Pantone™ PMS 7518 C

Pantone PMS 7518 C is frequently referenced in branding literature as a color choice for hospitality brands seeking a contemporary earth-tone palette. It has also been mentioned by design professionals as a supporting tone in retail and packaging, often set alongside more saturated brand colors. These examples suggest PMS 7518 C is valued for delivering a modern, grounded look that aligns with professional and understated brand appearances.

Pantone PMS 7518 C should be ordered as a standard PMS color match when you need to achieve brand consistency for marketing displays, signage, exhibit components, prototypes, or pop-up environments where the Pantone reference is the required target. This approach is appropriate when the goal is visual alignment and brand accuracy, rather than matching to a specific substrate or existing finish. Always confirm that PMS 7518 C is the correct reference for your project by checking brand guidelines or documentation.

Pantone codes like PMS 7518 C may include suffixes such as 'C', 'U', or 'M', which indicate the intended material or finish (for example, 'C' refers to coated stock). To ensure you are ordering the exact color required for your project, always verify which suffix or series is specified in your brand standards or project documentation. Using the wrong suffix could result in a color that looks noticeably different in the final application.

When applying a Pantone PMS 7518 C match to plastics or low-surface-energy materials, surface preparation and primer selection are critical. Many plastics require specialty primers to ensure proper adhesion and color accuracy. Before starting a full production run, it is important to test the paint and primer combination on the actual plastic substrate under intended lighting conditions. This helps avoid issues with color shift, coverage, or adhesion failures.

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 7518 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 7518 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.