: Pantone appearance on screen in PS6 According to the company's book of standards, the color we use is Pantone 534 U. When I select it in my PS6, it appears absolutely different, lighter, more

@Annie732

See if the coated version of 534 is closer to what you want.

Context: Pantone colours are for printing inks or fabric colours. On screen colours are made by light, not ink, so they always vary a bit.

There's more variation with 534u because the 'U' stands for uncoated, as in uncoated paper (for example, in a newspaper). They absorb more ink than coated paper so the ink values are different to (try to) take account of that.

Usually a guide will specify just the Pantone number (if it includes a letter, it's usually 'c'). Most would also give equivalents for CMYK and screen/web colours. I've never seen a guide that specified only a 'u' colour and nothing else. Might be worth another look to check there aren't more colour values listed elsewhere in the book or an appendix?

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