Pantone TCX is more than just a color swatch — it’s the essential tool for fashion and textile pros to select THE perfect color. TCX stands for Textile Cotton eXtended — a range specifically designed for cotton fabrics, ensuring ultra-precise, reliable color matching crucial to bring your designs to life.
With a unique code for every shade, Pantone TCX guarantees complete color consistency from initial sketch to final production. Whether you want soft pastels or bold, vibrant hues, this palette offers a world of possibilities to elevate your collections.
Finding your ideal Pantone color: fabric or textile printing?
- For fabrics: choose a substrate as close as possible to your final product. The Pantone TCX range is perfect for cotton, providing faithful and consistent color results. Keep in mind that each material absorbs color differently — what looks stunning on cotton might vary slightly on plastic or coated paper.
- For textile printing: whether screen printing or digital printing, the go-to choice is the Pantone Coated (Pantone C) range. These references deliver bright, vivid colors perfectly suited for all your prints, for flawless results.
With these options, you control your palette from A to Z, with no surprises or compromises.
What is a Pantone® color?
The Pantone Matching System (PMS) is the global standard to identify and standardize colors for printing. There are three color modes:
- RGB (Red, Green, Blue): used for screens (computers, phones, tablets).
- CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black): used for four-color printing, like magazines or brochures.
- Pantone inks®: special, precise, consistent colors used in graphic design, printing, and creative industries.
Thanks to Pantone, your colors stay true, vibrant, and perfectly identifiable no matter the medium.
