229 New Colors to Create With!

Share, compare, communicate, and match colors with the new edition of the Pantone Formula Guide. This versatile, end-to-end color matching tool displays all 2,390 market-driven spot colors in the Pantone Graphics System on coated and uncoated paper stocks. Now updated with 224 brand new Pantone Matching System (PMS) colors, the latest Pantone Formula Guide also features five new eco-friendly Pantone base mixing inks compatible with coating in print production processes. Compact, handheld fan decks 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.

Integration with Pantone® Connect for Adobe Creative Cloud allows you to access over 15,000 Pantone Colors in every Pantone library. Take all of your physical Pantone Colors into the digital workflows of your favorite apps, such as InDesign®, Photoshop®, and Illustrator®, and ensure color consistency, accuracy, and from-anywhere-access. Securely save and store the colors you want in the cloud for better, streamlined sharing and collaboration.

The CAPSURE™ with Formula Guide set bundles the complete Graphics & Fashion, Home + Interiors color libraries with all 2,390 Pantone® Spot colors.

One Formula Guide Coated fan deck, one Formula Guide Uncoated fan deck, one palm-sized digital color measurement device.

Overview:

Own the gamut of Graphics & Fashion and Home + Interiors color libraries on one compact color measurement device, plus all 2,390 Pantone® Spot colors in this dynamic bundle. Use the innovative CAPSURE™ color matching tool to measure and match color on the spot from any surface, material, or fabric to your choice of Pantone® Library. This versatile set makes it easy to accurately translate any color inspiration the user finds into an achievable color. The Pantone® Formula Guide provides a universal reference for brand guidelines and spot color printing, ensuring consistency in projects like signage, packaging, logos and branding, marketing materials, and more. Elevate your workflow from inspiration through production with the CAPSURE™ with Formula Guide set.

Features:

• Set includes Pantone® CAPSURE™ device and Pantone® Formula Guide Coated & Uncoated two-guide set
• CAPSURE™ fits in the palm of your hand, and makes collecting and accurately matching color inspiration simple and fun
• Handheld Formula Guide fan decks provide a portable reference
• Printed on commonly used paper stock weights: 100 lb coated (148 gsm) and 80 lb (118 gsm)uncoated
• Lighting Indicator page is included to determine when lighting conditions are suitable for color evaluation

Colors:

• 229 new, trend- and market-relevant graphics colors added
• Pantone Formula Guide includes 2,390 total spot colors and provides the largest color gamut in the Pantone® Graphics system
• Each color is displayed with its corresponding number and ink formulation
• CAPSURE™ comes pre-loaded with over 10,000 Pantone® Colors
• Formula Guide produced with an enhanced printing process for improved color accuracy
• New base inks used now allow for coating in the print production process, a key requirement for packaging
• New base inks are more eco-friendly
• Index in the back of the guides provides the numeric location for each color
• Tolerance aim < 2.0 ∆E00 to Pantone® master standard reference data

Applications:

• CAPSURE™ updates automatically and synchronizes with popular design applications so that users can design within their typical workflows
• Use CAPSURE™ to collect and accurately match color inspiration, and to establish color harmonies and custom palettes
• Pantone Formula Guide’s ink formulations help printers accurately achieve Pantone® Spot colors on printed materials
• Formula Guide is used around the globe for communicating consistent color throughout workflow and supply chain
• Bring Color to Life, Digitally – Learn how Pantone® Connect for Adobe® Creative Cloud® allows you to take your physical Pantone® colors into your digital workflow through Adobe® Creative Cloud® (InDesign®, Photoshop®, and Illustrator®).

655 Metallic Colors for Print and Packaging

Now made with eco-friendly formulas, Pantone Metallic Colors are greener and formulated with a more consistent ink density for better color print achievability.

The Pantone Graphics System presents a complete collection of 655 Metallic colors for print and packaging. Pantone Metallics provide economic color options that are easy to use, specify, and amplify for luxurious and dynamic results. Coating options are included within the chip book for a quick reference to just a few of the many ways that metallic effects can be enhanced for your projects’ needs. Pantone Colors are high quality, reliable, and available off-the-shelf anywhere you go. Use for packaging, logos, branding, signage, and marketing materials.

