Definitions for "Pantone Matching System"
Keywords:  swatch, pms, uncoated, swop, ink
The most widely used system for specifying and blending match colours. The PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM identifies more than 700 colours. It provides designers with swatches for specific colours, and gives printers the recipes for making those colours. Neither a commercial printer nor an ink manufacture developed PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM, leaving the choice of ink brand up to the printer.
PANTONE Matching System: The most widely used system for specifying and blending match colors. The PANTONE Matching System identifies more than 700 colors. It provides designers with swatches for specific colors, and gives printers the recipes for making those colors. PANTONE Matching System was developed by neither a commercial printer nor an ink manufacturer, leaving the choice of ink brand up to the printer.
A patented process for defining colours. Pantone colours (called PMS colours) can be specified from a swatch book and then closely duplicated by a printer from books that explain how to mix colours to match the numbered inks in the swatch book. PMS colours can also be specified in many applications as screen colour, although the resulting colour may not match its spot counterpart exactly.
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See Pantone.