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Colour differences of Pantone Solid Coated and Pantone Solid Uncoated colours in proofing in Delta-E (∆E)
Current proofing systems can print spot colours like Pantone or HKS very accurate. With Fiery XF 5.2 Proof software and the Epson 7900/9900 proof printers we evaluated, with which colour deviation PANTONE Solid Coated and PANTONE Solid Uncoated colours can be reproduced in proofing.
The colour deviations were calculated based on the measured colour space of the proof system of Proof GmbH by the proofing software. Deviations should therefore be quite similar in practice. Almost all PANTONE colours can be simulated quite well in the wide colour gamut of the proofer.
The smaller the Delta-E value, the lower is the colour distance of the PANTONE reference to the proofed PANTONE colour. Higher Delta-E values show, which PANTONE colours can’t be simulated accurately in the proof.
| Pantone Colour Solid Coated |
Delta-E Deviation Proof |
Pantone Colour Solid Uncoated |
Delta-E Deviation Proof |
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| PANTONE 100 C | 0.89 ∆E | PANTONE 100 U | 1.69 ∆E | |
| PANTONE 101 C | 0.60 ∆E | PANTONE 101 U | 1.62 ∆E | |
| PANTONE 102 C | 1.23 ∆E | PANTONE 102 U | 1.40 ∆E | |
| PANTONE 103 C | 0.72 ∆E | PANTONE 103 U | 0.49 ∆E | |
| PANTONE 104 C | 0.48 ∆E | PANTONE 104 U | 0.92 ∆E | |
| PANTONE 105 C | 0.80 ∆E | PANTONE 105 U | 1.07 ∆E (more…) |
The names of the 84 new PANTONE Colours 2014
The following 84 PANTONE colours were added in February 2014 to the PANTONE Matching System and are included in the current Pantone Plus
PANTONE 2337 | PANTONE 2338 | PANTONE 2339 | PANTONE 2340
PANTONE 2341 | PANTONE 2342 | PANTONE 2343 | PANTONE 2344
PANTONE 2345 | PANTONE 2346 | PANTONE 2347 | PANTONE 2348
PANTONE 2349 | PANTONE 2350 | PANTONE 2351 | PANTONE 2352
PANTONE 2353 | PANTONE 2354 | PANTONE 2355 | PANTONE 2356
PANTONE 2357 | PANTONE 2358 | PANTONE 2359 | PANTONE 2360
PANTONE 2361 | PANTONE 2362 | PANTONE 2363 | PANTONE 2364
PANTONE 2366 | PANTONE 2367 | PANTONE 2368 | PANTONE 2369
PANTONE 2370 | PANTONE 2371 | PANTONE 2372 | PANTONE 2373
PANTONE 2374 | PANTONE 2376 | PANTONE 2377 | PANTONE 2378
PANTONE 2379 | PANTONE 2380 | PANTONE 2381 | PANTONE 2382
PANTONE 2383 | PANTONE 2384 | PANTONE 2386 | PANTONE 2387
PANTONE 2388 | PANTONE 2389 | PANTONE 2390 | PANTONE 2391
PANTONE 2392 | PANTONE 2393 | PANTONE 2394 | PANTONE 2396
PANTONE 2397 | PANTONE 2398 | PANTONE 2399 | PANTONE 2400
PANTONE 2401 | PANTONE 2402 | PANTONE 2403 | PANTONE 2404
PANTONE 2406 | PANTONE 2407 | PANTONE 2408 | PANTONE 2409
PANTONE 2410 | PANTONE 2411 | PANTONE 2412 | PANTONE 2413
PANTONE 2414 | PANTONE 2416 | PANTONE 2417 | PANTONE 2418
PANTONE 2419 | PANTONE 2420 | PANTONE 2421 | PANTONE 2422
PANTONE 2423 | PANTONE 2424 | PANTONE 2426 | PANTONE 2427
The following six PANTONE colours are dispensed compared to PANTONE 50th Anniversary compartments of 2012:
PANTONE Medium Yellow | PANTONE Bright orange | Red PANTONE STRONG
PANTONE Medium Blue | PANTONE Bright Green | PANTONE Neutral Black
How accurate can PANTONE colours be reproduced in proofing?
