Pantone Inc. is a corporation headquartered in Carlstadt, New Jersey. They are best known for their Pantone Matching System (PMS), a color system used in a variety of industries, primarily printing.
Pantone
colors are described by their allocated number (for example, "PMS
130"). PMS colors are almost always used in branding and have even found
their way into government and military standards (to describe the
colors of flags and seals). In January 2003, the Scottish Parliament refer to the "saltire" blue in the
Scottish flag, as "Pantone 300".
The color reference numbers in this system
contain two digits followed by a dash and four digits with either a TPX or TCX suffix.
The six-digit number refers to the hue, chroma, and lightness which identifies each Pantone color. TPX: reference was printed on paper and TCX: indicates that it’s a dyed cotton.
I mainly use the Pantone TPX system.
This is what the TPX book looks like.
My colorist, Carol Casella, and I review each pattern and make
slight and sometimes dramatic color changes to make it "bathroom friendly”.
See the small blocks at the bottom of this artwork.
This is how we communicate the colors in the pattern, to the printer.
This is how we communicate the colors in the pattern, to the printer.
This is so interesting. I wondered what standard was used to communicate colors. I have trouble teaching my daughter colors because there are so many different shades of every color and it is so subjective. Her blue is my purple and my peach is her orange and neither one of us is really right or wrong. She'd get a kick out of those color swatches. Thanks for sharing!
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