The Pantone Color Institute just announced PANTONE 17-5104 Ultimate Gray + PANTONE 13-0647 Illuminating as the Pantone Color of the Year 2021. According to the Pantone Color Institute, PANTONE 17-5104 Ultimate Gray + PANTONE 13-0647 Illuminating, a marriage of color conveying a message of strength and hopefulness that is both enduring and uplifting. Illuminating is a bright and cheerful yellow sparkling with vivacity, a warming yellow shade imbued with solar power. Ultimate Gray is emblematic of...
December 14, 2020 by X-Rite Color
Whether you work with plastics, coatings or textiles, you must consistently achieve in-tolerance color or your product could be rejected before it even makes it to the shelf or showroom. This is especially true for brands that rely on off-site suppliers and manufacturers for raw materials and parts that come together at assembly, such as the plastic dashboard, fabric seats, and coated interior panels of a car. Even if each site produces in-tolerance color, it must be monitored an...
June 12, 2020 by Tim Mouw
Die COVID-19-Pandemie hat viele Branchen, auch die Textilindustrie, zum Stillstand gebracht. Durch Reiseverbote und Ausgangssperren sind sehr weit verzweigte, vernetzte Lieferketten dazu gezwungen, ihre Arbeitsweise zu überdenken. Für Markenartikler, die bereits auf der Suche nach neuen Möglichkeiten zur präzisen Farbwiedergabe und schnelleren Markteinführung waren, könnte diese Situation eine Chance sein. Diese globale Pandemie kann dazu beitragen, dass die ...
May 19, 2020 by Bob Karpowicz
Appearance is more than just color. It’s an all-inclusive look at everything inherent to an object, including texture, gloss, transparency, translucency, and special effects like sparkle and shimmer. When viewed from different angles or under different lighting conditions, appearance effects can change our perception of color. That's why it’s important to control both color and appearance throughout design and development. Durable goods brands use appearance effects to captur...
February 20, 2020 by X-Rite Color
Fühlen Sie sich in einem Raum mit warmen, natürlichen Farben anders... ...als in einem weißen, sterilen Büro? Hat ein Gebäude jemals mit Ihnen „gesprochen“? Farbe ist ein fester Bestandteil unserer Welt Sie ist eine visuelle Sprache, die jeder versteht – eine Sinneswahrnehmung, die unsere Emotionen in vielerlei Hinsicht beeinflusst. Obwohl es oft unbewusst ist, spielt der Einfluss von Farben eine wichtige Rolle für Bautenfarben und -anstrichm...
November 19, 2019 by X-Rite Color
With so many requests for innovative bases, transparency, and special effects, formulating color for paint, coating, and plastic applications can be a challenge. To keep up, formulation software needs to be innovative, too. We recently launched version 10 of our Color iMatch formulation software, and it is our smartest version yet. It allows you to select cost-reducing parameters, such as lowest cost or fewest colorants, and will determine the best formula for your application. It work...
July 10, 2019 by Rich Knapp
