Colour - Pantone

What is pantone?

The Pantone Color Matching System is largely a standardized color reproduction system. By standardizing the colors, different manufacturers in different locations can all refer to the Pantone system to make sure colors match without direct contact with one another.

This way, a business may use a specific colour for their branding - no matter what pantone printer they go to they should get the same outcome.

Pantone colours can also be trademarked, think Cadburys. The purple colour used across all of their products, this colour is trade marked to them and means other businesses should not use it. 

How do pantone colours work?

The Pantone Matching System standardizes 1,114 colors and assigns each color a number and name. By using the Pantone system, people in different locations can refer to the same color by knowing only the number that identifies it. This helps manufacturers and others to avoid mistakes like color deviation between the design and the finished product. As long as a factory has the right Pantone number for the color of your product, they can be sure about whether or not the color will match your specification.

Do we print in pantone?

No, if a client wishes to print in pantone using us - they would need to convert the colours to CMYK to get the closest match. This however will not be exact.

What happens if a client supplies artwork in pantone?

The colours would be converted at the proofing stage and may look different to what the client requires.

This should be warned on the proof.