PANTONE® Formula Guide Set - Solid Coated & Uncoated - GP1601C **NEW VERSION**

The World’s #1 Colour Communication Tool for Graphics and Print - 224 New Colours Added!

Bold new colors. Maximum creative possibility. 

SKU GP1601C

Bring your color ideas to life with the latest Pantone® Formula Guide—the essential tool for designers who need to inspire, select, and communicate color with confidence. This versatile, end-to-end color matching resource includes all 2,614 market-driven spot colors in the Pantone Graphics System across coated and uncoated paper stocks, including 224 brand new Pantone Matching System (PMS) colors that burst with nostalgia and joy. Compact, handheld fan decks make it easy to reference and compare colors on the go, while trusted ink formulations help ensure accurate spot color reproduction from design through print production.  

・Brings your ideas to life with the most trusted physical color standard for branding, print, and packaging design 

・Gives you instant access to a huge range of on-trend colors, including hundreds of new shades to spark fresh creative direction 

・Helps you design with confidence by showing how colors will actually appear on both coated and uncoated stock 

・Makes collaboration easier by giving designers, clients, and printers a shared color language from concept to final production 

・Fits naturally into a fast-paced workflow with portable fan decks that make color selection and approval easy wherever work happens 

Pantone Connect is the ultimate tool for creative professionals, offering access to over 20,000 up-to-date Pantone Colors, seamless Adobe Suite integration, and precise color conversion across formats like RGB, CMYK, and hex. Collaborate effortlessly with team members in real time, create unique color stories, and ensure consistent color fidelity across projects. Start your free trial today and elevate your designs with the trusted choice of top agencies and brands worldwide!

Features

• Helps ensure consistent color reproduction in branding, logos, marketing, packaging and other graphic design applications on a range of different materials
• Portable, handheld fan decks provide easy on-the-go reference
• Versatile end-to-end tool for everything from design inspiration to press check
• Printed on most commonly used paper stock weights: 100 lb (168 gsm) coated and 80 lb uncoated (118 gsm)
• Lighting indicator page demonstrates when lighting conditions are suitable for proper color evaluation
• Considered the ultimate tool for inspiring, matching and communicating color to those in graphic design, digital design, product design and printing

Colors

• Features 224 new on-trend graphics colors displayed in the front of the guide 
• Includes 2,614 total Colors with the largest gamut in the Pantone Graphics System
  
• Enhanced printing process provides improved color accuracy
• Pantone Colors displayed with their corresponding numbers and ink formulations
• Index in back of guide provides numeric location for each color
• Tolerance aim < 2.0 ∆E⁰⁰ to Pantone master standard reference data

Application

• Use for inspiration and production in designing logos, branding and marketing materials, packaging, and for additional applications such as architecture, industrial design, and manufacturing
• Ink formulations help printers accurately achieve Pantone spot colours on printed materials
• Used to communicate consistent colour throughout workflow and supply chain around the world
• Bring Color to Life, Digitally – Learn how Pantone^®Connect for Adobe Creative Cloud allows you to take your physical Pantone colours into your digital workflow through Adobe^® Creative Cloud (InDesign^®, Photoshop^®, and Illustrator^®).
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