2006

• Pantone and GretagMacbeth partner to advance color management

• PANTONE huey™ improves color and digital image problems on monitors

• 125 new specialty colors released

• PANTONE ColorVANTAGE™ inks expand support for EPSON® K3™ printers

• PANTONE huey wins DIMA “Best in Show” Award at 2006 PMA International Convention and Trade Show Conference

• PANTONE and GretagMacbeth announce unrivaled color performance in monitor calibration tools with Eye-One® Display LT and Eye-One Display 2

• More Alive With Color features PANTONE Color palettes to help shoppers turn personal colors into personal style

• QuarkXPress®7 includes PANTONE color bridge™ libraries; lets users confidently predict PANTONE solid color conversions to CMYK

• PANTONE PAINTS stir up the paint world; partnership with Fine Paints of Europe empowers designers to specify and match PANTONE Colors in premium-quality paint

• PANTONE Japan established to better serve the Japanese market

• New global brand identity unveiled, signifying Pantone’s evolution to include inspirational and forward-looking products for consumers

2005

• U.S. Army adopts PANTONE Color Language

• PANTONE Color Guides and chips books redesigned with 25 percent larger swatches for greater visualization and improved color quality

• Tints guide redesigned with bleeding edge and fan-deck format

• New PANTONE color bridge™ guide lets users confidently predict PANTONE solid to process color conversions

• PANTONE® Flight Stools touch down at International Contemporary Furniture Fair

• New PANTONE essentials and 2005 4-color process guide unveiled

• PANTONE Flight Stools fly into Barney’s New York’s windows

• PANTONE UNIVERSE™ Stationery makes colorful debut

• PANTONE Color Cue® 2 combines PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM® and PANTONE Textile Color System® Libraries into one portable, affordable, hand-held device, empowering designers across multiple industries with broad color matching capabilities

• Pantone expands business in India

2004

• China Textile Information Center partners with Pantone for China national color system

• Pantone provides color for Allsteel's customized workstations

• ColorVision and Pantone ship ColorPlus™, offering consumers easy, reliable monitor calibration for under $100

• PANTONE colorist ships, providing Web authors with easy access to PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM Colors and recommended color schemes

• Cotton Incorporated adds PANTONE Color reference numbers to its color forecasts

• Pantone and Xerox partner to make color reproduction predictable on digital presses; deliver first PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM Color reference guide for digital press simulations in tear-off chip format

• Pantone adds PANTONE VIEW Home 2005 to the PANTONE VIEW product line, a comprehensive forecasting tool for the home furnishings industry

• Datacolor and Pantone debut ColorVision® Spyder2, the next generation of affordable color management technology with unparalleled accuracy and ease-of-use

• PANTONE x-ref, a free, Web-based, cross-referencing utility, is released

• PANTONE UNIVERSE Tabletop debuts at Fishs Eddy

2003

• PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM celebrates its 40th anniversary

• Color Cue TX for the PANTONE Textile Color System introduced

• Lawrence Herbert receives corporate leadership award from the School of American Ballet

• PANTONE for architecture and interiors color system supported in AutoCAD 2004 world class CAD software, expanding global color standard beyond architecture and into industrial design market

• PANTONE and COLORVISION® unveil PrintFIX™, an affordable solution for professional quality digital prints

• Dupont™ Antron® partners with Pantone for color identification

• Solid color formula guides and chips books improved with new paper and higher standards

• Cardinal Industrial Finishes licenses PANTONE Color Systems in worldwide agreement

• PANTONE ColorVANTAGE System for wide format inkjet printers announced, delivering unparalleled color reproduction, quality and fidelity

2002

• Launches the PANTONE for architecture and interiors color system at NeoCon and wins Editor's Choice Award; enters into an exclusive worldwide licensing agreement with The Mohawk Group for broadloom carpet for the contract interiors and hospitality markets; gains support in Autodesk® Architectural Studio 2, leading conceptual design creation software for architects

• Debuts PANTONE Color Cue™, a portable, affordable spectro-colorimeter preprogrammed with PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM color data

• Partners with Sun Chemical, the world's largest producer of printing inks and performance pigments, to form the Authorized PANTONE Hexachrome Printer program

2001

• Richard Herbert becomes President of Pantone, Inc. Lawrence Herbert moves to Chairman and CEO

• Pantone creates a new division, TheRightColor, devoted to providing a standard color language for e-commerce

• Announces enhanced color-coding system in conjunction with the National Retail Federation

