About PANTONE PLUS SERIES Based on the original PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM® released in 1963, the PANTONE PLUS SERIES includes a complete collection of color tools that support creativity from design to production. These include 1,755 colors, PANTONE COLOR MANAGER software, a Lighting Indicator page and a ColorChecker®Photography Target.

The powerful PANTONE COLOR MANAGER software integrates PANTONE Colors into popular design software including Adobe Creative Cloud and QuarkXPress® 9, while also giving users the ability to create custom PANTONE Color profiles for accurate color reproduction and visualization. A new Lighting Indicator page, reformulated for better performance, ensures ideal lighting conditions for color evaluation. The ColorChecker Photography Target, included in COLOR BRIDGE, helps with digital image color correction.

Pricing and Availability

The limited-edition PANTONE PLUS SERIES guides, including the 84 new colors, are available immediately and can be purchased from the Pantone website at www.pantone.com/plus and through Pantone resellers worldwide.

Value bundles, including PANTONE ESSENTIALS and PORTABLE GUIDE STUDIO, include a redesigned Pantone-branded carry case that can easily store up to nine PANTONE Guides. The REFERENCE LIBRARY was also redesigned and elegantly displays the entire updated PLUS SERIES library. As an added incentive, customers can trade in any old PANTONE Guide for a $50 rebate toward the purchase of any PLUS Value Bundle until mid-September.