Spot colours: HKS & Pantone

As Pantone-Print is an international colour technology, it has become an indispensable part of global colour communication. From 14 base colours, 1728 spot colours can be mixed and accurately represented, irrespective of personal colour perception, and fast and uncomplicated colour communication can be realised. Unlike in conventional four-colour printing, the colour shade is not mixed, but plotted as an extra colour. So that the colours can look the same on different types of paper, there are spot colours for different paper textures, and Pantone specifications C for “coated” (coated art paper) and U for “uncoated” (uncoated natural paper). This is recognized during printing, thus ensuring a material cross-compliance of the individual shades.

There are specific guides, to ensure the most accurate colour reproduction. In our print shop, we use the PANTONE® PLUS SERIES FORMULA GUIDE coated, uncoated 2nd Edition, 1st Printing, which guarantees an exact match with the PANTONE® 7548-7771 colour range. A spot colour is a full-tone colour in its own right, and must not be mixed during printing. We can recognise the desired colour on the basis of your print data. Please name the colour channel of the spot colour in your print data, corresponding with the appropriate ID number.