If you want to see what a given color will look like when printed on a matte sheet of paper versus a glossy sheet of paper versus plastic versus cloth (among other things), and you want to know that the manufacturer or printer sees the exact same color you do, that's when Pantone colors can be useful.But communication around this issue has been muddled, with conflicting and changing dates for when the removal of the existing Pantone libraries begins and different pricing data based on the source you're looking at.That Pantone FAQ also claims that "existing Creative Cloud files and documents containing Pantone Color references will keep those color identities and information," a statement that seems to be contradicted by the Adobe licensing error message.For its part, Adobe's FAQ says that versions of its apps released before August 2022 "will continue to have all previous Pantone Color books pre-loaded and available."We asked Adobe about all the contradictory information we've run into: the exact date users can expect to see these changes; whether old files will have their colors removed or whether they'll be unchanged; and whether any missing colors can be restored by installing the Pantone Connect plugin (something we can't test for because Pantone colors are still working fine on our end)."