Pantone is a company founded by Lawrence Herbert and is best known for its Pantone Matching System (PMS), a colour reproduction system, which is used in a large number and variety of industries, such as printing and in the manufacture of coloured paint and fabrics. The system uses standardised colours which industries and manufacturers can refer to to help with the accurate identification of colour.
Pantone has 1,114 spot colours. Many of these colours cannot be reproduced using CMYK, but instead use 13 base pigments that are mixed in specific amounts. Despite this, Pantone also has a small subset of colours that are possible to produce using CMYK and a system which allows metallic and fluorescents to be produced too. These Pantone colours are distinguishable by its number and suffix. The number stands for the colour itself, whilst the suffix represents the media or stick type which will affect how the ink is formulated to produce a specific colour.
Pantone has 1,114 spot colours. Many of these colours cannot be reproduced using CMYK, but instead use 13 base pigments that are mixed in specific amounts. Despite this, Pantone also has a small subset of colours that are possible to produce using CMYK and a system which allows metallic and fluorescents to be produced too. These Pantone colours are distinguishable by its number and suffix. The number stands for the colour itself, whilst the suffix represents the media or stick type which will affect how the ink is formulated to produce a specific colour.
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| Pantone Colour of the Year 2017 - Greenery 15-0343, described as a "refreshing and revitalizing shade, Greenery is symbolic of new beginnings". Past colours of the year have included Rose Quartz and Serenity (2016), Marsala (2015), Radiant Orchid (2014) and Emerald (2013). |
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