Pantone 2300 C

[Barbara355]

When I go into my Swatch Library and put in "Color Books - Pantone + Solid Coated" and then search 2300, nothing comes up for that color?? How do I get it into Illustrator?

[Bobby Henderson]

The built-in Pantone spot color books for Adobe Illustrator are outdated. They're missing the newest colors, such as 2300 C. Until the built in color books are updated you'll have to buy Pantone Color Manager to import updated swatch books. If you own an up to date physical set of swatch books it's supposed to make you eligible to download the color manager software for free. But I'm not sure how that works since I can't find a serial number or anything of that sort on the swatch books my shop bought a few months ago.

[Jacob Bugge]

Barbara, Bobby,

I believe the serial number in the printed swatches book should be on the second or third page.

Or you may still be able to download the free 30 day trial of the Pantone Color Manager and add the libraries from there, see how here:

http://www.pantone.com/help/?t=activating-PANTONE-Color-Manager-in-%27trial-mode%27

https://www.pantone.com/help/?t=How-to-Export-PANTONE-Libraries-from-PANTONE-Color-Manager

[Bobby Henderson]

The only thing I can see that looks like a serial number at all is an ISBN number on page "i" in the Solid Coated and Solid Uncoated swatch books. I think that's just some kind of a publication number. Nothing else in there looks like an individualized serial number.

Side note: I can specify spot colors like Pantone 2300 in the latest version or two of CorelDRAW. I haven't upgraded to version 2019 yet, but the 2018 version does have those newer spot colors in its Pantone+ "V3" color books. I can actually set something in a color like Pantone 2300, save the artwork as an Illustrator file and it will open in Illustrator CC with that spot color intact. I ended up taking that approach on a recent Subway restaurant sign project. The colors in their new branding scheme are all recent additions to Pantone's spot color line.