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whats the best procedure at matching a pantone colour?
Hi
Can anyone tell me the best procedure for matching a pantone colour to vinyl.
Been given a couple of pantones to match for a customers van lettering.
Do each manufacturer have there own system?
Avery said they can match but I would need to buy 50m 😮
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Most vinyl manufacturers will colour match to Pantone – Most will have a moq of at least 50m/100m, some as high as 500m dependant on range of vinyl. Most of these (if not all) will be colour matched on cast vinyl as it is uneconomic to colour match on calendered vinyl – There will usually be a higher price for these colour matched products compared to standard cols. This may make this uneconomic for a single van.
If you only need a few metres would suggest going down a ink match route and screen print in sheet form – This should give solid matched colours to any pantone requirement – If screen print is not an option then you could digitally print enough square metreage (and use overlaminate for vehicle use) and then cut on a plotter as if it were standard vinyls … however some pantones can be difficult to achieve using CMYK printing.
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Some avery 900 vinyl has an allocated pantone number,so might be able to get a few metres if it’s a colour you need.
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What Pantone Numbers?
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Example Avery 965 Mint has a Pantone 338 on the swatch
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The pantone numbers is:
216cvp a strong Burgundy pink
349cvp a green
Louise at Robert Horne came up with some some shelf alternatives in 700 and they look good to my eye.
702 and
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They look fine to me just depends how fussy your customer is
and how much cash he’s willing to spend if he wants a bang on match 😀
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