Friday, March 29, 2024

DC Comics 1982 Color Palette

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In 1982, DC Comics produced a palette of their primary colors used in their publications. The image/scan taken from this publication has been making the rounds for a number of years now and I thought I would provide the colors using the current PANTONE® Color Bridge standards for digital and print.

DC Comics 1982 Color Palette
DC Comics 1982 Color Palette

One interesting note: PANTONE® 833 C was designated as one of the colors. This color is part of a subset of discontinued Neon (formerly called Day-Glo™) colors that Pantone retired in 1987. I do not have digital color data for that particular color, due to the fact that Pantone never provided it. However, I have found a 1986 Pantone color guide that contains this color, and the formula ink mix was defined as 50% PANTONE 805 plus 50% PANTONE Warm Red. For representation, I have used the supplied CMYK breakdown to represent this color.

PANTONE 100 CP
#F6EB69
R246 G235 B105
C1 M0 Y70 K0
PANTONE 101 CP
#F6EA5F
R246 G234 B95
C1 M0 Y78 K0
PANTONE Process Yellow CP
#FCE400
R252 G228 B0
C0 M0 Y100 K0
PANTONE 374 CP
#C6D97D
R198 G217 B125
C23 M0 Y69 K0
PANTONE 375 CP
#A1C842
R161 G200 B66
C40 M0 Y98 K0
PANTONE 304 CP
#A4D6E3
R164 G214 B227
C35 M0 Y2 K0
PANTONE 305 CP
#74C8E1
R116 G200 B225
C55 M0 Y1 K0
PANTONE Process Cyan CP
#009FE0
R0 G159 B224
C100 M0 Y0 K0
PANTONE 358 CP
#AED185
R174 G209 B133
C32 M0 Y51 K0
PANTONE 345 CP
#9BCDA2
R155 G205 B162
C40 M0 Y38 K0
PANTONE 196 CP
#EBC1C2
R235 G193 B194
C0 M21 Y2 K0
PANTONE 210 CP
#E59ABD
R229 G154 B189
C1 M44 Y0 K0
PANTONE Pro. Magenta CP
#D1007C
R209 G0 B124
C0 M100 Y0 K0
PANTONE 337 CP
#9BCEB5
R155 G206 B181
C40 M0 Y29 K0
PANTONE 338 CP
#85C7AD
R133 G199 B173
C52 M0 Y36 K0
PANTONE 123 CP
#EFC041
R239 G192 B65
C0 M16 Y89 K0
PANTONE Orange 021 CP
#DF5C16
R223 G92 B22
C0 M74 Y100 K0
PANTONE Red 032 CP
#DC3D46
R220 G61 B70
C0 M90 Y76 K0
PANTONE 327 CP
#008F7D
R0 G143 B125
C100 M0 Y59 K13
PANTONE 329 CP
#007063
R0 G112 B99
C100 M0 Y55 K42
PANTONE 285 CP
#2B7BBB
R43 G123 B187
C90 M47 Y0 K0
PANTONE 286 CP
#24468E
R36 G70 B142
C100 M80 Y0 K12
PANTONE 266 CP
#714B96
R113 G75 B150
C71 M88 Y0 K0
PANTONE 354 CP
#00A841
R0 G168 B65
C85 M0 Y98 K0
PANTONE 336 CP
#006F50
R0 G111 B80
C99 M1 Y67 K45
PANTONE 263 CP
#D8C7DC
R216 G199 B220
C11 M20 Y0 K0
PANTONE 278 CP
#94B5DA
R148 G181 B218
C43 M17 Y0 K0
PANTONE 132 CP
#AC7C12
R172 G124 B18
C0 M34 Y100 K36
PANTONE 385 CP
#7B7628
R123 G118 B40
C17 M15 Y96 K52
PANTONE 350 CP
#2F5535
R47 G85 B53
C74 M18 Y81 K62
PANTONE 257 CP
#C4A0C6
R196 G160 B198
C19 M39 Y0 K0
PANTONE 271 CP
#9C97C5
R156 G151 B197
C44 M38 Y0 K0
PANTONE 429 CP
#A2AAA4
R162 G170 B164
C35 M23 Y19 K2
PANTONE 443 CP
#8C9A97
R140 G154 B151
C43 M25 Y26 K5
PANTONE 437 CP
#7D6B68
R125 G107 B104
C44 M51 Y39 K24
PANTONE 233 CP
#C6057B
R198 G5 B123
C11 M100 Y0 K0
PANTONE 241 CP
#B32484
R179 G36 B132
C28 M100 Y0 K0
PANTONE 183 CP
#E59AAC
R229 G154 B172
C0 M46 Y6 K0
PANTONE 177 CP
#E37F75
R227 G127 B117
C0 M58 Y29 K0
Custom Process Color
#ED145B
R237 G20 B91
C0 M100 Y50 K0
Discontinued Neon color
PANTONE 156 CP
#ECB973
R236 G185 B115
C0 M23 Y51 K0
PANTONE 465 CP
#B59461
R181 G148 B97
C13 M31 Y63 K12
PANTONE 470 CP
#A45F35
R164 G95 B53
C3 M62 Y88 K30
PANTONE 167 CP
#BD5520
R189 G85 B32
C0 M73 Y100 K15
PANTONE 484 CP
#9E3E2D
R158 G62 B45
C1 M90 Y92 K33
PANTONE 489 CP
#ECC4AE
R236 G196 B174
C0 M22 Y20 K0
PANTONE 481 CP
#D6BDA5
R214 G189 B165
C11 M23 Y24 K0
PANTONE 479 CP
#AE886B
R174 G136 B107
C17 M44 Y50 K15
PANTONE 483 CP
#69382B
R105 G56 B43
C10 M82 Y81 K63
PANTONE Process Black CP
#2A2828
R42 G40 B40
C0 M0 Y0 K100

+ – indicates derived values

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TruColor
As well as being the founder of TruColor (formerly ColorWerx and The Society for Sports Uniforms Research), I am also a database developer and run a software development and consulting business with my wife Amy. The company is called Ethx. I have been interested in logos and uniforms since the early '70s, and am especially interested in team colors, including color science. I have also been a professional musician for 40+ years as well, and received a Bachelor's degree in Music (jazz studies - performance and arranging emphasis) from North Texas State University (now the University of North Texas) in 1985.