How to get Pantone Colors in your Adobe 2023 software. 

Awesome! TIP: There is also an easy way to do it. (no copy/paste of swatches needed) 1. Install Adobe 2022 2. Open Adobe 2023 3. Go to Swatches>Open Swatch Library>Other Library> 4. Locate the swatch from Adobe 2022 folder (C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 2022\Presets\en_US\Swatches\Color Books) for PC 5. you're done!

I'm very unimpressed with Adobe/Pantone but massively impressed with the design community for taking the time to show us these brilliant workarounds. I never realized the real implications of the Pantone issues until this week as I embarked on my first Pantone colour job of 2023. I can't thank you enough for producing such a brilliant video. I salute you, sir!

December 2023, oldest available version is 27.0 to install throught Creative Cloud, fortunately there are still pantone colors in it, thanks!

This is a great workaround, thank you so much. It just shows us all how greedy and egotistical these software powerhouses are…. Shocking behaviour which seriously impacted all our workflow.

Amazing Jason. The Old versions are though no avalable now, nothing later than 27.0. But your way #2 did give me luck. Thank you.

Thank you so much for this! I was able to get the swatches from 27.0 for my Illustrator 2024, thankfully. Your video was so easy to follow. Thank you for doing this!

Thank you, this video was super helpful. I could no longer access Illustrator 2022 on CC, but fortunately my laptop still had a 2023 version to follow your steps to create the .ase file and I've emailed it to my desktop system where Pantone colors are now accessible again.

Yesss this worked great! Thank you for saving the design community from corporate greed !!

That appearance box tip was awesome. I've been trying to figure out for years why I had to press the shift key with the eyedropper to get a color. No more!

THANK YOU!!! I have literally had to visually color match using my.chip books which is incredibly time consuming. Ridiculous that Pantone has monetized these industry standards colors.

Thank you!!! Been looking for a easy and legit way to use spot colors!!!!

WOW! Jason Hoppe for president!

Thank you for posting this. You started the ball rolling and saved me! I ended up using the copy/paste .ase method that @cwecreative posted below ("this is great - really helped but you can just copy the .ase files from version 22 and paste into the new versions swatches folder for illustrator, indesign and photoshop. saves you exporting each of the colour files"), from 2022 to 2023. Thank goodness for Time Machine...I went back and grabbed all Adobe CC 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 just in case for future use! Jason, You Rock...thanks again!!!

THANK YOU! Had a label project with Pantone... was shocked to see that they are still trying to bleed us creatives. This was amazing and helpful! Thx!

This is GREAT, except I can't get versions before 27.0 now.

Thank you so much. Following your instructions, I can now include PANTONE + Solid Coated in my adobe 2023 swatch library after I downloaded the last version of adobe 2022 v 26.5.3. Your training is really good.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. What a hassle taking this away from us!

Muchas gracias! Después de mucho buscar he solucionado el problema de la desaparición de Pantone en Illustrator 2023. Nuevamente muchas gracias

I freakin' LOVE YOU for this hack!! 🤣 Ok. I couldn't get the 2022 Illustrator back on, perhaps because they caught on to you and the likes of you... heheh. BUT, not to worry. I had not tossed out my Bridge 2022. I followed your instructions from there. I'm back in the swatch game! 🙌🙌🙌 Thank you! Thank you!

You're a lifesaver. Thank you so much!

Excellent. Thank you for sharing

You are a legend. I'm never this impressed but you Mr Hope, gave me hope.

Thank you! Your video is so helpful. Although I wasn't able to install the version 26.5 Illustrator, I was able to install the version 27 and that still works. Thanks again

wow... just when I lost all hope in the internet. I actually used my CS5 version for this. Great job! Thank you!

Gracias 🙏 desde Argentina.

Saving my job. Thanks!!!

Wow, thank you for spending your time and share it!!

Such a wonderful (and smart) tutorial sir!! I was using a Pantone Connect instead but free version is useless... you saved my time!! A+++++

You sir are a HERO. Thank you!

Excellent, right to the point, well spoken, and it worked. You my friend, are a professional!

