In today’s complex and challenging marketplace, color is often that catalyst that sparks the sale, defines the space, and creates the mood. We select colors for the FHI system based on three important and distinct criteria. First, our global team of color trend forecasters look at the movement of color trends to ensure your palettes are fresh, modern, and relevant. Of course, we also understand the importance of core colors and the integral role they play in building your seasonal color stories. Therefore, we look at the color needs of the industries we serve and those we would like to better impact to ensure a comprehensive set of core and trend shades. Lastly, we only select colors that are easily achievable and reproducible, for greater usability and efficiency.

Pantone’s Fashion, Home + Interiors’ numbering system enables precise accuracy on a global scale. Each color has a unique location in the System’s color space, which allows the space to be precisely defined. A six-digit number assigned to each color defines that location: Each pair of digits has a specific meaning:
• The first pair (16) refers to the lightness or darkness of the color.
• The second pair (15) specifies the hue – yellow, red, blue, green.
• The third pair of numbers (46) describes the chroma level of the color.
Using the six-digit PANTONE Fashion, Home + Interiors Color Number, any color can be selected and communicated anywhere in the world.

All of the colors contained in our FHI products are color references. The Pantone Swatch Card is the definitive color standard, produced within a 0.5 Delta E tolerance to ensure color consistency. The swatch card is double-layered and un-backed on a non-optically brightened paper card then housed in a sealed, protected pouch to protect the fabric from light and humidity. Only with the Swatch Card can you ensure that your internal teams and production partners understand exact color intent.

To ensure the closest visual match, we recommend using the material format that is closest to your end use application. We recommend our textile cotton products (TCX) for all fabric applications. Because each material takes color differently, the same color in cotton, plastic, and on lacquered paper can vary slightly.

Each FHI system color has a unique name and number, such as in 15-1247 Tangerine. That color is differentiated across materials through a unique suffix. For lacquered coatings, the color would be noted as 15-1247 TPG Tangerine. For cotton, it would be noted as 15-1247 TCX Tangerine. In addition, for plastics, it would be noted as PQ 15-1247 TCX Tangerine.

Handling, light, humidity, and oil will cause colors to become inaccurate and you could be missing the latest market and trend driven colors. How many colors are you missing? https://www.pantone.com/articles/technical/fashion-home-interiors-edition-how-many-pantone-colors-are-you-missing

Our FHI paper products use a nitrocellulose coating on paper developed through a pigment formulation. FHI Color Guide and Color Specifier are matched against the Pantone Cotton Swatch Card, the standard for color consistency. Colors are visually evaluated and also measured using a 45 degree viewing angle under controlled lighting.

To ensure the closest visual match, we recommend using the material format that is closest to your end use application. We recommend our textile cotton products (TCX) for all fabric applications. Because each material takes color differently, the same color in cotton, plastic, and on lacquered paper can vary slightly.

Use lacquered coating for product applications that require a coated finish or are developed with colored pigments. Use our textile products when working with fabric applications that require dye formulations, supported by spectral data and dyestuff recipes.

• FASHION + HOME color guide/Formula Guide/Neons & Pastels Guide/Metallics
• Guide/Premium Metallics Guide: 2 x 4.2 cm
• Color Bridge Guide/CMYK Guide: 1.7 x 2 cm
• SkinTone Guide: 4.5 x 17.8 cm
• Chips Books/Replacement Pages: 2 x 2 cm
• FASHION + HOME cotton passport: 1.5 x 0.9 cm
• FASHION + HOME cotton planner: 1.5 x 1.5 cm (5/8 x 5/8 inches)
• FASHION + HOME cotton library: 5 x 5 cm (2 x 2 inches)
• FASHION + HOME cotton chip set: 2.5 x 2.5 cm (1 x 1 inch)
• FASHION + HOME cotton swatch case: 2.5 x 5 cm (1 x 2 inches)
• FASHION + HOME nylon brights set: 3 x 10 cm (1 1/4 x 4 inches)
• FASHION + HOME cotton or nylon color card: 10 x 10 cm (4 x 4 inches)
• PLASTICS Standard Chip: 3 x 1 7/8 inches

We now have spectral data of cotton (TCX) colors , synthetic/polyester colors (TSX) and nylon (TN) colors available for sale on our Pantone Hong Kong eStore. Please go to the following site(s) for purchasing the spectral data (in QTX file) after you have purchased the relevant swatch cards, each of which is sized at 4” x 4” (folded). The price for the spectral data on this site is net US$5.00 per color. You can click the "Download" button on the receipt even in case you do not receive a confirmation email to retrieve the data. https://store.pantone.com/hk/en/cotton-swatch-spectral-data.html https://store.pantone.com/hk/en/polyester-swatch-spectral-data.html https://store.pantone.com/hk/en/nylon-brights-swatch-spectral-data.html

Our FHI paper products use a nitrocellulose coating on paper developed through a pigment formulation. FHI Color Guide and Color Specifier are matched against the Pantone Cotton Swatch Card, the standard for color consistency. Colors are visually evaluated and also measured using a 45 degree viewing angle under controlled lighting.

To ensure the closest visual match, we recommend using the material format that is closest to your end use application. We recommend our textile cotton products (TCX) for all fabric applications. Because each material takes color differently, the same color in cotton, plastic, and on lacquered paper can vary slightly.

Use lacquered coating for product applications that require a coated finish or are developed with colored pigments. Use our textile products when working with fabric applications that require dye formulations, supported by spectral data and dyestuff recipes.

Each FHI System color has a unique name and number, such as in 15-1247 Tangerine. That color is then differentiated across materials through a unique suffix. For lacquered coatings, the color would be noted as 15-1247 TPG Tangerine. For cotton, it would be noted as 15-1247 TCX Tangerine. And, for plastics, it would be noted as PQ 15-1247 TCX Tangerine. For lacquered coating, the suffix TPG stands for ‘Textile Paper Green’. This suffix replaced the TPX system in 2015 by reformulating the colors to meet international environmental standards. If you are still using the TPX system, it is time to upgrade to the TPG system.