About Color: Posts and Resources
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Unfeasible Colors
You find the perfect color. It fits the collection, works with the palette, and gets approved by design. Then it reaches the supplier, and they can’t match it even after multiple attempts.
The problem may not be the supplier. The color itself may not be feasible. Read on to find out why.
Digital Color Standards vs. Physical Color Standards
Historically, physical color standards have been the foundation of color communication throughout the textile and apparel industry. They're familiar, tangible, and deeply embedded in traditional workflows.
But as digital product creation has become the norm, many teams are asking an important question:
Do physical standards still offer the most efficient way to communicate color?
The Best Tools for Managing Color Consistency in Textile Production
Getting color right once is one thing. Getting the same color across materials, suppliers, production lots, and locations is the real challenge.
So, what tools make color consistency easier to manage?
Your color needs a source of truth
In textile workflows color is often treated as a visual reference, when in reality, it is critical data. If that data isn’t centralized, stable, and measurable, color outcomes are left open to interpretation, variation, and avoidable risk across the supply chain.
The New Industry Standard
Traditionally, most color teams have relied on physical color standards - Fabric swatches dyed and shipped by a standard provider. The limitations of these established standard libraries are well-known…
Digital Color Technology FAQ
Digital color technology is not new. It has been around and utilized by brands and suppliers for decades. Some teams, however, still have difficulty letting go of a physical/visual process.