Logos, Grads and Pantones?

[Mitch]

I tried the overprinting in Illustrator, but it still appears muddy. I've got a dark and midrange green as the grad, then I've also got the mid-range green as a solid underneath the grad, and set it to overprint. I've also set it to overprint preview in the view menu but to no avail - it just darkens it.

I'll have to keep experimenting, but to be honest I prefer to use solid colours - this is the only time I've tried using a grad in a logo. I agree with pcb's conviction that a logo should work in solid colours (be it CMYK or Pantone), and was always taught that a logo should work in B&W first before adding in the colour.

I too believe in best practice.

[SparkCreative]

Lose the mid green from the grad on the top - make it dark green to transparent.