X-Rite Pantone launches Spectura

X-Rite Pantone has launched Spectura, a portable sphere spectrophotometer platform that combines measurement performance, secure cloud connectivity and an expandable application framework to help manufacturers reduce color errors, accelerate decisions and maintain consistency from the laboratory to the production floor.

Manufacturers increasingly manage color across distributed sites, supplier networks and diverse materials while facing tighter tolerances and shorter approval cycles, yet many production measurements still require manual data transfers before review, limiting visibility and slowing corrective action. Spectura integrates advanced optics, high-definition camera targeting, temperature-aware measurement, purpose-built accessories, secure cloud connectivity, NetProfiler integration and future application capabilities within a single platform. Strong inter-instrument agreement with established X-Rite handheld and benchtop systems helps keep production results aligned with established color standards.

Cloud connectivity powered by X-Rite Color iQC brings color and instrument performance data directly into digital quality workflows, reducing manual transfers. Quality managers can review production results in real time, identify issues earlier, reduce rework and collaborate across locations and suppliers using a shared source of color data.

'Color quality can no longer be managed one instrument, facility, or supplier at a time,' said Ben Spiegel, director of product management at X-Rite Pantone. 'As manufacturing becomes more distributed, organizations need connected workflows that preserve the integrity of color data across every location where decisions are made. Spectura creates that foundation, helping teams reduce variability, respond faster, and improve consistency throughout the color program.'

Three models address different quality needs: the Spectura S60 for portable color comparison, the S62 for everyday quality control and the S64 for tighter tolerances and agreement with Ci7800 benchtop spectrophotometers.

'The future of color quality control is defined by connected systems that make trusted data available wherever decisions are made,' added Spiegel. 'Spectura helps manufacturers strengthen color quality today while preparing for evolving regulatory requirements, including CRA compliance.'

The Spectura Series is available now. X-Rite Pantone will hold a global launch event on October 21, 2026, looking at how Spectura connects color measurement and quality workflows across the enterprise.