Pantone™ PMS 1797 C

PMS 1797 C is a vivid, saturated red, and its appearance can shift noticeably depending on the lighting. This color's warmth and depth may look stronger in daylight or with neutral lighting, while appearing deeper or more orange under other sources. To ensure PMS 1797 C meets your expectations for brand consistency, always evaluate the color in the final installation environment and lighting. This reduces surprises and helps achieve reliable, brand-standard results.

PMS 1797 C is best used as a brand color spec for new displays, signage, prototypes, and marketing environments where the Pantone reference is the standard. If you need to align finish and aging to an existing part, especially for touch-up purposes, Pantone-based paint alone may not deliver a close enough match. For situations needing touch-up-grade precision, send a physical part for a custom match to ensure the paint aligns properly with the original surface.

When approving PMS 1797 C for a brand or display application, make all comparisons in consistent lighting, and on the same substrate finish as the final use. Allow all coatings to fully dry and cure before judging color, since appearance can shift as paint dries. Using a physical Pantone reference swatch with the real paint sample in the intended lighting helps ensure accurate decisions and avoids mismatches in brand presentation.

As a highly saturated red, PMS 1797 C may deliver only moderate hide, particularly over light or uneven substrates. Plan on additional coats to achieve a uniform color field, especially for larger or brand-visible surfaces. Using an undercoat or primer matched for reds can enhance coverage and give more consistent results. Evaluating a sample on your exact substrate helps determine the best approach for your project.

Unfortunately, no.

Some manufacturers specify Pantone colors as touch up for their products, but Pantone does not work well as a proxy for a touch-up solution (for a litany of reasons such as it doesn't include sheen and Pantone color tolerances are not tight enough for touch up). When we match Pantone colors we are matching to a swatch in a Pantone book - not to your product.

The only way we can provide a touch-up solution for your product is for you send us a part. We would use the part to create a touch-up grade match. Unfortunately, there isn't an effective way to 'spec' the color well enough to produce a touch up without the part.

Read more about using Pantone for touch-up.

Learn more about our paint color matching service.

To make spray paint matched to Pantone PMS 1797 C. MyPerfectColor uses an acrylic enamel which is a fast-drying durable coating suitable for interior or exterior use. MyPerfectColor custom spray paint enables you to conveniently achieve a professional spray-smooth finish in any color in any sheen. It sticks well to most surfaces including metal, plastics, powder-coatings, cabinets and primed or previously painted wood.

The 11oz spray will cover about 20 square feet per coat. Keep in mind that it is difficult to gauge how much spray you'll need as it is highly dependent on how it is applied. It is better to have too much than run short.

While MyPerfectColor can provide PMS 1797 C in paint, we don't provide any crossover information. We've found that every paint company offers its own unique selection of colors and rarely does a color have an exact equivalent in another company's color collection, especially for a color collection like Pantone which is designed for bright colors and inks.