You designed a logo in CMYK. Your vendor in Vietnam dyes fabric in TCX. Your packaging printer uses PMS (Pantone Matching System) solid coated. A converter translates between these systems so that your T-shirt matches your hang tag.
Solution: TCX textiles have a larger gamut (range of colors) than CMYK printing. Rich violets and bright oranges often fall outside CMYK. Your converter should include a gamut warning or suggest a "CMYK-safe" alternative TCX neighbor. tcx pantone converter
Design workflows cross media: brand teams often specify colors for print, packaging, digital, and textiles. Printers and mills use different Pantone references and production methods. A product brief that mixes TCX codes with Pantone Solid (coated/uncoated) swatches creates ambiguity. Converting lets everyone speak the same color language: mills get textile-appropriate recipes; printers get the flat ink formulations they expect. You designed a logo in CMYK
There is no perfect one-to-one mapping between TCX and Pantone Solid colors because: So conversion is an approximation: the goal is
So conversion is an approximation: the goal is a visually closest match within the target medium’s gamut, not an exact scientific equivalence.