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PANTONE Color Guides and Chips
The PANTONE Matching System (PMS) is the dominant spot color printing system in the United States. Pantone, Inc. sells color guides (known as swatch books) and chips for both their spot colors and for process color printing. Learn more about Pantone colors and where to obtain swatch books.
Top Pantone Color Guides for Both Process and Spot Color Work - Choose Pantone Swatch Books for Process and Spot Color Desktop Publishing
When you do both process and spot color work, these Pantone color guides and reference materials provide color-matching tools for both types of printing.
Top Pantone Process Color SWOP Guides for Desktop Publishing - Choose Pantone...
Use these Panton Process Color books to make more accurate color selections for process color printing (4-color or cmyk). Find the best Pantone Process Color Swatch Books for desktop publishing.
Top Pantone Spot Color Guides for Desktop Publishing - Choosing Pantone Spot...
These Pantone Spot Color guides are your best bets for accurate color-matching with solid PANTONE spot colors. Find the right swatch book for your desktop publishing needs.
Buyer's Guide to PANTONE Swatch Books
An explanation of the types and formats for PANTONE guides to help you decide which kind you need.
Current PANTONE Guides for Print
List organized by type of guide to help you see what kinds of fan-guides and chips are available in which format along with a brief description of the contents. For print design.
PANTONE Color Suffixes and Naming Conventions
Are PANTONE 3258 C, PANTONE 3258 U, and PANTONE 3258 CVU the same color? Yes and No. Find out what those suffixes really mean and why consistency in naming your colors is important.
PANTONE Combination Guides
Your best bets for swatch books when you need a variety of spot and process color guides and want to save a little money over purchasing guides separately.
PANTONE Process Color Guides
Guide selections of the main swatch books to consider for specifying CMYK colors for process printing.
PANTONE Spot Color Guides
Guide selections of the main swatch books to consider for picking PMS colors.