The Pantone Plus Series Starter Guide is a great way to begin using Pantone Colors in your design work. It’s perfect for students or anyone starting out in design.

In total, the Starter Guide contains 543 Pantone colors, including selections from all Pantone Plus Series Color libraries: Pastels on Coated and Uncoated stock, Neons on Coated and Uncoated stock, Premium Metallics on Coated stock, Classic Metallics on Coated stock, and Solid Colors on Coated and Uncoated stock. The pages are arranged chromatically in color families to enhance inspiration and creativity. An index located at the back assists in locating specific colors.

Intended to be a mini-sampler of Pantone Plus Series Color libraries, the Pantone Starter Guide is designed to introduce you to the creative flexibility and ease of using the Pantone Color System. When ready to upgrade to a full Pantone Color Library, registered owners of a Pantone Starter Guide are eligible for a trade-in rebate of $25 on the purchase of any Pantone Plus Series Guide or Chips book.

Features of the Pantone Plus Series Starter Guide include:

• 543 Pantone Colors selected from all Plus Series Solid Color libraries, in a chromatically arranged fan format
• Text-weight paper substrates
• Each color identified by a unique Pantone name and/or number
• All colors mixed from a set of 14 Pantone Basic Color Inks (metallics also include a metallic base)
• Premium Metallics formulated with non-leafing, coatable inks
• Lithographic printing ink-mixing formulas for every color in parts and/or percentages
• Colors bleed for ease and accuracy in checking colors

Benefits include:

• Broad selection of market-driven colors
• Chromatic format makes color selection more intuitive
• Substrate paper stock matches popular print specifications
• All new colors are printed using a uniform ink film thickness, making them easily matched on press
• Eliminates guesswork in color selection and verification
• Ease of communicating colors by distinct number or name
• Solid Colors (non-metallics) display the effects of coated and uncoated stocks
• Premium Metallics can be coated with aqueous and UV coatings
• System supported by worldwide network of Pantone licensees