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.
Design. Develop. Produce.
Color decisions happen throughout the product creation process, from design inspiration to final product. But when each stage relies on physical samples, visual evaluation, and late changes, color can become a bottleneck.
Digital Color Standards vs. Physical Color Standards
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?
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…