Expand the Traditional Color Palette with Pastels & Neons

Create more eye-catching, market-driven designs with soft pastels and vibrant neons. The Pantone® Pastel and Neon Chips book provides 154 pastel and 56 neon specialty spot colors to help broaden and complement the Pantone Solid Chips book. Pantone Pastels and Neons add greater variety to your packaging, logos and branding, print and marketing materials, and more. Perforated spot color chips, printed on both coated and uncoated paper stock, make it easy to share, compare, and reference on-the-go, which is ideal for activities such as adding color into design palettes, mood boards, or product sketches; attaching color to design files for sharing with production partners; and for approving color on press. Expand and enrich your existing Pantone Color palettes with modern pastels and dynamic neons.

655 Metallic Colors for Print and Packaging

Now made with eco-friendly formulas, Pantone Metallic Colors are greener and formulated with a more consistent ink density for better color print achievability.

The Pantone Graphics System presents a complete collection of 655 Metallic colors for print and packaging. Pantone Metallics provide economic color options that are easy to use, specify, and amplify for luxurious and dynamic results. Coating options are included within the guide for a quick reference to just a few of the many ways that metallic effects can be enhanced for your projects’ needs. Pantone Colors are high quality, reliable, and available off-the-shelf anywhere you go. Use for packaging, logos, branding, signage, and marketing materials.

Ultimate Guide for Converting Pantone to CMYK, HTML, & RGB Equivalents

See the true results of converting a Pantone Spot color to its process color equivalent with the Pantone Color Bridge Guide Set. Compact fan decks provide easy access to side-by-side comparisons of all 2,359 Pantone Spot Colors, including 224 brand new Pantone Matching System (PMS) colors, with their closest industry-standard CMYK color matches, as well as HTML and RGB equivalent values for digital design applications. . Guides are printed on coated and uncoated paper stocks to match G-7 calibrated CRPC6 and CRPC3 press references. Confidently manage and visualize color expectations, color conversion, and color matching when printing across graphics, digital design, web, animation, and video platforms.

Color Bridge Guide Coated

See the actual results of converting Pantone Spot colors to their equivalent process colors with the Pantone Color Bridge Guide Coated. A handheld fan deck provides access to side-by-side comparisons for all 2,359 Pantone Spot Colors, including 224 new Pantone Matching System (PMS) colors to their closest industry-standard CMYK color matches. Also included are HTML and RGB equivalent values for applications in digital design. Printed on the most commonly used coated paper stock weight, this guide is formulated to match G-7 calibrated CRPC6 and CRPC3 press references. Accurately manage and visualize color conversion, color expectations, and color matching when printing across digital design, graphic, video, and web platforms.

Translate Pantone® Colors into CMYK, HTML, and RGB

Use the Pantone Color Bridge Guide Uncoated to see the most accurate results of converting a Pantone Spot color to its process color equivalent. This compact fan deck displays side-by-side comparisons of all 2,359 Pantone Spot Colors with their closest industry-standard CMYK color matches, as well as HTML and RGB equivalent values for digital design applications. Now including 224 new Pantone Matching System (PMS) colors, this guide is printed on uncoated paper stock to match G-7 calibrated CRPC6 and CRPC3 press references. Confidently manage and visualize color expectations, color conversion, and color matching across print graphics, digital design, web, animation, and video.

Versatility, Variety, and Value for Graphics and Print

Access six of Pantone’s® top-selling graphics tools in one compact, portable carrying case. Now compiled into the Essentials Guide Set, the Pantone Formula Guide, Color Bridge Guide Set, and CMYK Guide are available together in one affordable starter kit. Easily browse, share, compare, and reference 7,617 market-driven spot, spot-to-process, and process colors, including 224 brand new graphics colors. Everyone from professional designers to design students can use this essentials color guide to find color inspiration; communicate color; verify color accuracy; and translate spot colors to CMYK, HTML, or RGB. A protective, streamlined carrying case enables better collaboration with convenient, organized storage and easy access to six portable fan decks. This on-the-go color reference is ideal for school, studio, stakeholder meetings, press checks, and more.

