Start down your path of design discovery with a professional color tool developed to help you explore your creativity and match color accurately from inspiration through realization.
The PANTONE PLUS SERIES STARTER GUIDE is a great way to begin using PANTONE Colors in your design work. It’s perfect for students or anyone starting out in design.
The STARTER GUIDE contains selections from all PANTONE PLUS SERIES Color libraries: PASTELS on Coated & Uncoated stock, NEONS Coated & Uncoated, PREMIUM METALLICS Coated; CLASSIC METALLICS Coated; and SOLID Colors Coated & Uncoated. In total the guide contains 543 PANTONE Colors. Pages are arranged chromatically, in color families, to enhance inspiration and creativity. An index is located at the back, to assist in locating specific colors.
The PANTONE STARTER GUIDE is a sampler of “mini” PANTONE PLUS SERIES Color libraries, designed to introduce you to the creative flexibility and ease of using the PANTONE Color System.
Features:
543 PANTONE Colors selected from all PLUS SERIES Solid Color libraries
Text-weight paper substrates
Each color identified by a unique PANTONE Name and/or number
Chromatically arranged fan format
All colors mixed from a set of 14 PANTONE Basic Color Inks (metallics also include a metallic base)
PREMIUM METALLICS Formulated with non-leafing, coatable inks
Contains lithographic printing ink mixing formulas for every color in parts and/or percentages
Colors bleed for ease and accuracy in checking colors
Benefits:
Broad selection of market-driven colors, for practically unlimited creativity
Chromatic format makes color selection more intuitive
Substrate paper stock matches popular print specifications
All new colors are printed using a uniform ink film thickness making them easily matched on press
Eliminates guesswork in color selection and verification
Easy to communicate colors by distinct number or name
SOLIDS Colors (non-metallics) display the effects of coated and uncoated stocks
PREMIUM METALLICS can be coated with aqueous and UV coatings
System supported by worldwide network of PANTONE Licensees
No Academic Proof Required
