Pantone Reveals Color of the Year 2020: PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue

CARLSTADT, NJ—Pantone, a provider of professional color language standards and digital solutions, and X-Rite Inc announced PANTONE 19-4052, Classic Blue, as the Pantone Color of the Year for 2020—a timeless and enduring hue elegant in its simplicity. Suggestive of the sky at dusk, the reassuring qualities of the thought-provoking PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue highlight our … Continued

X-Rite Releases LED Lamp Kits for Light Booths

GRAND RAPIDS, MI—X-Rite Inc and Pantone LLC, global leaders in color science and technology, announced LED lamp kits for its popular light booths, the SpectraLight QC and Judge QC. As more retailers, homes, offices and commercial environments adopt LED lighting for improved efficiency and reduced energy costs, the new kits allow brands, manufacturers and suppliers … Continued

X-Rite & Pantone Release eXact Auto-Scan

GRAND RAPIDS, MI—X-Rite Inc, a global leader in color science and technology, and Pantone LLC announced the release of eXact Auto-Scan, a versatile scanning solution that provides pressroom flexibility for measuring color with spot, manual and automated scanning capabilities. With the push of a button, the eXact Auto-Scan is meant to minimize human error when scanning … Continued

Pantone & X-Rite Appoint Ondrej Kruk As New President

GRAND RAPIDS, MI—X-Rite Incorporated, a global leader in color science and technology, and Pantone LLC, announce the appointment of Ondrej Kruk to the role of president. Kruk, who brings a combination of commercial and operational experience to Pantone and X-Rite, will lead the continued expansion of Pantone and X-Rite’s product and solution portfolio beyond color … Continued

X-Rite eXact Family Supports New ISO Standard for Spot Color Tone Value 

GRAND RAPIDS, MI—X-Rite Incorporated, a global leader in color science and technology, and its subsidiary Pantone LLC, announced that its award-winning eXact family of handheld spectrophotometers now includes a Spot Color Tone Value (SCTV) feature that supports the latest ISO 20654 standard. The eXact SCTV configuration allows commercial and package printers to verify tone value … Continued

X-Rite Advances Strategy for Going Beyond Color in Characterizing Material Appearance

GRAND RAPIDS, MI—X-Rite Incorporated, a global leader in color science and technology, and its subsidiary Pantone LLC, today announced the extension of their pioneering work to combine color imaging with spectrophotometry for a characterization of today’s most complex materials that goes beyond just color. X-Rite’s latest introduction, the MA-T family of multi-angle spectrophotometers, is the … Continued

X-Rite Launches Multi-Angle Spectrophotometers

GRAND RAPIDS, MI—X-Rite Incorporated, a global leader in color science and technology, and its subsidiary Pantone LLC, today announced a next-generation family of portable multi-angle spectrophotometers that aims to set a new standard for characterizing effect finishes. The new MA-T12, a 12-angle device, and the MA-T6, a six-angle device, combine color imaging and multi-angle spectral … Continued