The NCS Index color fan contains 1950 standard colors, of which 200 were first introduced in 2004. NCS is used in the manufacture of building and industrial coatings, as well as in architecture and design.
The colors in the NCS Index 1950 tinting catalog are divided into 5 groups:
-gray
-yellow (G80Y-Y70R)
-red (Y80R-R70B)
-blue (R80B-B70G)
-green (B80G-G70Y)
In this catalog, on each sheet there are marks indicating the exact position of the color in the color wheel and the color triangle.
The NCS system is used in 19 countries and is adopted as the standard for determining color in Sweden, Norway and Spain.
It is also accepted as a standard by the International Color Authority, a leading agency that publishes the latest trends in interior design and the textile market.
NCS 980 contains standard colors in 5 color groups:
-gray
-yellow
-red
-blue
-green
RAL – German color standard
In 1927 the German Reichs-Ausschuß für Lieferbedingungen und Gütesicherung (Imperial Commission for Delivery Terms and Quality Assurance) invented a collection of 40 colors under the name of “RAL 840”.
Prior to that date manufacturers and customers had to exchange samples to describe a color, whereas from then on they would rely on numbers.
RAL is a color matching system used in Europe. In colloquial speech RAL refers to the RAL Classic system, mainly used for varnish and powder coating but nowadays there are reference panels for plastics as well.
In the 1930s the numbers were changed uniformly to four digits and the collection was renamed to “RAL 840 R” (R for revised).
With colors constantly added to the collection, it was revised again in 1961 and changed to “RAL 840-HR”, which consists of 210 colors and is in use to this day.
In the 1960s the colors were given supplemental names to avoid confusion in case of transposed digits.
As “RAL 840-HR” covered only matte paint, the 1980s the invention of “RAL 841-GL” for glossy surfaces, limited to 193 colors.
The first digit relates to the shade of the color:
1xxx — yellow (30 pcs)
2xxx — orange (13 pcs)
3xxx — red (25 pcs)
4xxx — violet (12 pcs)
5xxx — blue (25 pcs)
6xxx — green (36 pcs)
7xxx — gray (38 pcs)
8xxx — brown (20 pcs)
9xxx — white and black (14 gab.), incl. metallics.












designed for:
– tinting paint for acrylic dispersion paints
– separately, as a decorative paint, for painting various porous surfaces (concrete, asbestos cement, gypsum, wood, gypsum board, particle board, veneer, etc.);
Recommended for water-soluble paints, emulsions, enamels, putties, varnishes, decorative plasters







wood finishing materials (water dispersion or organic solvent based) tinting shades of precious wood.
Available in 12 colors, 36 undertone.
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