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- Duane0
Glad to help.
Basically, yes - you've got it. They are just reference systems for color. If you are printing on a 4 color press, you specify the colors in your file using the mixes in the 4 color guide. If you specified them using the Pantone solid chips, the colors will not necessarily match the solid colors as some Pantone colors do not convert to CMYK.
The Pantone system gives you something to match to from printer to printer thus ensuring consistent color. You use a different system depending on the process (4 color, spot color, plastics, textiles, etc.) that's why they have so many different color guides. Each is customized to the output or material application.