Clothing Inspection Using Pantone Book

For Clothing inspection, Colour communication and colour shade variation control with a Pantone Book is essential.

Because everyone compares the colour with his own way. When comparing the colour with different materials, for example, compare the colour of paper Pantone to fabric, there is some discrepancy for different persons. Therefore Cotton Pantone book is better for textile industry than Paper Pantone book.

Lad dips VS Pantone cards for Clothing Inspection

However, no matter what Pantone books you have, it can not take place of the present practice of lab dips and bulk fabric approvals for clothing inspection in the clothing industry . As Lab dips are the only one correct standard to follow and compare to. Even Pantone book, the most stable in colour among all colour books in the world, will have difference for different versions, under different using conditions , and so on.

The inspector of clothing inspection can use either lab dips or Pantone cards for communications with customers. Pantone book is good for colour communications, especially for the designers, for Final customers can evaluate the colour with it. And it is good for the dyeing mill, for making correct lab dips the soonest. The inspector can not decide anything through comparing the colour to the pantone book in his hand. The inspector is usually not the person to communicate with final customers. He/She is nor the person to decide to accept what colour shade variation, when noticeable colour shade variation occurs.