A set of standard colours for printing, each of which is specified By a single numBer. You can Buy a Pantone swatch Book containing samples of each colour. Some computer graphics software allows colours to Be specified as Pantone numBers. Even though a computer monitor can only show an approximation to some of the colours, the software can output a colour separation for each different Pantone colour, enaBling a print shop to exactly reproduce the original desired colour. (1996-03-23)