Color me Pantone: the chromatic wizards of graphic design chart a quicker route to accurate interiors specifications. (matters of design).(Brief Article)

From: Interior Design | Date: July 1, 2002| Author: Schwartz, Bonnie | Copyright information

GRAPHIC DESIGNERS, WHO have long had the benefit of a universal color system, must think contract designers an odd lot. Rather than specifying a standard number for a particular color, they must explain to each supplier what color of carpet or solid surfacing they have in mind by resorting to such inexactitudes as "sky blue" or "pale turquoise, stronger in the green than blue range." But things are about to change. Pantone, the company that enables magazine art directors and their ...

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