Also called spot colours, Pantone is a universal colour-matching system used to ensure colour consistency between documents. There are a vast range colours to choose from, including metallic inks. Spot colours cannot be specified when using a digital printing process, so printing costs tend to be higher when specifying Pantone colours.
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