User Guide

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Using the PANTONE
®
Matching
System
To use the PANTONE printing ink colors,
first determine the ink color you want
by using either the PANTONE Color
Formula Guide 747XR or an ink chart
obtained from your printer. PANTONE
books are available from print shops
and graphic arts supply houses.
In addition, you can simulate the
PANTONE colors with process colors.
The PANTONE Process Color System
includes more than 3000 CMYK combi-
nations that can be used to generate
PANTONE color equivalents. To view
simulated PANTONE colors, use the
PANTONE Process Color Simulator
747XR, which lists the percentages of
cyan, magenta, yellow, and black
needed to simulate a given PANTONE
color. The PANTONE Process Color Simu-
lator 747XR is available at most graphic
arts supply stores or directly from
Pantone, Inc.