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Print guide

Colour match

Enter a Pantone or brand colour’s L*a*b* value and we’ll find the closest of the 4,080 CMYK chips in our printed Process Colour Guide — on coated and uncoated paper.

Tip: paste all three numbers into the L* box (“47.5, 68, 49”) and we’ll split them.

Where do I find the L*a*b* value? Pantone lists it for every colour in PANTONE Connect and on its colour pages. Your brand guide may list it too, and a spectrophotometer reads it straight off a printed sample. Use the coated (C) value for coated paper and the uncoated (U) value for uncoated.

Matches are predicted from industry-standard press conditions (GRACoL coated, US sheetfed uncoated). Screens can’t show printed colour exactly — always check the chip in the printed guide. PANTONE® is a trademark of Pantone LLC; this tool isn’t affiliated with Pantone.

Enter an L*a*b* value to see the five closest chips, which page of the guide they’re on, and how each looks on coated and uncoated paper.

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Order online Postcards, newsletters and letters, priced up front. Upload your artwork and check out in the store. Go to the store → Plan a mailing Pick neighbourhoods in MailScout, our mailing map: see household counts and postage, and save the plan to order later. Open MailScout → Get a quote Booklets, forms, signs, a big mailing, something unusual — tell us about it and we’ll price it. Request a quote →

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