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How to Mix Pantone Colors

Pantone is the developer and name given to the renown PMS color system. PMS stands for "Pantone Matching System," and is a large list of specially mixed colors whose pigments were created individually by Pantone for solid color purity. Commercial printers approved by Pantone mix specific PMS colors according to a precise formula. Absolute color consistency is the result. Pantone also markets similarly mixed Pantone colors as paint for fashion and home use.

Things You'll Need

  • Pantone color palette
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Instructions

    • 1

      Select a Pantone color from the Pantone/PMS color swatches. Pantone supplies sample books of Pantone colors to approved vendors.

    • 2

      Mix the colors by the percentages shown on a specific Pantone color swatch.

    • 3

      Test color purity by printing a CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, black) copy for comparison.

    • 4

      Run the commercial print job. On a 4-color project, one or two Pantone colors will be specified as fifth and sixth colors, respectively. Pantone color can also be specified as a second color in a 2-color print job.

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