Thank you so much, I use Illustrator for work and we pay individually through our company, but I just could not bring myself to pay the monthly fee to get the PMS colors back in addition to the monthly program charges. This saved my messing up client artwork, thanks again! 👍💜

Thank you man ! You are a super hero ! 🙏🔥

Genius! Thanks Jason!

Wow! Thank you. I was frustrated not having access to the must needed Pantone colors. I appreciate your tutorial and help!

You are a lifesaver! Thank yo so much Jason!!

Thank you very much Jason!!! I needed the PMS colours urgently. I would like to share another workaround: 1. Install Illustrator 2022 2. With File explorer, locate the folder C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 2022\Presets\en_US\Swatches\Color Books 3. Copy PANTONE+ Solid Coated.acb and PANTONE+ Solid Uncoated.acb 4. Paste both files to C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 2023\Presets\en_US\Swatches\Color Books 5. Done! Regards.

A work around that actually works! Thankyou for this.

Brilliant, thanks so much. Work round for Mac, once you download the 2022 version. Just move "Pantone+ Solid Coated.acb" and "Pantone+ Solid Uncoated.acb" files from Illustrator 2022 - Presets - en_US - Swatches - Colour Books to the equivalent folder in the 2023 version. Photoshop is similar, but you have to move colour books AND colour swatches I think.

You are a lifesaver! Thanks Jason!!

Thank you!

Great! Thank you for sharing! Would you know a way to match colors that were chosen in the CMYK+Pantone to the Coated Solid Pantone color chart? As the usual way (changing manually: Edit color/Recolor artwork) does not work anymore, I have troubles on that now, and eye picking does not seem optimal. Thanks a lot!

Very helpful. Thank you Jason

Thanks - you're a legend!

Much, much appreciation 🕉

Thank you so much for this brilliant tutorial! Very clear and concise explanation 👌 VERY much appreciated 😊

Muchas gracias por tu ayuda, Jason. Eres lo máximo! Saludos desde México. P.S Loved your voice

thank you very much for this work around, Jason!!

Great work around many thanks

Can't thank you enough. That's awesome.

Looks like Adobe caught on/changed thing and now it says, "...provides installers for only our current apps and the previous major version of each...". So as far as I know this workaround will not work anymore, unless you have a non-prescription app that you bought directly from Adobe and registered it. It you know of a newer workaround, help let me know.

You are my f-ing HERO!!!!! Thank you!!!

Awesome tip! Thank you so much for sharing

this is great - really helped but you can just copy the .ase files from version 22 and paste into the new versions swatches folder for illustrator, indesign and photoshop. saves you exporting each of the colour files

Life saver! Thank you sooo much!

Thank you so much. Needed this work around!

Thank you very much!!!

Very helpful, Jason.

this was supremely helpful. thank you so so much for the tutorial!

Thank you!! Great work around!!!

Awesome! Thank you for sharing!

Thank you very much

Thank you Jason!

Great work around. Many thanks!

Thank you so much Jason (:

Great workaround, thank you!

----- I was able to download the 27.0 version of 2023 and the Pantone books are still there.

So helpful. Thank you!

Many Thanks From Colombia 😄

THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

Thank you so much for sharing Jason this is great!

Brillant!

Thanks you're amazing Jason

Thanks for this awesome tip.

Thank you!!! Amazing Tip

awesome and easy thank you! been struggling with this!

BRILLIANT!! Thx Jason!

I can't believe they did this. But thanks for this.

This is totally brilliant. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!

you are a stud.

Amazing! Thank you so much for sharing this!

Can anyone share the ASE file they have saved? I've looked on the previous versions, and Adobe have now removed all the versions pre-version 27.0!! So annoying!

Thank you! It's just perfect.

Genius! Thank you! 😊

Brilliant! Thank you!!!

omg thank you so much!!! this is the best!!!!

Thanks!!

This was incredibly helpful. Thank you!

top stuff Jason

FANTASTIC… thanks

Really helpful thanks a lot!

LOVE IT. Thanx!!

Thank you so much for this solution! This is very helpful :)

So helpful thank you so much!

thanks, dude! appreciate it!

Thanks for tutorial! You helped a lot :)

Amazing. Thank you

EXCELLENT! Thank you!

Thank you for this!!

Rockstar!!! Thank you!!!

THANK YOU!!!!!!