[amayausers] Pantone Book

Hi all,
I spoke to another embroiderer today about matching an ARC color  to a 
Madeira 
color.  (the thread converter chart did not work).   She first made a snooty 
comment about "who on earth is still using Melco  thread", then was aghast 
when 
I replied that I didn't have a Pantone  book.  Ok, I didn't even know what a 
Pantone book was, so I looked it  up on the Internet. 
So, now my questions are:
1. How many of  you use one of these things regularly?
2. If it is an embroidery shop  necessity, how new does it need to be?,
3. How exactly do you use it  with embroidery thread? (hope that one doesn't 
sound TOO dumb....)   

The Pantone Matching System was developed for the printing industry  to match 
ink colors mostly for newspaper advertising. It can be a  handy tool for 
embroiders if the customer supplies a Pantone or PMS color  for the 
embroiderer.  
There are tons of shades of each color in the  book, so matching to a thread 
chart is not always easy.  However, most  thread suppliers will attempt to 
match it for you if you will provide the  number.  I bought one back in 1995 
and 
use it several times a month.   It's best use for me is specifying a color for 
my screenprinter.
Jimmie Jones
TJ's Designs
Vallejo CA 



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