Talk:Hexachrome

Is this article title the best one?
Seems to me that a better title would be something like "Multicolor Ink Schemes", with a redirect from Hexachrome. Nevertheless, I learned some interesting things! Regards, Nikevich (talk) 18:38, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Adobe plug-in support
The the discontinuation of Hexachrome based on Adobe not supporting a Rosetta based plug-in seems misleading. The article indicates that the plugin required Rosetta - a technology developed by Apple as part of Mac OS X to transition from PowerPC to Intel based processors. Specifically Rosetta ran code compiled for PowerPC on Intel. As of Mac OS X 10.6 Rosetta was no longer included by default. The lack of support for Rosetta based plug-ins was necessarily for Adobe to transition to Apple's newer technologies. The lack of support for Pantone's plug-in could be attributed to Apple & Adobe transitioning to new technology too quickly or to Pantone neglecting to update the plug-in to meet current technology; however, the statement that the Hexachrome system was discontinued because Adobe refused to support it may cause readers to think that Adobe may have had prejudice against the system. Robartsd (talk) 19:22, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Other printing systems using colors in addition to CYMK
The statement regarding light cyan & magenta inkjet inks being incorporated for the same purpose as hexachrome is entirely false. As such I will change it to be a contrast between the two systems.

Hexachrome: Expands the CMYK gamut to include more deeply saturated and vibrant oranges and greens which are either difficult or impossible to produce with CMYK.

CMYKcm (& CMYKcmyk): SMOOTHS the CMYK gamut providing more subtle transitions between colors. NO extension of the gamut is provided.

- Jon (Sorry I don't know the markup for the talk pages. I barely know the markup on the regular pages.)

I believe that some inkjet printer makers have also added colors to increase gamut in printers targeted at photo printing - though the simple addition of light cyan & magenta is much more common. Robartsd (talk) 19:40, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Non-public sources
Most of the sources are non-public, so they are entirely useless to the reader. We should consider to replace them with open and reliable sources, or otherwise delete them, unless there is a very good reason to keep them.--SiriusB (talk) 12:49, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Richard Herbert
This section should either be rewritten or removed. Please reference WP:NPOV and WP:ALIVE. Even if the references are valid, it's still not neutral if the references themselves aren't neutral. Ge0nk (talk) 02:47, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

What is the industry using now?
Hexacrome was discontinued, but there are still prints made today that exceed CMYK. What do they use now?--146.52.211.5 (talk) 00:30, 5 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Came there to ask the same question! Jikybebna (talk) 08:03, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

Removed Richard Herbert section
It didn't seem relevant. Here's the text in case anyone disagrees

Richard Herbert is the COO and President of Pantone Inc.; these titles were handed down by his father, Lawrence Herbert. After realizing that graphics and printing would soon be completely taken over by computers, Richard obtained degrees in computer engineering and business from Hofstra University, hoping to improve the digital application and printing of color. He was responsible for many achievements of Pantone Inc.; such as digitizing the Pantone Matching System and incorporating the print and display data from the previously used CMYK model. Herbert continued to keep Pantone Inc. at a high standing in the field of color communications, as its matching system was used internationally.