Pantone™ PMS 813 C

Pantone PMS 813 C is often specified as a brand color target for fabricated signage, display elements, and exhibits. This ensures a consistent, recognizable color across all visual brand components. To achieve reliable results, it is critical to sample PMS 813 C on the material and with the finish you plan to use. Fluorescent colors like this are highly sensitive to lighting, gloss, and substrate, so approving a sample under real conditions helps prevent surprises before production.

When matching PMS 813 C on metal or powder-coated parts, proper surface preparation is essential. Clean and scuff the surface to promote adhesion, and note that any existing coating or gloss can change how the color appears. Because fluorescent colors are sensitive to finish and substrate color, always sample PMS 813 C on the exact material and finish planned for the project to confirm that the final result meets your expectations.

The Pantone PMS 813 C color in a book is a printed reference standard, not a direct representation of how painted coatings will appear. Sheen (gloss level), substrate, and lighting can all impact how the painted color looks compared to the printed swatch. For the most accurate visual verification, always review a sample of PMS 813 C paint applied to your actual project material with the desired finish under the lighting in which it will be seen.

Sampling is recommended when PMS 813 C is used for important brand-facing projects. Order a small batch or sample of PMS 813 C and apply it to your project material with the intended finish. Review the result with stakeholders and under installed lighting to confirm acceptance before any large-scale production. This process helps catch any issues with coverage, vibrancy, or finish and streamlines approval for brand compliance.

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 813 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 813 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.