The PANTONE Plastic Chip Color Set Reds is a professional plastics colour reference for designers, product developers, industrial manufacturers and colour decision-makers working with red plastic tones. Presented in a single rotating carousel, the set contains 100 carefully selected red Pantone plastic chips for precise colour communication, palette development and production control.
Red is one of the most powerful colour families in product design. It can communicate energy, urgency, appetite, passion, performance, warmth, playfulness or premium impact depending on shade, material, finish and context. From deep burgundy and dark oxblood to clear primary red, vibrant scarlet, warm tomato and softer pink-based reds, the category plays an important role in beauty packaging, food and beverage, toys, fashion accessories, medical products, hard home, consumer electronics and branded plastic components.
This Pantone plastics set provides a physical standard for evaluating red directly in polypropylene. Polypropylene is one of the most widely referenced plastic materials and offers a practical basis for colour development in real-world plastics workflows. A plastic chip gives a more relevant impression of material colour than a paper guide or digital value alone, especially when the final product will be moulded, coated, assembled or viewed under changing light conditions.
Each chip measures approximately 3 × 1.9 inches, or around 7.5 × 5 cm. The large format supports confident visual evaluation and is suitable for instrumental measurement with a spectrophotometer. This makes the set useful not only during creative colour selection, but also for supplier communication, quality control, sampling and production approval.
The chips include two thickness levels of 1 mm and 2 mm. This feature is important because colour in plastics is affected by more than pigment alone. Wall thickness, opacity, translucency, light transmission and part geometry can all change the visible result. A red that appears bright and clean in a thinner area may look deeper, warmer or more saturated in a thicker component. The two-tier structure helps teams evaluate these effects before production decisions are locked.
Each chip is double-sided with gloss and matte finishes. Surface finish has a major influence on how red is perceived. Gloss can intensify depth, brilliance and reflectivity, making reds appear more vivid or luxurious. Matte surfaces can create a softer, more modern, technical or tactile impression. By showing both finishes on the same standard, the set allows teams to compare colour and surface effect together.
Every chip is marked with its Pantone colour number and/or name. This supports clear communication between design teams, manufacturers, suppliers and quality-control departments. Instead of describing a shade as “warm red”, “deep red” or “packaging red”, teams can reference a defined Pantone plastics standard and reduce interpretation errors during development.
The Plastic Chip Color Sets are designed to match Pantone Graphics PMS colour communication, making it easier to coordinate plastics with printed packaging, labels, logos and other graphic elements. This is especially valuable for brands that need consistency across different materials. A plastic closure, printed carton, label, accessory and retail display may all need to feel connected within one controlled red colour family.
For beauty and cosmetics, red plastics can communicate sensuality, glamour, warmth or high-impact product identity. In food and beverage, reds often support appetite appeal, sweetness, ripeness, spice or recognisable category codes. In toys and lifestyle products, red can feel playful and energetic. In medical devices or safety-related products, red can signal visibility, warning or functional differentiation. The right red must therefore be selected with both emotional effect and technical feasibility in mind.
The rotating carousel makes the set practical for professional studio and workplace use. The base allows quick colour location, simple comparison and easy chip replacement. The carousel format keeps all 100 red chips organised while still allowing individual standards to be removed for presentations, palette boards, material reviews or supplier handover.
A key-ring hole in the upper corner of each chip supports project-specific palette building. Designers can select relevant reds for a product family, arrange them on a ring, attach them to development boards or send them to manufacturing partners. This flexibility is useful when several red shades must be evaluated together across different components, finishes or product lines.
Index information supports both numeric and chromatic navigation. This makes it easier to locate an established Pantone reference or compare neighbouring red shades within the collection. For product design teams, the ability to move systematically through related reds can accelerate palette development and reduce uncertainty in shade selection.
Pigment formulation information provides manufacturers with a clearer technical starting point for reproducing the selected colour. This can reduce trial and error during sampling and support more efficient communication with plastics suppliers. Final production should still be validated in the intended polymer, process, surface finish, component thickness and moulding conditions, because all of these factors can influence the finished colour.
The PANTONE Plastic Chip Color Set Reds is designed for professional environments where plastic colour must be specified, evaluated and reproduced with precision. It connects creative colour intent with manufacturing reality and supports more consistent decisions across design, development, sourcing, quality control and production.
For brands, designers and manufacturers working with red plastic components, this set offers a focused and practical reference system. It helps teams select commercially relevant red shades, communicate them clearly across supply chains and evaluate them in a material format that is closer to real product production than paper or screen-based colour references.
Key Benefits
- 100 selected Pantone red plastic colours
- Large polypropylene chips for professional evaluation
- Chip size approximately 3 × 1.9 inches / 7.5 × 5 cm
- Suitable for spectrophotometer measurement
- Two material thicknesses: 1 mm and 2 mm
- Double-sided chips with gloss and matte finishes
- Rotating carousel for easy colour selection
- Key-ring hole for project-specific palette building
- Pantone colour number and/or name on each chip
- Supports matching plastics to PMS print and packaging colours
- Numeric and chromatic index information included
- Useful for palette development and supplier communication
- Relevant for beauty, food, toys, medical and home products
- Supports plastics manufacturing and quality control
- Professional reference for red plastic colour specification
FAQ
What is included in the PANTONE Plastic Chip Color Set Reds?
The set contains 100 red polypropylene plastic chips organised in a single rotating carousel for professional plastics colour selection and specification.
Why are the chips made from polypropylene?
Polypropylene is a widely referenced plastic material, making it a practical standard for visualising and communicating colour in plastic product development.
What size are the red plastic chips?
Each chip measures approximately 3 × 1.9 inches, or around 7.5 × 5 cm, large enough for visual comparison and spectrophotometer measurement.
Why do the chips have two thicknesses?
The 1 mm and 2 mm areas help users evaluate how wall thickness, opacity and material depth influence the appearance of red plastic colours.
Why are matte and gloss finishes included?
Surface finish changes colour perception. The double-sided matte and gloss chips allow teams to assess each red under two common plastic finish conditions.
Which industries use this red plastics colour set?
It is used in product design, plastics manufacturing, beauty packaging, food and beverage, toys, fashion accessories, hard home, consumer products, medical devices and design education.