Pantone Guides now produced with G7

Pantone CMYK Coated and Uncoated Guides will now be available printed using G7 calibration, which Pantone says makes them achievable at almost any print provider in the world.

The CMYK Guides also offer more colours to choose from, with 1889 coated colors that do not match any existing Pantone Formula Guide Coated colour, and 1653 uncoated colours that do not match any existing Pantone Formula Guide Uncoated colour.

The CMYK Guides are printed to the G7 technical standard, using CRPC reference press spaces for #1 coated and uncoated paper to the G7 Colorspace conformance level. In addition, colours that already match main Pantone colors will be marked, so that unique colours can be identified with ease.

Text weight paper is used to match popular print specifications, and includes colour index, lighting evaluation tool and design software. Pantone is the only internationally recognised color communication system, allowing users to specify Pantone colours with confidence even whether manufacturing is close to home or half a world away.

“By marking the unique colors, designers can find colours in-between traditional Pantone Graphics colours, and because the Guides are printed CMYK, all the colours are achievable on a modern printing press or digital press,” explained Lou Prestia, senior product manager at Pantone.