• Partners with TrueSpectra, creates SHOPWITHCOLOR for e-commerce

• Lawrence Herbert receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Pratt Institute

• New Tints books with added features for special color effects are released

• Partners with COLORVISION® Inc. to provide tools for easy and affordable color control

• Opens new, expanded textile production facility in response to increasing customer demand

• Lawrence Herbert receives Platinum Corporate Legend Award from Pratt Institute "for his outstanding lifelong contributions to the worlds of design, fashion, art and architecture"

2000

• Pantone and Metropolitan Publishing BV publish the first PANTONE VIEW Colour Planner to provide design professionals with a comprehensive color forecasting service spanning multiple design areas

• Pantone provides accurate online color representation solutions for MyMaison.com

• Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute®, publishes The PANTONE Guide to Communicating with Color, printed in Hexachrome

• PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM redefined with significant improvements, including 147new colors, new paper stocks and a bold new presentation

• Premieres PANTONE UNIVERSE, its collection of consumer products, created by leading European designers

1999

• Pantone announces strategy for new e-commerce paradigm for accurate color representation

• Announces a six-color Hexachone ink set for production of halftone proofs with Polaroid's PolaProof Digital Halftone Proofing System

• Pantone and DuPont announce first digital proofing solution for Hexachrome

• Launches HexImage™ plug-in for Adobe Photoshop and HexVector™ plug-in for Adobe Illustrator to give designers more creativity with Hexachrome separations using industry-standard ICC profiles

• Launches the PANTONE Colors and Black Studio Edition Duotone Guide for Adobe Photoshop

• PANTONE Textile Color System expanded to 1,757 colors

1998

• Pantone brings easy-to-use color to mainstream business with the introduction of PANTONE® OfficeColor Assistant™, an add-in allowing users to choose PANTONE Colors from within Microsoft® Office 97 for Windows® and Microsoft Office 98 for the Macintosh.

• U.S. Patent No. 5,734,800 granted for the PANTONE Hexachrome®; Color System.

• PANTONE Pastel Color Formula Guide+Chips book combines the best features of a fan guide and the tear-out chip specifier in a single publication to offer designers a cost effective means for choosing pastel colors.

• Pantone ships PANTONE ColorWeb® Pro, an upgrade to PANTONE ColorWeb®, allowing designers to incorporate PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM® Colors, as well as Internet-safe colors, into popular Web authoring applications.

• QuarkXPress™ 4.0, the leading industry graphic design application, supports Hexachrome®.

• Pantone and Apple launch "Expand Your Color Universe" worldwide color seminar series to educate design and production professionals about the latest color innovations, tools and techniques.

1997

• Panasonic added to roster of licensed color printers.

• Pantone signs master distribution agreement with ALTO Imaging Group N.V. for distribution of PANTONE Products throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

• Hexachrome Printer Calibration Program initiated to authorize six-color output devices that adhere to the Hexachrome standard.

• New version of ColorDrive® for Windows includes Web Tools, providing color and image management for Internet publishing.

• Pantone offers multi-channel color correction and integration for the desktop with MC-P/Co-Co™ and Channel 24™, a pair of Adobe® Photoshop® plug-ins.

• The PANTONE Personal Color Calibrator™ is introduced to optimize monitor color for Internet viewing and desktop publishing.

• Pantone publishes ColorTrends®1998 for graphic and web design.

• Pantone ships HexWrench®, push-button Adobe Photoshop plug-in, allowing users to preview and create six-color Hexachrome separations.

• DuPont, Fuji Photo Film, U.S.A., Graphics System Division and TransCal Corporation announce new proofing devices to support Hexachrome.

• Pantone signs a licensing agreement with BASF Corporation, giving users of the PANTONE Textile Color System® quick and easy access to dye formulas and production methods free of charge.

1996

• Pantone receives ISO 9002 certification.

• Computer Design, Inc. becomes new licensee, incorporating the PANTONE Textile Color System into its popular CAD-CAM system.

• POCE® breakthrough color management system announced for Windows 95 and NT®.

• Pantone signs worldwide distribution agreement with VISU technologies whereby Pantone will market and distribute VISU's professional pre-press software, ICISS®, MC-P/CoCo and Channel 24 under the PANTONE Brand.

• Version 1.5 of ColorDrive is launched for Macintosh and Windows, providing consistent color calibration across multiple design applications and output devices.

