Why pantone colours

I just can't believe how off these magic numbers Adobe is giving us are. So they are going to be wrong and they are going to sell whole books of them for years on end? This seems insane to me. Where does this magic come from? We've had a few similar questions: 1 , 2 , 3 and more. Designer, I've added an example to illustrate my point. Btw: You must mean "how off these magic numbers Pantone is giving us are". Yes, that is true I meant Pantone when I said Adobe in my previous message. Seemingly the best way to go is match the color to the pantone while viewing it as the color profile your press will be printing in.

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Linked 5. Related 5. It enables the designers to pick up the best suitable shades from the PMS color chart or swatch booklet and are a great way to find the exact hue desired for designing and developing corporate brands for branding applications — expressing individuality through a specific choices of Pantone colours. Another benefit of using the Pantone Matching System is the fact that designers may see a colour on the screen when creating, however when a proof is printed the colour may not be the exact match, due to choice of paper stock and printer variations.

This is why selecting a specific Pantone colour with a customised code, allows the printers, designers and clients to be confident that the colour chosen will print exactly how it is seen in the Pantone chart or booklet.

The Pantone system also allows for many special colors to be produced, such as metallics and fluorescents. Fashion designers and creatives utilise the Pantone colour system to create the colour range for their latest collections. The majority of these colors are referred to using a three- or four-digit number followed by a C or U. The letter suffix refers to the paper stock on which it is printed: a "C" for coated or gloss paper or a "U" for uncoated paper. There is no uncoated version of Pantone Metallics Colors.

There is no uncoated version of Pantone Premium Metallics Colors. Each color has a suffix that indicates the type of paper stock on which it is printed: a "C" for coated or gloss paper or a "U" for uncoated paper. Pantone Process Color numbers start with the letter P followed by a one- to three-digit number, a dash, and a one- to two-digit number.