Custom Pantone — runs of 500+
Your color. Not close — exact.
We'll run our tumblers in your PMS color, matched at the factory and engraved with your logo. Tell us the color and the quantity — we'll price it within 24 hours.
- Built for runs of 500+
- Any whole-case increment above the minimum
- About 10 weeks door to door
- Photo proof of the real cup before we engrave
Tell us your color
Send your PMS code and quantity — or just your logo, and we'll identify the color for you. You'll have a detailed quote within 24 hours.
A 50% deposit books the run
We confirm the match with the factory before anything is made. Your balance isn't due until you've seen the real thing.
Your color gets made
The factory runs your tumblers in your exact Pantone — this is the long part, about 8 weeks.
You approve a photo of the real cup
Not a render. When the run lands we photograph your actual tumbler, you approve it, and the remaining 50% comes due.
We engrave and ship
Logos on, boxed, and out the door within 10 days of your approval.
Happy with our stock colors? Order straight from the site from 25 units with instant pricing — or request a volume quote for big runs in colors we already carry.
The short version
What a Pantone color actually is.
A Pantone color — a PMS (Pantone Matching System) code like PMS 187 C — is not a picture of a color. It's a physical standard: a printed chip in a guide book, mixed to a published recipe, that looks the same in every copy of that book anywhere in the world. When your brand guide says PMS 187 C, a printer in Dallas and a factory overseas can both hold the same chip in their hands and agree on exactly what “right” looks like.
That's the whole point of the system: it moves color from an argument (“that looks more maroon to me”) to a measurement. It's why serious brands define their identity in PMS codes, not screenshots.
Screens lie a little
Pantone vs. hex — why the code on your screen isn't enough.
A hex code (#B03938) tells a screen how much red, green, and blue light to emit. But every screen renders those numbers differently — panel type, brightness, color profile, even night mode all shift the result. The same hex looks different on your phone, your laptop, and your client's monitor, and none of them are the color a physical coating will be.
A Pantone chip works the other way around: the physical color is the truth, and the screen version is just an approximation of it. Some especially vivid oranges and blues can't be fully shown on a standard screen at all — the real coat is richer than the preview. That's why our process ends with a photo of your actual cup, not a render: the only honest proof of a physical color is the physical object.
It's also why we display the PMS code on every stock color we sell — so what arrives in the box never depends on how your screen drew a swatch.
Why it matters here
Tumblers are ordered by chip, not by name.
The powder coating on a tumbler is mixed at the factory, and the factory matches it to a Pantone chip — that's the language the whole supply chain speaks. Color names don't survive that trip: one vendor's “red” is another's brick, and a reorder by name can come back a visibly different batch. A chip can't drift.
So when you order a custom run from us, your PMS code goes to the factory unchanged, the coat gets matched against the physical chip, and we verify the result against our own Pantone guide before you ever see the proof photo. Same chip on a reorder means the same tumbler — next year, or three years from now.
Common questions
Custom color, answered.
Something else on your mind? The main FAQ covers ordering, artwork, and shipping — or just ask in the notes on the form above.