229 NEW GRAPHICS COLORS!

THE WORLDWIDE STANDARD GUIDE FOR CHOOSING AND MATCHING COLORS

This versatile, end-to-end color matching tool displays 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, featuring 5 new eco-friendly Pantone

About the new colors:

Pantone announced the expansion of the Pantone Matching System® color collection in December of 2022 with the exciting addition of 224 new colors. For this release, Pantone also replaced the base inks used in previous editions with modern environmentally friendly alternatives that are now compatible with post-print coatings.

About the 224 new colors:
The new Pantone Colors fill gaps in our Pantone Matching System color gamut with more dark neutrals, greens, blues, and violets based on comments and feedback from the global design community.

What has changed?
The color appearance of existing Pantone Colors has not changed. Even though existing colors have been formulated with some new base inks, the resulting Pantone Color appearance is stable across viewing conditions, and consistent with the digital libraries available in most design and production software solutions, including Pantone Connect™ and PantoneLIVE™.
It is important to note that the existing Pantone digital values have not changed and the digital values for the 224 new colors have been added.

Base ink improvements:
Pantone base inks as represented in the latest version of the Pantone Formula Guide and Color Bridge are eco-friendly, containing soy and other vegetable oils, with consideration for low migration of VOCs where indirect food contact might occur, no reportable levels of Proposition 65 substances, with no hazardous substances as defined by OSHA, the EU, and GHS.
The Pantone base inks are compatible with overprint varnishes, aqueous, and UV coatings. This is a key requirement for most packaging, label, and print applications.
Pantone now mixes all Pantone Colors from a total of only 11 base inks plus colorless extender, which can simplify ink matching and reduce inventory compared to the 18 base inks used previously.