Adobe: Pantone color palettes will require a subscription in the future; otherwise only black …

Beginning in November, software maker Adobe will remove nearly all of the pre-installed Pantone color libraries from several of its application programs. The step has been announced for a long time, but now users see a corresponding message when they open a file, and only black instead of the Pantone colors they previously used. At least if you haven’t concluded a separate license agreement with Pantone (that means: in addition to the costs incurred for using Adobe software in the Creative Cloud). Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign are affected, Adobe writes on the “Adobe Color” support website. Of the previously integrated so-called Pantone Color Books, only three free remain: “Pantone + Coated CMYK”, “Pantone + Uncoated CMYK” and “Pantone + Metallic Coated”. If you want to continue to use the other Pantone color books, you must obtain a license through the “Pantone Connect” plugin, it says in the support document. The move was announced many months ago: As early as April, Adobe noted in this document that beginning in August they would begin “phasing out” Pantone color books (with the three exceptions) via software updates; a separate license with Pantone is required. Just a while ago it was also said there…
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