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Pantone reacts to Goe criticism with colour guide revision
Pantone has updated the colour guide to its new Goe spot colour system following industry criticism at the Graph Expo show in Chicago.
The company today (14 September) stated explicitly that the RGB values on its colour guides are sRGB, after VIGC, the Flemish Innovation Centre for Graphic Communication, said the system had "serious issues in terms of design and documentation".
VIGC managing director Eddy Hagen contacted Pantone after testing the new system on two Adobe Photoshop documents, one with sRGB as its colour space and the other with AdobeRGB.
He selected a colour patch from the new system and entered the RGB numbers provided, which resulted in different colours.
VIGC has applauded Pantone for its speedy response, but has called on the company to apply the same specifications to the patches and the user interface of its software.
Pantone Goe has 2,058 colours and is designed to make it easier for printers to achieve high-quality results.
The Goe launch comes as Pantone is taken over by X-Rite in a £90m ($180m) deal.
Goe: 'serious issues'
