Reply To: Script to generate color swatch variants?

Hi again – thanks for having a look.

I wasn't actually looking to generate a whole swatch chart… just a few variations of a single color for the purposes of color matching (I have pantone swatches but they don't seem to play well with my printer, my results are way off, especially on coated paper.

So basically, let's say I get a label I have to duplicate with a particular shade of orange, I'd make a 1″ x 1″ orange square, starting with the pantone color that looks closest on screen, then step-and-repeat to make maybe 6 or 7 squares across. These squares would gradually change in some way I specify (e.g. adding 2% more black to each one, so the first square has zero black, last one 10%).

Then I'd print this and see which if my 6 squares came closest.

There may be situations where one row of 6 isn't enough, I might try on row with gradually increasing black, another with gradually increasing saturation, maybe one where I up both or decrease yellow or something.

I remember you were good with grep when I had questions about it, are you thinking this is something you can write?