Pantone ya sanya kansa a matsayin mai girma gane launi, kwatancen da tsarin sadarwa don zane-zane. Tsarin ma'anar chromatic shine mafi shahararta a wannan lokacin. Ana kiran wannan yanayin launi sau da yawa azaman launi mai ƙarfi, sabanin yanayin CMYK da RGB.
A shekarar 1692 wani mai zane da aka sani da suna «A. Boogert 'ya zauna ya rubuta littafi a cikin Yaren mutanen Holland game da yadda ake hada launin ruwa. Ba wai kawai zai fara littafin da ka'idar amfani da launi a zane ba, amma kuma ya bayyana yadda ake kirkirar wasu launuka da canza kala ta hanyar kara ruwa daya, biyu ko uku.
Jawabin yayi sauki, amma samfurin karshe yana da ban sha'awa a cikin bayanansa da fadada shi. Kimanin shafuka 800 aka rubuta kuma aka zana gaba ɗaya da hannu, Traité des couleurs bawa a la peinture à l'eau, tabbas shine mafi kyawun jagora ga zane da canza launi na lokacinta.
A cewar masanin tarihin zamanin nan Erik Kwakkel, wanda ke kula da fassara wani bangare na gabatarwar, an kirkiro littafin launi tare da niyyar zama jagorar ilimi. Abin mamakin shi ne cewa akwai kofi guda ɗaya wanda mai yiwuwa wasu probablyan gani kaɗai suka gani.
Yana da wahala kada ka kwatanta naka daruruwan shafuka masu launi daidai da na zamani, Pantone Color Guide, wanda ba a buga shi ba a karo na farko har zuwa 1963.
Dukan littafin na iya zama duba a cikin babban ƙuduri daga wannan haɗin, kuma zaka iya karanta bayanin shi daga wannan wannan. Littafin yana yanzu a Bibliothèque Méjanes da ke Aix-en-Provence, Faransa. Aiki wanda ba za a iya lissafa shi ba don darajarta kasancewar kwaya ce guda kuma wancan, kamar yadda na ambata, tare da mahimmancin iliminsa, mutane kalilan ne suka gani. A yau wannan ya canza albarkacin Intanet.
Daga nan Kuna iya samun damar kundin adireshin kan layi na Pantone.