The Pantone block was meant to be implemented earlier this year, but it appears Adobe has finally pulled the plug—unless users are willing to pay $15 a month for a license for Pantone color books.

To hear Pantone tell it, Adobe had not been updating the Pantone color libraries in its apps for more than a decade, which prompted the end of the previous licensing deal and the wholesale removal ...

Pantone colors have long been free to use in Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator – but that’s now changed.If you want to use the industry-standard colors in future, you’ll need to pay a $15 ...