TCX and TPX are both Pantone's color standards, but they are designed separately for different purposes. PCX is a colorful pure “Cotton Swatch” in each individual color and TCX Pantone books are much more expensive, because it is a completely dyed on cotton fabric swatch.
On the other hand, TPX is made of “Paper Swatch” instead of cotton swatch and the TPX Pantone Book is much cheaper than the TCX. The TPX Pantone book has recently been updated to the TPG (Textile Paper Green) Pantone book. TPX & TPG colors are the same, but the TPG is much eco-friendlier.
Full Abbreviation
TCX-Textile cotton xtend
TPX-Textile paper xtend
Meaning
TCX - color is done on cotton woven fabrics.
TPX - color swatch on paper.
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For example: PANTONE 19-4052 TCX
Classic Blue
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For example: PANTONE 17-5126 TPX
Viridian Green
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Some information about TCX and TPX
1. TCX is commonly used as a standard color swatch for reactive dyes, disperses dyes.
2. TPX is followed for pigment, it is used as standard color swatch for printing.
3. TCX is the standard color swatch dyed on cotton fabric
4. TPX is the standard color swatch printed on paper
5. Since TPX is a color printed on paper, its color lightness and brightness will be a little higher than TCX.
6. On the other hand, since TCX is a color applied on a cotton fabric, its color depth will be higher than TPX, also the brightness will be less.
7. The shades of TPX & TCX of the same Pantone number are different. In this case TPX is 15% lighter than TCX or TCX is 15% deeper than TPX.
Significance of PANTONE Numbers
TCX and TPX numbers are not just a unique number, they have some special meaning that reflects some of the characteristics of the colorant. three color are namely: Hue, Value and Chroma. Pantone numbers (TCX, TPX) are usually consists of 6 numbers which The first two numbers represent the Lightness of the color. The middle two represent his Hue (i.e., Red/ Yellow/Green/Blue). The last two represent the chroma (i.e., the dullness or color depth).
1. TCX is commonly used as a standard color swatch for reactive dyes, disperses dyes.
2. TPX is followed for pigment, it is used as standard color swatch for printing.
3. TCX is the standard color swatch dyed on cotton fabric
4. TPX is the standard color swatch printed on paper
5. Since TPX is a color printed on paper, its color lightness and brightness will be a little higher than TCX.
6. On the other hand, since TCX is a color applied on a cotton fabric, its color depth will be higher than TPX, also the brightness will be less.
7. The shades of TPX & TCX of the same Pantone number are different. In this case TPX is 15% lighter than TCX or TCX is 15% deeper than TPX.
Significance of PANTONE Numbers
TCX and TPX numbers are not just a unique number, they have some special meaning that reflects some of the characteristics of the colorant. three color are namely: Hue, Value and Chroma. Pantone numbers (TCX, TPX) are usually consists of 6 numbers which The first two numbers represent the Lightness of the color. The middle two represent his Hue (i.e., Red/ Yellow/Green/Blue). The last two represent the chroma (i.e., the dullness or color depth).
For example:
1. PANTONE 19–4052 TCX (Classic Blue)
19 = Lightness
40 = Hue
52 = Chroma
Explanation of Hue, Value and Chroma
Value (lightness) describes overall intensity to how light or dark a color is. It is the only dimension of color that may exist by itself.
Hue is described with the words we normally think of as describing color: red, purple, blue, etc.
Chroma (Saturation) may be defined as the strength or dominance of the hue. On the outer edge of the hue wheel are the intensely saturated hues. Towards the center of the color wheel, no hue dominates and they become less and less saturated.
Here the Hue is purple.
There are 60+ colors here, but all of them are purple-hued colors.
Chroma changes from left-to-right
Low Chroma colors are on the left...
mid-Chroma colors near the center...
high Chroma colors on the right.
Value changes from bottom-to-top
Low values (shades) near the bottom
High values (tints) near the top
40 = Hue
52 = Chroma
Explanation of Hue, Value and Chroma
Value (lightness) describes overall intensity to how light or dark a color is. It is the only dimension of color that may exist by itself.
Hue is described with the words we normally think of as describing color: red, purple, blue, etc.
Chroma (Saturation) may be defined as the strength or dominance of the hue. On the outer edge of the hue wheel are the intensely saturated hues. Towards the center of the color wheel, no hue dominates and they become less and less saturated.
Here the Hue is purple.
There are 60+ colors here, but all of them are purple-hued colors.
Chroma changes from left-to-right
Low Chroma colors are on the left...
mid-Chroma colors near the center...
high Chroma colors on the right.
Value changes from bottom-to-top
Low values (shades) near the bottom
High values (tints) near the top
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