Flickr: Pantone colours in real life
Many designers swear by Pantone colour charts, saying that they give the most accurate specification on what exactly he/she wants. I still have a half-suspicious view towards Pantone charts though – secretly thinking “are we just trying to make ourselves feel more professional?”.
Anyway, that aside, this Flickr photoset made me smile, looking at the innocuous Pantone colour placed against real life items. Is that trying to say that Pantone does cover every imaginable colour? Or that most, if not all, of manufactured products were specified as one of those Pantone numbers?
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[...] It reminds me of a previous post where people tagged Pantone color charts to real-life objects. I used to think that these gadgets are the marks of a designer – I’d imagine someone who’d get “inspired” by the surroundings – perhaps the autumn leaves triggered a new fashion scheme or something. [...]