Pantone has launched a colour communication guide that bridges the gap between CMYK and spot colour printing.
The new Pantone Plus Series Extended Gamut Coated Guide has been created to help brand owners; designers, prepress professionals and printers to determine when it may be possible to more accurately reproduce a solid Pantone colour using CMYK plus Pantone XG orange, green and violet (OGV) inks.
The visual guide, developed in partnership with Esko and Disc Graphics, provides seven-colour printing simulation of the 1,729 existing Pantone Matching System colours. Each page has been replicated and numbered to mirror that of the current Pantone Plus Series Formula Guide, so a designer or printer can quickly and easily compare the original spot colours to the new extended gamut reproductions.