Version 1 of the myPantone color-matching app debuted back in September 2009. At last, Pantone has updated the app, which runs on the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. myPantone 2.0 adds the ability to print color palettes from your iOS device, CMYK support for Pantone PLUS SERIES Colors, and access to ICC color-managed values. Pantone says version 2.0 also includes calibration tools that are supposed to improve the accuracy of onscreen colors, though you do need to use those in conjunction with a ColorMunki or i1 calibrator.
myPantone 2.0 is a free update; if you’re buying the app for the first time, it’s $9.99 on the App Store.
The $7.99 myPantone for Android is similar to myPantone for the iPhone. You can use a device’s built-in camera to snap photos; extract colors from those photos (along with their sRGB, HL, and LAB values); find the closest Pantone color matches; and post automatically generated color palettes to www.mypantone.com. You can also email the palettes.
myPantone 2.0 for the iOS:
myPantone for Android:
This article was last modified on December 14, 2022
This article was first published on July 13, 2011
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