If you are looking to get these colors back into your workflow, here are the official and community-tested "links" and methods to follow: 1. The Official Path: Pantone Connect
Use Pantone’s (limited):
Locate your Pantone color book files (usually found in Presets > en_US > Swatches > Color Books in older installs). In your current Illustrator, open the panel. download pantone colors for illustrator link
If you have access to older versions of Illustrator or .acb (Adobe Color Book) files, you can manually load them:
and paste them into the same folder for your current version. Manual Method: You can manually create a Spot Color If you are looking to get these colors
Restart Illustrator and find them under Window > Swatch Libraries > Color Books . Free Alternatives
This is the only official way to access over 15,000 up-to-date Pantone colors directly within Illustrator. If you have access to older versions of Illustrator or
The result was surreal: designers opened their old files to find that vibrant orange logos and deep blue backgrounds had been replaced by solid black