Homebase and got a few of each colour so I could use them for suppliers and I kept one in my handbag, stuck to the fridge and in my drawer at work so I always had them to hand if I was buying anything.

Oooh, Dollyrockerz! The colour I'm after is Celadon. If you do have it I'd be so grateful. If not it looks like it's off to B&Q for me! Thanks for all the tips hitchers.

Is that the celadon I found on Google, that looks a bit sort of mint/sage green ish?

https://www.colourlovers.com/color/ACE1AF/celadon

Do you ahve the pantone number for that colour rather than a name?

I think it's 13 - 6108...

It's a very pale sage green colour. Just clicked on your link and it looks nothing like it which is why I'm wary of using colours from the internet! So frustrating - for the price you pay for Dessy dresses you'd think they'd include a blinkin swatch!

Ah, did some digging and that colour is only available in the 'Home' books, not my print ones.

If you can find the print code that is the closest to what you need then I can send the page

Soz

This link - https://www.amazon.com/PANTONE-SMART-14-0114X-Swatch-Celadon/dp/B004O7E5CO calls it 14-0114X but then again the 13-6108 you mentioned looks right as well.

We're using hunter green, and what looks like hunter green on the screen prints out almost black, so we've had to match by eye from our printer (which is probably not calibrated right) to make it print like it should, to match the ties etc.

But a printed colour and a fabric equivalent will always look different due to the shininess - you may not actually get a perfect match.

The only other code I can find for it is 14-0114x, I'm not sure if that's the print code or not. Both of those on Amazon look right to me and again, I would buy them from there were it not for the £10 delivery cost!

Thanks for all your help and searching everyone. It may be one of those unsolvable mysteries!