2015 Edition PANTONE COLOR BRIDGE® Coated Color Card

An essential guide for designers, pre-press and printers – now with new Artist Edition cover!

Bridge solid PANTONE Colors for process printing or web design. The PANTONE PLUS SERIES COLOR BRIDGE provides process color simulations of all solid PANTONE Colors – in a convenient side-by-side comparison format. Since 2010 we have added 644 new market driven colors. Now graphic designers, pre-press professionals and printers have more colors than ever to inspire their creativity and make it brilliant!

This is the second of our Artist Edition Cover series. We selected artwork from members of our PANTONE CANVAS Portfolio Sharing community to create this new inspirational cover. Find out how to join PANTONE CANVAS.

Pantone is the only internationally recognized color communication system. You can specify PANTONE Colors with confidence even if your manufacturing is half a world away.

An invaluable multi-use color reference tool, COLOR BRIDGE can be used to select and specify solid PANTONE Colors, to determine how a PANTONE Color will appear when reproduced in CMYK, or to create optimal display of PANTONE Colors on monitors and web pages. HTML and sRGB values are provided, for applying color selections across media.

All new colors have been specially formulated to print using a uniform ink film thickness, making them easily matched on press. Ink formulations are provided to aid printers in mixing colors. Includes color index, lighting evaluation tool, digital image color-correction tool and software to update your design applications with the latest colors

• Contains all 1,737 PANTONE Solid Colors, on coated stock
• Portable fan guide format
• Process matches with CMYK screen tint percentages displayed next to each solid color
• sRGB and HTML values for solid colors
• Colors bleed for ease and accuracy of checking colors
• Text-weight paper stock
• PANTONE COLOR MANAGER Software for updating PANTONE Colors in popular design applications
• Color locator index
• Each color identified with a distinct PANTONE Number or name
• Icons mark colors that can be satisfactorily reproduced in CMYK and/or RGB
• Includes ColorChecker® Lighting Indicator to aid in lighting evaluation
• Includes ColorChecker Primer for color correcting images
• One guide, multiple uses
• Saves money knowing when a spot can be adequately produced in CMYK
• Screen tint percentages serve as a starting point for adjusting the color match if desired
• Eliminates undesirable color surprises before incurring costly pre-production and printing expenses
• Optimally display colors on monitors and web pages
• Visualizes solid PANTONE Colors on the most popular paper stock
• Portable format provides convenience and fast access to color data
• Included lighting indicator tool determines if lighting conditions are suitable for accurate color selection and matching
• Included color correction tool enables easy color balancing and creative control of digital images
• PANTONE Colors are internationally recognized for color communication and are globally available
• System supported by worldwide network of PANTONE Licensees