• Support mounts for revolutionary, new six-color printing standard. Quark announces support of Hexachrome. First showing of PANTONE HexWrench, Adobe Photoshop plug-in for Hexachrome separations.

• Pantone launches PANTONE ColorWeb, foolproof color tools for "Internet-safe" color.

• Pantone and Lehigh Press bring Hexachrome to heatset web printing.

1995

• Pantone launches Hexachrome as a commercially available product. Reveals proprietary ink set and introduces PANTONE Hexachrome Color Selector.

• Pantone announces support of Hexachrome by Kodak's Precision Color Management System, DuPont's Cromalin and Agfa's FotoTune and AGFAPROOF System 2.

• Pantone signs distribution pact with Ingram Micro, the world's largest distributor of microcomputor products, for the United States, Mexico and Canada.

• Pantone joins International Color Consortium (ICC).

• Pantone launches PANTONE ColorDrive, the first application-independent desktop color palette management sytem to support Apple's ColorSync 2.0 and the ICC profile format.

• Pantone signs on Electronics for Imaging (EFI) as a value-added reseller for PANTONE ColorDrive. EFI bundles PANTONE ColorDrive with its Fiery Color Servers.

• New products from ColorAge, Varitronic Systems, X-Rite and Live Pictures support calibrated solid and process PANTONE Colors.

• Pantone partners with AlphaGraphics to establish Pantone-authorized Color Centers.

• New licensing agreements signed with Hewlett-Packard, Lexmark and Xerox Corporation.

• Pantone and Insty Prints Launch Color Center Program.

• Pantone expands distribution into Argentina.

• Pantone opens regional headquarters in Hong Kong.

• Pantone introduces PANTONE Textile Color Swatch Files, a three volume set of 2"x2" removable, replaceable fabric swatches of all 1,701 PANTONE® Textile Colors for textile professionals.

• Raumer Spa becomes first Pantone-licensed yarn manufacturer.

• The PANTONE Foil Stamping Color Guide is launched.

• Pantone introduces PANTONE Super Chip™, a package of 36 oversized tear-out color reference chips of a single hue of the 102 most popular PANTONE Colors.

• Pantone simplifies the nomenclature of its entire line of color reference products to more effectively communicate the products' purpose to graphic designers and printers.

1994

• Pantone partners with 3M to offer solution for sign makers.

• Pantone adds "Freshness Dating" to PANTONE Color Formula Guides.

• Pantone launches PANTONE Color Systems Cross-Reference Software for media-independent design.

• Pantone previews Hexachrome, breakthrough six-color ultra high fidelity process printing system.

• Pantone announces ColorDrive, the first application-independent desktop color managment software.

• Pantone sponsors 7th on Sixth Fashion Shows in NYC and reports on designer colors.

1993

• Pantone debuts the PANTONE Open Color Environment® (POCE), the first color management system that makes true WYSIWYG color matching for both continuous tone photographic images and spot colors possible.

• Pantone forms a strategic alliance with Light Source in developing color management systems.

• Parallax Graphics Systems and Pantone team up to provide the first commercial animation program with support for PANTONE Colors.

• Xerox ships the 5775 SSE, the first color copier/printer with PANTONE Color support.

• Six new companies, AGFA, Aldus, Corel, Gold Disk, Linotype-Hell and Serif incorporate support for the PANTONE Process Color System® in the latest revision of their drawing, print, layout and type programs.

• The PANTONE Plastics Color System™, the first global plastic color reference system, is launched.

• Pantone enters the end-user software market with ColorUP®, a software color management tool designed to help business professionals improve the quality of color in their presentations and reports.

1992

• Adobe, Bitstream, Deneba, Multi-Ad Services, Quark and Ventura announce support for the PANTONE Process Color System in the latest versions of their drawing, paint, layout and type programs.

• Pantone releases the PANTONE Color Printer Test Kit, created to determine the closest-possible matches to PANTONE Colors with Pantone-licensed printers.

• The PANTONE Broadcast Color System for television and video becomes available with the Digital F/X Composium Family of products.

• Pantone updates and ships the PANTONE Color Tint Selector 1000, the PANTONE Process Color Imaging Guide 1000 and the PANTONE Process Color Simulator 1000.

• The Xerox 4700 Color Document Printer is the first color laser printer to support the full range of PANTONE Colors.

• The Tektronix Phaser IISD is the first dye-sublimation printer to provide support for the PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM.

• HP begins shipping the PaintJet XL300 with support for the PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM.

