Pantone Solid Guide Set

Details

Key Features

• 3255 Pantone Matching System Colors
• Includes All Four Solid Color Guides
• Formula Guide (Coated & Uncoated)
• Pastels & Neons Guide
• Includes Metallics Guide

Overview

TheSolid Guide SetfromPantonebundles all four of their solid color guides, including the Formula Guide (Coated & Uncoated), Pastels & Neons Guide, and Metallics Guide for branding, packaging, marketing materials, signage, instances where spot color printing is critical, and more. The Solid Guide Set gives designers easy access to both standard and specialty colors printed on four portable fan decks.

Pantone Formula Guide (Coated & Uncoated)

Share, compare, communicate, and match colors with this updated edition of thePantone Formula Guide (Coated & Uncoated), which contains 2390 spot colors in the Pantone Graphics System on coated and uncoated paper stocks. Updated with 224 new Pantone Matching System (PMS) colors, the guide also features five new eco-friendly Pantone base mixing inks compatible with coating in print production processes. This formula guide uses compact, handheld fan decks to provide easy, on-the-go physical references for the actual appearance of Pantone Colors in digital design applications, and include essential formulations for mixing spot color inks to properly match Pantone Formula Guide colors. An integrated lighting indicator page helps to assess correct lighting conditions for accurate readings. The colors are also arranged in chromatic format, with each color displayed with its corresponding number and ink formulation and a helpful index in the back provides the numeric location for each color.

Features

• Helps ensure consistent color reproduction in branding, logos, marketing, packaging, and other graphic design applications on a range of different materials
• Portable, handheld fan decks provide easy on-the-go reference
• Versatile end-to-end tool for everything from design inspiration to press check
• Printed on most commonly used paper stock weights: 100 pound (168 gsm) coated and 80 pound uncoated (118 gsm)
• Lighting indicator page demonstrates when lighting conditions are suitable for proper color evaluation
• Considered the ultimate tool for inspiring, matching, and communicating color to those in graphic design, digital design, product design, and printing

Colors

• 224 new, on-trend, market-relevant graphics colors added, plus five new Basic Colors
• Includes 2390 total colors with the largest gamut in the Pantone Graphics System
• New colors are contained in the front of the guide
• Enhanced printing process provides improved color accuracy
• Pantone Colors displayed with their corresponding numbers and ink formulations
• Index in back of guide provides numeric location for each color
• Tolerance aim < 2.0 E00 to Pantone master standard reference data

Applications

• Use for inspiration and production in designing logos, branding and marketing materials, packaging, and for additional applications such as architecture, industrial design, and manufacturing
• Ink formulations help printers accurately achieve Pantone Spot colors on printed materials
• Used to communicate consistent color throughout workflow and supply chain around the world

Key Specs

What’s in the Box:

• Pantone Formula Guide (Coated & Uncoated)
• Pantone Pastels & Neons Guide (Coated & Uncoated)
• Pantone Metallics Guide