Comprehensive & Convenient Portable Guide Studio for Graphics & Print

Access all eight Pantone® Graphics Guides in one sleek, portable carrying case. Now compiled into a comprehensive Portable Guide Studio case, the Pantone® Formula Guide, Color Bridge Guide Set, CMYK Guide, Metallics Guide, and Pastels & Neons Guide are available in one streamlined color guide kit. Easily browse, share, compare, and reference 8,482 market-relevant colors on the go. Colors include traditional spot colors, spot-to-process colors, four-color process colors, and specialty metallic, pastel, and neon spot colors. A protective, compact carrying case enables better collaboration with convenient, organized storage and easy access to eight portable fan decks. With the Pantone Portable Guide Studio, graphic, print, and digital designers can easily collaborate and get inspired from anywhere for logo and branding projects, marketing materials, digital design work, animation, and more.

Shareable Pantone® Color Chips for Graphics and Print

Access the largest color gamut in the Pantone Graphics system in two convenient books. Browse, share and reference any of the 2,390 Pantone Spot Color Chips in the Formula Guide, now updated with 224 new trend-defining colors. The ring-bound book format takes collaboration to a new level: remove, re-insert and replace Color Chips and pages as often as the process calls for it, and keep stray chips and palettes organized with Paper Chip Savers.

Bring your selected Spot Color Chips from page to screen, seamlessly. Integrate with Pantone Connect for Adobe® Creative Cloud® to import physical Pantone colors into your designs in Photoshop®, InDesign® and Illustrator®. Achieve peak inspiration and collaboration at every stage of the design process — from moodboarding to evaluation to press checks — with this comprehensive Color Chip book.

Pantone® Color Tools For All Stages of Your Graphics Workflow

Reference, share, and compare the gamut of Pantone Spot colors with the Pantone Solid Color Set. The Solid Color Set includes the Pantone Formula Guide and Solid Chips Books in one bundle. The Formula Guide provides a versatile, end-to-end color matching tool printed on coated and uncoated fan decks, featuring 2,390 market-driven spot colors in the Pantone Graphics System and 224 brand new graphics colors. The Solid Chips Books offer a desktop reference with perforated solid chips; built-in individual storage for organizing loose color chips; and removable, ring-bound pages, all printed on coated and uncoated paper stock. This shareable, versatile color reference is ideal for palette building, sharing with teams, approvals, color inspiration, color communication, and quality control.

Overview:

Enhance your existing Pantone® Solid Chips books with 224 brand new, market-driven Pantone Spot color chips. Printed on coated and uncoated paper, the Pantone Solid Chips supplement is already formatted to fit perfectly into your existing Solid Chips books. Perforated spot color chips are easy to share and reference for activities like mood board and palette development, defining specific colors for product sketches, communicating color to clients, transporting to press checks, and more. Get access to these dynamic new Pantone Colors for all stages of the design workflow, from inspiration to stakeholder approval to quality control.

Features:

• Pages formatted for use in Pantone Solid Chips books
• Each page provides seven Pantone Colors with six individual 1.2” x 0.8” chips
• Printed on the commonly used paper stock: 100 lb (148 gsm) coated and 80 lb (118 gsm) uncoated

Colors:

• Pages formatted for use in Pantone Solid Chips books
• Each page provides seven Pantone Colors with six individual 1.2” x 0.8” chips
• Printed on the commonly used paper stock: 100 lb (148 gsm) coated and 80 lb (118 gsm) uncoated

Application:

• Provides Pantone Spot color chips in the easiest format for building palettes and mood boards, and for color specification, sharing, and evaluation
• Inserts directly into existing Solid Chips Books
• Bring Color to Life, Digitally – Learn how Pantone Connect for Adobe® Creative Cloud® allows you to take your physical Pantone Colors into your digital workflow through Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign®, Photoshop®, and Illustrator®).

The Comprehensive Color Library for Graphics and Print

Get access to the entire suite of color resources that Pantone® has to offer in this convenient and comprehensive color library. Easily browse, share, and compare any of the 8,482 spot, spot-to-process, process, and specialty spot colors featured in the Pantone Reference Library. Conveniently bundled into a streamlined, sturdy desktop display, this essential color library features the Pantone Formula Guide, Color Bridge Guide Set, CMYK Guide, Metallics Guide, Pastels & Neons Guide, Solid Chips Book, Pastels & Neons Chips Book, and Metallic Chips Book, printed in eight fan decks and four three-ring binders. The Reference Library brings together Pantone’s Graphics guides and solid chip books, providing a centralized, exhaustive resource for everything from color exploration and comparison to specification and quality control. Find inspiration for palette building, logo design and branding, marketing materials, digital and web graphics, and more.