• DuPont CROMALIN Toners become available in PANTONE Colors.

1991

• Pantone introduces the digitally created PANTONE Process Color System Guide containing over 3,000 CMYK combinations.

• NeXT Computer Inc. and Pantone announce a new licensing agreement, representing the first time support for PANTONE Colors will be provided at the system level, which means that individual developers for the NeXT platform do not need to build support into their software and/or hardware products.

• Ventura Software and Pantone announce a new licensing agreement for Ventura Publisher, providing support for both the PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM and the PANTONE Process Color System® in Ventura's new range of color products.

• Savitar and Pantone announce ScanMatch with the PANTONE Scanner Calibration Target, the first product to address the demand for calibrated color from input devices.

• The PANTONE Color Formula Guide 1000 is introduced, expanding the well-known PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM to over 1,000 solid colors.

• PANTONE Colors become available to UNIX users for the first time. Licensee Corel Systems Corporation releases CorelDRAW for UNIX, with support for both the PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM and the PANTONE Process Color System.

• Bitstream, Inc., Computer Associates and Multi-Ad Services announce products incorporating support for PANTONE Colors.

• Hewlett-Packard and Pantone announce a new licensing agreement for HP's low-cost PaintWriter/PaintJet Color Graphics Printer.

• CalComp and Deneba Systems sign as Pantone licensees. Claris announces that MacDraw Pro will offer full support for PANTONE Colors.

• Pantone holds the second Professional Color Toolkit Developers Conference in Burlingame, California.

• The PANTONE Textile Color System expands to 1,701 colors.

1990

• Agfa Corp., BARCO Graphics, Camex, Inc., Claris Corp., Digital Research, Electronic Arts, Gold Disk, Inc., High-Tex Systems, U.S.A., Linotype AG for LinoWare, Microdynamics, Inc., Seiko Instruments and Serif, Inc. sign up as official Pantone software licensees.

• Pantone and Radius develop the PANTONE Professional Color Toolkit, a software library designed to enable Pantone-licensed printers to deliver optimum PANTONE Color results.

1989

• NEC Technologies, Oc® Graphics, and Tektronix Inc. sign up as Pantone hardware printer licensees. Radius Inc. signs as a licensee for the Radius PrecisionCalibrator.

• The PANTONE Textile Color System expands to 1,225 colors.

• Pantone and Intergraph Corp. create the PANTONE Color Interface for high-end users.

• Pantone and Purup Electronics A-S create The Purup System for sophisticated package design.

1988

• QMS, Inc. signs up as Pantone's first printer licensee.

• The following companies sign up as official Pantone software licensees:

  Adobe Systems, Inc., Aldus Corp., Corel Systems Corp., Crosfield Lightspeed, Inc., Genigraphics Corp., Letraset USA, Micrografx, Inc., Quark, Inc., SuperMac Technology, Inc., Unda, Inc.

1987

• LaserWare, Inc. signs up as Pantone's first software licensee for the Macintosh platform.

• The PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM expands to 747 colors.

1986

• Networked Picture Systems, Inc. signs up as Pantone's first software licensee for the PC platform.

1985

• Via Video signs up as Pantone's first software licensee.

• The Pantone Color Institute® is established to study the psychological and physiological aspects of color, and to report on consumer color preferences and color trends.

1984

• The Pantone Electronic Color Systems Division is formed to replicate the PANTONE Color Standards in a digital environment.

• The PANTONE Professional Color Guide is launched to the apparel and home furnishings market. (Later to become the PANTONE Textile Color System.)

1982

• Pantone introduces the first PANTONE Process Color Simulator.

1981

• The PANTONE Two-Color Selector is launched.

• The PANTONE Color Selector/Newsprint is launched.

1974

• Pantone introduces the PANTONE Color Data System for computerized ink color matching and formulation.

1972

• Pantone and Letraset sign an agreement granting Letraset worldwide rights to manufacture and sell PANTONE Graphic Arts Materials coordinated to the PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM.

• Pantone signs license with Day-Glo Color Corporation for fluorescent base colors.

1968

• The first PANTONE Four-Color Process Guide is launched.

• The PANTONE Color Tint Selector is launched to the design field.

1965

• The first PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM Artist Materials are launched.

1964

• The PANTONE Color Specifier is launched for the design market.

1963

• The first PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM Printers' Edition is launched

1962

• Lawrence Herbert acquires Pantone, Inc.