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Pantone Inc. is a corporation headquartered in Carlstadt, New Jersey. 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 measuremen...
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(Digital cameras and photo printers) A colour scale consisting of about 3,000 gradations in tone that is used in editing digital images.
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The brand name of a colour matching system produced by Pantone, Inc of the USA. A large range of inks are specified and identified by number to produce standard results across the industry. A reference such as PAN199 indicates a colour in the Pantone range, in this case a bright red. In a colour swatch book the number PAN199C would indicate how the colour looks when printed on Coated or glossy stock. PAN199U indicates how the same ink appears when printed on Uncoated or matt stock. Sometimes the difference can be quite dramatic. It is worth remembering that Pantone inks provide a much greater range of colours than can be achieved using CMYK. This is important if trying to match work printed in four colour process with that printed in special colours.
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Pantone, Pantone Matching System and PMS + are Pantone Inc's check-standard trademarks for colour standards, colour data, colour reproduction and colour reproduction materials, and other colour related products and services, meeting its specifications, control and quality requirements.
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A company best known for its Pantone Matching System (PMS), a proprietary color space used in a variety of industries, including printing and paint, fabric and plastic manufacturing. The Pantone Color Matching System is a standardized color reproduction system, allowing different manufacturers in different locations to refer to name and communicate...
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