Graphic Arts - Printing, Publishing & Packaging

The PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM is the definitive international reference for selecting, specifying, matching and controlling ink colours. The PANTONE formula guide, a three-guide set consisting of 1,114 solid PANTONE Colours on coated, uncoated and matte stock, shows corresponding printing ink formulas for each colour, and the three-book set of solid chips provides coated, uncoated and matte perforated tear-out chips that can be used for quality control.

The digitally created PANTONE Process Colour System® chips and guides provide a comprehensive palette of more than 3,000 colours achievable in four-colour (CMYK) process printing. The PANTONE solid to process guide compares a solid PANTONE Colour to the closest possible match in CMYK four-colour process that can be achieved on a computer monitor, output device or printing press. Other PANTONE Colour Reference Guides for the graphic arts include metallic, pastels, tints, duotones, film and foil.

The PANTONE Hexachrome® Colour System, a patented, breakthrough six-colour ultra high quality printing process, reproduces a dynamic range of more brilliant continuous-tone images and simulates brighter, more vivid colors than standard four-colour process printing. The Hexachrome® process is supported by industry leaders such as Adobe, Quark, Macromedia, Kodak Polychrome, Agfa, DuPont, Polaroid and Fuji.

Software

A long-time pioneer in the realm of digital technology, Pantone offers a variety of software products that accurately translate PANTONE Colours for use by graphic designers, pre-press professionals, business users, Web developers and Internet surfers.

PANTONE OfficeColor Assistant™ adds the impact of PANTONE Colours to reports, proposals and presentations created in Microsoft® PowerPoint®, Word and Excel.

PANTONE colourist is a Web utility that makes it easy for Web authors and graphic designers to select PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM Colors from within popular applications that do not already incorporate PANTONE Libraries. It includes InspireME, a Web utility that offers an array of predefined colour schemes created by Leatrice Eiseman, America's foremost color psychologist.

The PANTONE Hexachrome Colour System is supported by PANTONE HexWare® plug-ins for Adobe® Photoshop® and Adobe Illustrator®.