[Pro] How to access PANTONE and CSS colours within Freeway

max1 · August 15, 2016, 9:59am

Have you ever wished you could see the Pantone swatch range and the complete CSS colour range within Freeway?. well you can, and this is how you do it

Quite Freeway

Download the archive from
https://infinit.io/_/Rz5LCg6
this should download a folder with a set of PANTONE & CSS-colour clr files…
just copy the contents and paste it in

~Library/Colors/

I have converted the PANTONE: Coated, Uncoated, Neon Coated, Neon Uncoated, Metalic Coated and there is also the CSS Colors

Now launch Freeway
create a new document
create a new colour
Edit/Color/
the Freeway “Edit Colors” palette should appear
4 Click the New button
the Freeway little “Colors” window should appear
this should present you with the standard freeway colour controls for a new colour which are a Name field, hex color field , RGB sliders a Permanent Checkbox and finally a little rectangle colour swatch showing the colour
click on that little rectangle colour swatch
7 this should launch the Apple color picker and most probably the big colour wheel tab is the one that is visible
click on the third tab across which is represented by a group of ‘little-coloured’ squares and this is the apple colour palette
you should now see a drop down and it will most probably say Apple
just click on that drop down and you will now see the complete Pantone range plus the CSS colours as well (I tend to use Pantone Coated)

just choose a colour by clicking on the chosen Panton Colour and it should be then seen in the Freeway color palette

once you have done it once step 8 shouldn’t be needed because it will remember you last chosen colour type.

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One nice feature which I have just noticed….

After you have set this up and tested it try this:

create a random color within the Freeway colour palette using the RGB sliders
then click on the Rectangle colour
the Apple colour picker should launch and the closest Pantone should be highlighted just click on that colour and either the colour will be an exact match or it will adjust the Freeway colour a tiny amount to match the Pantone colour… which is really cool

Anyway as the coffee shops say…… enjoy :o)