yeah, its a coincidence. but I want to ask is it that much necessary to give pantone colors even after providing Hex code, RGB values and CMYK color codes?
Thank you for the info that a business name should be kept whole. I dont really know if " real estates" is called correct or not before.
I’ve always put Pantone selection first, especially when it comes to colour accuracy and reproduction across various mediums and substrates, and especially for print production.
RBG, HEX, CMYK and NOT based on standardised systems - unlike Pantone which is a premixed ink system. You techincally should have a Pantone book and pick the colours from there rather than relying on your monitor. As the colour swatch you have in the book would match what printers have and they can closely match to that.
This ensures the exact same colour appears across different materials, and where it comes to very wonky coated vs unsaturated, the colours could vary immensly, so a printer knowing what Colour it is by a printed swatch they have in front of them knowing it matches what you selected.
CMYK printing relies on mixing four inks (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black), which can lead to slight colour variations due to differences in printers, paper types, and ink batches.
Pantone colours are premixed and printed as solid ink (Just 1 Ink not 4 like CMYK), which should guarantee a repeatable colour every time.
I’ve had it before where an old boss split a batch of FSDUs between printers for costs and even though the same artwork file, the FSDUs by different printers yielded different colours because there was no Pantone referene, only CMYK.
Vibrant oranges, deep blues etc, are difficult to reproduce accurately using CMYK. Pantone offers a much wider range (gamut) that go beyond what CMYK can achieve.
Providing Pantone eliminates ambiguity. Different monitors display differently in RGB or Hex, and even CMYK values can shift depending on calibration.
Hex & RGB are fine for digital use (websites, social media, apps).
CMYK is acceptable for general printing where perfect matching isn’t essential (flyers, brochures, magazines).
If the project involves high-quality branding, packaging, or any situation where color must be 100% consistent, Pantone should always be the primary reference.
Again another example - we sent our company sign to a printers and it had 7 pantone colours, 2 of which were similar shade of Pantone, however, the company producing the sign converted to CMYK (probably as it was a 3D backlit sign) and when we received it the 2 purples were the same colour.
It was an immediate do-over for the sign company as we gave them a Pantone file and a CMYK file for reference.
However, they failed to match.
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