—  Pantone has more than doubled the price of its Pantone Connect plug-in since the summer. Connect has become a potentially important tool for graphic arts professionals because Adobe has phased out Pantone Color Libraries from its Creative Cloud products, although the basic colour books remain available.  A premium annual subscription to Pantone Connect hike of 109%. , with volume discounts available for business and enterprise users. A Pantone says it increased its pricing “due to added features to our application”. Connect has become a potentially important tool for graphic arts professionals because Adobe has phased out Pantone Color Libraries from its Creative Cloud products, although the basic colour books remain available. Pantone said that all of the existing Pantone Libraries with the exception of CMYK Coated/Uncoated and Metallics will be completely removed from the Adobe Creative Cloud suite of products by December 2022.