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depends on what equipment you output with. for us, the coated Pantone to process is a good indicator on how certain colors will (and will not) reproduce through our 4-color digital printers. i also prefer the coated to uncoated, since most all of our work is either clearcoated or laminated. if you're strictly painting, then either the uncoated or coated books will offer the best representation of what color you want to match to before/after finish coat. the pantone reference is mainly to keep color managment consistant. if you customer asks for PMS 185 red, you know what shade of red to match to.
-------------------- Scott Pagan Admark Graphic Systems Admark Motorsports Graphics 9700 Metromont Ind Blvd Charlotte, NC 28269 www.admarkgraphics.com Posts: 325 | From: Charlotte, NC | Registered: Nov 2001
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I find the formula guide good for mixing paint colors. Haven't used the other ones as I don't do digital printing or anything that i think would require it yet.
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Wayne, For mixing/matching enamel paint you want the 'Formula Guide coated/uncoated'. The front portion is on coated stock and shows you the colors in enamel finish.
If you do digital out-put you may want the 'Process Color Selector'. This shows over 9000 colors broken down to CMYK values.
The 'Color Tint Selector' has all current Pantone colors printed on coated and uncoated stock in screen values of 10 to 80 percent with text printed solid in black, the specific PMS color and in reverse.
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