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So I am trying to overlay colored shapes over a floor plan I've placed in InDesign.
They are just regular shapes (rectangle + triangles) and I filled them with Pantone swatch colors.
For some reason when I export as PDF, I just see the floor plan, and no colored shapes (overlayed). I even tried printing on paper and the color just doesn't appear.
Here is what it should look like;
Your problem might be a combination of using Pantone spot swatches and exporting the pdf with a Standard.
Normal printers can't print Pantone colors since it requires a separate ink for each color, so if you are not making a file for an 8-color art print you should use RGB or CMYK colors. You can use colors from the Pantone color book, but you have to convert them to RGB/CMYK:
If you want to keep the Pantone colors as spot colors (and in most other cases) you should try using the Adobe PDF Preset called High Quality Print. This preset has Standard set to None which is important because it allows exporting Pantone colors (and other spot colors). I think that you might have chosen a Standard which prevents your colors from exporting.