Pantone colours can be simulated very well today. T be able in advance to see how well your Pantone colour can be reproduced, we have published tables of all Pantone inks where the colour differences of the Pantone colours can be looked up already before proofing.
Colour variations of Pantone colours in Delta-E
Colour variations of Pantone metallic colours in Delta-E
We have now even photographed some pictures that visually show how appropriate proofs on the latest Pantone subjects.
Pantone Colour Chaos 2014: 84 new Pantone Plus colours annoy Pantone users
Pantone has added a further 84 colours to ist Pantone Plus colour palette in March 2014. The the total amount of the Pantone Plus colour now extends to 1755 colours as Pantone writes on his website. The colours were – matching the Pantone colour of the year: Radiant Orchid – expanded in the Rouge and Pink range, based on the previous base colours.
Two other changes compared to the previous 50th Anniversary PANTONE guides are visible:
- The cover sheets have been redesigned
- The order of colour arrangement has now changed by going to chromatic criteria and now corresponds to the chromatically correct order. The colours from 2010 and 2012 have now been logically integrated into the new colour fans.
For the CMYK guides and the Premium Metallics and Neons & pastel colour guides only the cover pages have been updated. Graphic artists and the printing industry should forthwith upgrade its Solid Coated and Solid Uncoated guides to those of 2014 or newer.
Customers are annoyed by Pantone Product Policy
Since the year 2010, there has been chaos in the PANTONE Plus colour portfolio, which is not improved by the new colour guides generation. At present, there are four parallel Pantone Plus colour guides on the market, three of them with different number of colours included in the guide, although that is hardly communicated by Pantone.
The same is true for the Pantone product partners such as Adobe: Hardly any graphic designer knows what Pantone Plus colour are integrated into Adobe the specific Version since neither Pantone nor Adobe characterize their colour guide generation different. Pantone’s statement: “Compatible with today’s digital workflows – colours can be easily updated in leading design applications” translates rather: “What Pantone colours you see in your application, is pure cuincidence – depending on the update status and your manual intervention.”
Pantone Plus vs. Pantone: Colours, fans and problems.
In 2010, one of the central innovations at Pantone was the new system for graphic designers, service providers and printers: The Pantone palette was extended by numerous colours and was given a new name: Pantone Plus
The extension by 560 colours was done in two steps:
2010: 224 added to a total of 1341 Pantone Solid colours
In 2010, the Pantone palette was extended by 224 colours, which are named from 7548 to 7771 in the Pantone classification. All new colours could continue to be mixed with the previous 14 Pantone basic colours in the print shop.
- PANTONE Yellow
- PANTONE Yellow 012
- PANTONE Orange 021
- PANTONE Warm Red
- PANTONE Red 032
- PANTONE Rubine Red
- PANTONE Rhodamine Red
- PANTONE Purple
- PANTONE Violet
- PANTONE Blue 072
- PANTONE Reflex Blue
- PANTONE Process Blue
- PANTONE Green
- PANTONE Black
2012: Another 336 more to a total of 1677 Pantone Solid colours
In 2012, the Pantone Plus palette was expanded by additional 336 colours, which in the Pantone classification are named from 2001 to 2336. In order to achieve these colours, the previous 14 Pantone base colours were extended by 4 new colours to a total of 18 base colours. The new colours borrowed from the Pantone GOE palette are:
- PANTONE Bright Red
- PANTONE Pink
- PANTONE Medium Purple
- PANTONE Dark Blue
Unfortunately, Pantone did not communicate these changes very well. A typical example can be seen in a screenshot from November 8, 2013: On the German and English Pantone pages, there are two completely different numbers for new colours; only the total number of colours on the two Pantone country pages is the same.
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