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)