Pantone™ PMS 7542 C

Pantone PMS 7542 C is a standardized brand color, and using a licensed source ensures the paint you receive is reproduced with the highest fidelity to the original Pantone reference. MyPerfectColor is authorized to reproduce Pantone PMS colors, which means your paint order for PMS 7542 C will be matched to the official Pantone specification. This helps support visual consistency across brand, display, and marketing applications by minimizing the risk of color mismatch that can occur with unlicensed or generic sources.

For PMS 7542 C, the choice between matte and gloss affects both appearance and performance in your brand setting. Matte finishes will reduce glare and emphasize the muted, gray quality of this blue-gray, which is helpful for close-up or under direct lighting. Gloss finishes can make PMS 7542 C appear more vivid and reflective, emphasizing its blue undertone, but may introduce glare, especially under strong lights or at certain viewing angles. Consider viewing distance, lighting conditions, and whether you want a more subtle (matte) or visually punchy (gloss) effect before selecting a finish. Evaluating samples in your actual environment is recommended for best results.

PMS 7542 C, like other Pantone PMS colors, can appear different depending on the substrate due to factors such as absorption, texture, and reflectivity. For example, paint applied to metal, plastic, or wood may vary slightly in appearance because of how the surface interacts with light and pigment. To ensure PMS 7542 C meets your expectations, it is best to evaluate painted samples on all actual materials used in your final project before full production. This helps confirm that brand and visual standards are met in real-world conditions.

Not all plastics or low-surface-energy materials will accept paint without specialized preparation. When using PMS 7542 C on plastic, proper surface cleaning and a suitable primer may be required to achieve good adhesion and color consistency. Plastic types can vary widely in how they interact with coatings, so always test PMS 7542 C paint and primer on your specific material before full-scale production. This reduces the risk of adhesion loss or color difference, helping ensure the finished result aligns with Pantone brand standards.

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 7542 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 7542 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.