The official PANTONE inc website offers a broad range of information and all necessary requirement advise when purchasing, or indeed using one of their PANTONE books. Here is so key information sourced below: (screen shots of the fundamental PANTONE swatch books- great source of easy reference to return to when putting the final publication together).
More text information and reference about the PANTONE company, and history, as a whole:
Pantone Inc. is a corporation headquartered in Carlstadt, New Jersey, USA. The company is best known for its Pantone Matching System (PMS), a proprietary color space
used in a variety of industries, primarily printing, though sometimes
in the manufacture of colored paint, fabric, and plastics.
In October 2007, X-Rite Inc, a supplier of color measurement instruments and software, purchased Pantone Inc for $180 million.
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Overview
Pantone began as a commercial printing company in the 1950s. In 1956, they hired recent Hofstra University graduate Lawrence Herbert as a part-time employee. Herbert used his chemistry knowledge to systematize and simplify the company's stock of pigments and production of colored inks;
by 1962, Herbert was running the ink and printing division at a profit,
while the commercial-display division was $50,000 in debt; he
subsequently purchased the company's technological assets from his
employers and renamed them "Pantone".
The company's primary products include the Pantone Guides, which
consist of a large number of small (approximately 6×2 inches or 15×5 cm)
thin cardboard sheets, printed on one side with a series of related color
swatches and then bound into a small "fan deck". For instance, a
particular "page" might contain a number of yellows of varying tints.
The idea behind the PMS is to allow designers to 'color match'
specific colors when a design enters production stage—regardless of the
equipment used to produce the color. This system has been widely adopted
by graphic designers and reproduction and printing houses for a number
of years now. Pantone recommends that PMS Color Guides be purchased
annually as their inks become more yellow over time.
Color variance also occurs within editions based on the paper stock
used (coated, matte or uncoated), while interedition color variance
occurs when there are changes to the specific paper stock used.
Original Pantone Color Matching System
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.
One such use is standardizing colors in the CMYK
process. The CMYK process is a method of printing color by using four
inks—cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. A majority of the world's printed
material is produced using the CMYK process, and there is a special
subset of Pantone colors that can be reproduced using CMYK. Those that are possible to simulate through the CMYK process are labeled as such within the company's guides.
However, most of the Pantone system's 1,114 spot colors cannot be simulated with CMYK but with 13 base pigments (15 including white and black) mixed in specified amounts.
The Pantone system also allows for many 'special' colors to be
produced such as metallics and fluorescents. While most of the Pantone
system colors are beyond the printed CMYK gamut, it was only in 2001
that Pantone began providing translations of their existing system with
screen-based colors. (Screen-based colors use the RGB—red, green,
blue—system to create various colors.) The Goe system has RGB and LAB values with each color.
Pantone colors are described by their allocated number (typically
referred to as, for example, 'PMS 130'). PMS colors are almost always
used in branding and have even found their way into government
legislation (to describe the colors of flags). In January 2003, the Scottish Parliament debated a petition (reference PE512) to refer to the blue in the Scottish flag (saltire) as 'Pantone 300'. Countries such as Canada and South Korea and organizations such as the FIA have also chosen to refer to specific Pantone colors to use when producing flags. U.S. states including Texas have set legislated PMS colors of their flags.
Pantone Goe System
On September 5, 2007 Pantone introduced the Goe System.
Goe consists of over 2,000 new colors in a brand new matching and
numbering system. In addition to the standard swatch books (now called
the GoeGuide), the new system also includes adhesive-backed GoeSticks,
interactive software, tools, and an online community where users are
able to share color swatches and information.
The Goe system is streamlined to use fewer base colors (10 + Clear
coating for reflections) and accommodates many technical challenges in
reproducing colors on a press.
Other products
In mid-2006 Pantone, partnering with Vermont-based Fine Paints of Europe,
introduced a new line of interior and exterior paints. The color
palette uses Pantone's color research and trending and has more than
3000 colors.
Color of the Year
Annually Pantone will declare a particular color "Color of the Year". The color is chosen to purportedly connect with the zeitgeist; for example the press release declaring Honeysuckle the color of 2011 said "In
times of stress, we need something to lift our spirits. Honeysuckle is a
captivating, stimulating color that gets the adrenaline going – perfect
to ward off the blues."
2000
Cerulean
Pantone 15-4020
Cerulean
Pantone 15-4020
2001
Fuchsia Rose
Pantone 17-2031
Fuchsia Rose
Pantone 17-2031
2002
True Red
Pantone 19-1664
True Red
Pantone 19-1664
2003
Aqua Sky
Pantone 14-4811
Aqua Sky
Pantone 14-4811
2004
Tigerlily
Pantone 17-1456
Tigerlily
Pantone 17-1456
2005
Blue Turquoise
Pantone 15-5217
Blue Turquoise
Pantone 15-5217
2006
Sand Dollar
Pantone 13-1106
Sand Dollar
Pantone 13-1106
2007
Chili Pepper
Pantone 19-1557
Chili Pepper
Pantone 19-1557
2008
Blue Iris
Pantone 18-3943
Blue Iris
Pantone 18-3943
2009
Mimosa
Pantone 14-0848
Mimosa
Pantone 14-0848
2010
Turquoise
Pantone 15-5519
Turquoise
Pantone 15-5519
2011
Honeysuckle
Pantone 18-2120
Honeysuckle
Pantone 18-2120
Intellectual property
Pantone asserts that their lists of color numbers and pigment values are the intellectual property of Pantone and free use of the list is not allowed. This is frequently held as a reason why Pantone colors cannot be supported in Open Source software such as GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) and are not often found in low-cost software.
Pantone palettes supplied by printer manufacturers can be obtained
freely, and, depending on supplier, do not come with usage restrictions
beyond a sales ban on hard copies of the palette.
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