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Which RAL Colour Chart is Required?

What is the difference between RAL CLASSIC, RAL EFFECT and RAL Design System Plus?

RAL CLASSIC

RAL CLASSIC

RAL Classic has been the established global standard for colours in public institutions and private industry for more than 100 years. It offers safety and signal colours as well as colours that comply with DIN standards . The 216 modern colours are used for colour checking for painters and coatings by interior designers and tradesmen. They are also used in the field of industrial design to communicate colours and standardise industrial processes.

What are DIN standards?
These are popular colour standards that are regularly used by industries, for example in the colour coding of telecommunications cables.

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RAL EFFECT

RAL EFFECT

Water-based colour cards with an aqueous coating system for environmentally friendly colour production. These are ideal for paint and coatings manufacturers and find application in interior design, architecture, product design and graphic design.

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RAL Design System Plus

RAL Design System Plus

This comprehensive collection of 1,825 colours is an indispensable tool for creative professionals in architecture, design, industry and crafts. The Design System Plus colours are based on the CIELab system and are ideal for industrial and product design as well as for facilitating colour communication, creativity and experimentation. With colour names in English, German, French, Russian and Chinese for international collaboration.

What is the CIELab system?

CIELab stands for Commission Internationale de l'éclairage, or International Commission on Illumination, the international authority on light and colour spaces. The CIELab colour space represents colours as humans see them through brightness and the unique colours red, green, blue, and yellow, based on the results of colour matching experiments conducted in the laboratory.

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