Pantone™ PMS 689 U

PMS 689 U is a Pantone reference color, but its appearance can shift depending on surface texture. Smooth substrates reflect light more evenly and usually make the color appear cleaner and more saturated. Textured or porous surfaces create micro-shadows and uneven reflectivity, which can make PMS 689 U look darker, less uniform, or slightly muted.

If brand appearance is critical, evaluate a sample of PMS 689 U on the actual substrate and texture you plan to use before ordering production quantities.

PMS 689 U is intended as a brand color target, not as a touch-up or repair specification. If you need touch-up-grade matching to an existing painted part or surface, a Pantone code alone is not sufficient.

The correct path is to send a physical part or sample for matching. This allows the color to be matched to the actual aged surface, substrate, and finish. Pantone-based matching is best used for brand-facing applications where visual alignment to the Pantone reference is the goal, not for blending into existing coatings.

PMS 689 U is a vivid, saturated Pantone color, and colors in this range often have lower hide than neutral or muted tones. This means the underlying surface color can influence the final appearance if coverage is not fully built.

You may need additional coats or a suitable base coat to achieve uniform color and visual consistency. Testing PMS 689 U on your actual substrate helps confirm coverage expectations before committing to full production.

Expedited production options are typically available when ordering PMS 689 U paint. These options are selected during checkout and can shorten standard production time.

If your deadline is fixed or time-critical, it is recommended to contact MyPerfectColor before ordering to confirm feasibility and timing. This helps ensure the accelerated schedule aligns with your project requirements.

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 689 U. 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 689 U 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.