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Top 3 Pantone Process Color Guides

By Jacci Howard Bear, About.com

You can't trust your monitor or your desktop printer when it comes to accurate color-matching. Pantone process color guides are a far better way to choose process colors for your printed projects. Find just the right color for the paper stock you'll be using. One of these Pantone process color swatch books are what you'll want to add to your toolbox for all your process (4-color/CMYK) color printing needs.

1. Xerox Digital Chips

See how PMS colors will look when printed on Xerox Digital Color Presses. Three books to choose from for three different printers. Each features 1,089 solid colors on coated stock in both spot color and 4-color inks. Includes 4 tear-out chips for each color.

2. PANTONE Process Guide Coated & Uncoated 2-guide set

No tear-out chips but the 3,000 plus Pantone Process Colors are arranged chromatically and presented on coated and uncoated stock.
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3. PANTONE Process Guide Coated

This guide contains the 3,000 plus Pantone Process Colors chromatically arranged on coated stock. If you can afford only a single process guide, this one is generally your best low-cost choice for most typical desktop publishing projects.
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