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Patriotic Pantone Color Palettes
by Jacci Howard Bear
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• Red, White, & Blue
• Yellow or Gold
• Green
• Index
 Definition
The Pantone Matching System (PMS) is a set of spot colors commonly used in printing. By specifying a PMS color you insure that the correct color is printed regardless of what your monitor might display. Most graphics programs come with PMS palettes and more complete PMS colors can be found in products from Pantone, Inc., the company that developed this system. There are other color systems as well, but probably the most widely used for spot colors.
 


These are all the colors used in the patriotic palettes.











These palettes do not represent flags from every nation in the world but do cover a wide variety of color combinations. The colors presented here come from a variety of official and unofficial sources, including (but not limited to) color specifications found at Flags of the World.

 

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