Colour Matching Services
Have a particular shade of colour that you need, but can’t find it in our standard colour cards?
Don’t worry, Asia Paint specializes in colour matching services. Simply provide us with a colour reference, and your material to be painted on, and we will colour match it for you.
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Colour Matching For Timber
As tinted varnishes are translucent and not opaque in nature, the colour will vary according to the colour range of the timber used.
It is a good practice to include a complete range of timber tones for sample submissions so customers have a clear understanding and proper expectation of the range of colour tones that will appear on their timber.
Dos and Do Not’s for Colour Matching Services
Do: Provide us with a physical piece of colour reference panel.
The panel should be large enough (at least 1 inch by 1 inch) for greater colour accuracy.
Do: Provide us with enough of your sample substrate for our colour matching process. A minimum of 5 pieces is recommended.
Do: Retain at least a piece of the submitted colour panel for your own records. This panel should be used for your own colour checking processes during application/quality inspection
Do: View the colour samples under natural lighting (daylight). Certain colours may appear different under fluorescent or warm lighting.
Do Not: Provide us with a colour reference from a digital source
Due to differences in camera models, lighting, camera settings, display screen models, and display screen settings, the colour of the item you need may not be captured and conveyed to us accurately.
An example of this inaccuracy is the image of the same train displayed on different screens. Notice that the blue / gray at the side of the train looks different in each version.
The colour difference is significant enough to create an obvious difference if you need the paint for joining/touch up works.
With these principles in mind, you can be assured that you will be getting the most accurate shade of color you want for your project every time.
Why Pantone, RGB, HEX Codes, etc cannot be used
RGB and HEX systems use an addition model to derive a color for electronic screens, and are not useful for a physical medium such as paint. Pigments in paint work by reflecting light (subtractive color), a process fundamentally different from how light sources on a screen work. A computer’s RGB value for a color cannot be directly translated to the physical properties of paint pigments.
As for PANTONE, it is a system for mixing spot inks for printing and graphic design. It does not specify the finish or sheen of the paint, which is crucial because the same color can look very different on a matte versus a glossy surface.
In summary, due to differences in manufacturing processes, paint capability limitations, gloss levels, and even application methods that all affects the final appearance of colors, there is no easy way to compensate or translate them into physical paint.
While Asia Paint strives to ensure that the paint colors we produce will line up with your requirements as closely as possible, RAL color codes remains the best method for accurately communicating colors in regards to paint production.
