RAL FAQ'S

RAL Effect is an innovative collection for industrial and product design containing metallised effect colours. The 420 solid colours in the range are complemented by 70 metallic colours which harmonise with the solid colours. The solid colours are all created from water based paints whereas the metallics are acrylic. Ideal for creation of co ordinating metallic effects.

To view the complete RAL Effect range purchase E3 fan deck or the E1 box of colour standards, alternatively E4 contains the metallics only.

We are sorry but VeriVide cannot supply historical RAL colours which are not found in the current collections.

For information on historical RAL colours please call RAL directly on +49 (0) 1805 748066

RAL make products in a range of prices which are suitable for different end uses.

The cheaper RAL fan decks are produced by printing in four colour digital printing, these are not official colour standards.  Suitable for client colour selection and for constructors to use when out and about RAL fan decks are colour guides.

Printing is a lower cost production method than the coated process which produces the higher priced fan decks and the individual standard cards. The coated process produces a higher accuracy of colour reproduction from one product to another and these products are colour standards for quality control.

The RAL colour standards are supplied with the relevant XYZ colour space data and reflectance curve.

Still have a question about RAL products? Please email Georgina at ral@verivide.com and she will consult the RAL experts on your behalf.

If you wish to translate a colour from one system to another, you can use the NCS colour translation service. They translate to and from most colour systems/ charts including:

NCS, Pantone Coated/Uncoated/Textile/Colour bridge etc. RAL and CMYK coated/uncoated

You can find more information about this service here.

Architects and Designers will find it useful to own physical guides from RAL, Pantone and NCS if they are regularly using colours from the different colour systems. This will enable a cross check to be done on site or with the client.

The NCS Colourpin devices can also be used to measure a colour target and find the closest NCS colour.

Please note that if you need to translate your colour from NCS to CMYK, RGB or Lab notation, you can also use the NCS+ Web or use the NCS Colourpin device.