We used Pantone Color TPX to match the color.

Please note that our company just use the TPX pantone NO.,

The Pantone Matching System is a proprietary color matching system
which was introduced by the Pantone Corporation in 1963. It is used by
many printers and graphic artists to deliver reliable, stable colors
to the consumer. There are certain drawbacks to the Pantone Matching
System, but for some applications it is the color matching method of
first choice. It is used all over the world to communicate color.

The Pantone Matching System standardizes colors. Many graphic
designers struggle with the disparity between colors on the computer
screen or in swatch samples and final printed products. In some cases,
the color difference may be marginal, but in others an entire print
run would need to be halted so that the color could be corrected. This
is frustrating and costly. The Pantone Matching System is designed to
eliminate some of these difficulties.

The Pantone Matching System mixes cyan, magenta, yellow, and key, or
black, together to create a single color. Graphic designers have a
swatch book of thousands of Pantone colors to choose from. Each color
has a specific number which a printer can look up to determine how the
inks should be mixed. In this way, the graphic designer can ensure
that the color of his or her choice is reproduced in the finished
product.

Some colors from the Pantone Matching System are world famous. Tiffany
Blue, for example, is also known as Pantone Color 1837. The
distinctive blue color is trademarked by Tiffany's. Several nations
including Scotland have also used the Pantone Matching System to
dictate the precise color of their national flags and military
uniforms.

The primary drawback to the Pantone Matching System is that it only
works for spot colors. The Pantone company is working on a similar
system for process colors, but is finding it difficult. Process colors
are far cheaper to produce than spot colors. Process printing involves
making four passes with a press to lay down four separate colors of
ink. Each ink adheres to a different print plate, producing a color
image when the fourth pass is done.

Because spot colors are mixed to specification, they are costly to
make, and only practical when a project is being printed in two to
three colors. Applications for spot color include invitations to
events and other text-oriented print projects, or monochrome printing.
Spot color is not practical for four color brochures and other print
projects with a multiplicity of colors.

The Pantone Matching System also does not work for red, green, blue
color systems, as found on the Internet. The Pantone company is
attempting to expand its color matching abilities, and is expected to
release a red, green, blue color matching system in the early twenty
first century. Pantone has also expanded its color matching expertise
to encompass house paint, textiles, fashion, and industrial design.
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About Color, Lab dip, Color match.

Color

Color Standards:
When doing a custom color, the customer must provide a reference
sample to us of the color requested and keep a sample swatch for their
future reference. The bigger the piece the better chance of hitting
the color. Remember if you provide a sample fabric that has a
different fabric content or weight, this will affect the color
matching. If you use a Pantone Color Swatch, the printed colors on
paper will look different than a texturized fabric.

Lab Dip
Lab dips are done to provide a visual aid on how a color will look
when it is dyed. Your actual production sample will vary from the lab
dip that is provided. Remember that the lab dip is produced in a
beaker and is not an actual production run. It is not possible to lab
dip enough fabric for a sample cap or garment. When the goods are dyed
in a real production run, the conditions are dramatically different
from the laboratory. Production will not begin on your fabric unless a
lab dip is approved or the customer waives the lab dip process. Once a
lab dip is approved, we will dye only to the lab dip approved. The
original color swatch is no longer the target. Do NOT approve a lab
dip that you would not be happy with as a production run.

Color Match
We will make every attempt to get the special dye lot as close to the
color standard / lab dip as possible. Dyeing is an art and not a
science. No two dye lots are the exact same color. However, a
commercial match to your color will be achieved on a special dye lot.
A commercial match will be a similar tone that may be slightly darker
or lighter than the color standard. There are many variables that we
must contend with that can vary the color or appearance which make it
impossible to get an exact match. Some of these variables include:
1. Your color swatch was produced from a different mill with different
processes, equipment, and dye stuffs.
2. Dye stuffs used to produce fabric vary in shade from lot to lot.
3. Atmospheric conditions such as humidity vary day to day.
4. The natural (greige) goods vary from lot to lot. Some woven goods
are very clean and the dyes absorb deeply while others may not take as
deep.
5. The cotton from different crops will absorb dyes differently

During the dying process, all of these variables are constantly
monitored and changes are made to keep the color as close to the color
standard as possible. Even while making these changes, there will be
slight variances in shade from your reference sample, to the lab dip,
to the actual production run.
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