Modifies a selected spot color's suffix to one of the suffixes in the table below (or None of the above).
This allows you to use the latest Pantone naming conventions when checking and correcting Pantone suffixes.
Suffixes represent the apparent color of the color when printed on different types of paper. For example, PANTONE 3258 C and PANTONE 3258 U refer to the same color, but when printed on coated, respectively uncoated paper, they will look different, although the same ink formula was used.
Besides C (coated), U (uncoated) and M (matte), in software color palettes, you can find suffixes that refer to on-screen simulations of how colors will look when printed on different paper types. For example, PANTONE 3258 CVU is an on-screen indication of how PANTONE 3258 will look like when printed on uncoated paper.
Suffix overview
| Suffix | Meaning |
|---|---|
| CV | Computer video (electronic simulation) |
| CVC | Computer video - coated |
| CVU | Computer video - uncoated |
| CVS | Process coated (old; now C) |
| CVP | Solid to process (old; now PC) |
| C | Coated paper |
| U | Uncoated paper |
| M | Matte paper |
| EC | Euro process simulation, coated paper |
| PC | Process simulation, coated paper |
| CP | Coated paper, process simulation (e.g. PANTONE 185 CP (used in PANTONE+ COLOR BRIDGE COATED) |
| UP | Uncoated paper, process simulation (e.g. PANTONE 185 UP (used in PANTONE+ COLOR BRIDGE UNCOATED) |
| HC | Hexachrome coated |