RAL 7 Digit

[Tommy Burns]

Hi all

 

I have just been asked to use a colour in PS with a 7 digit RAL number. How do I go about finding what the colour is exactly. I have looked on line but can't make sense of it all I know is colour, light ,chroma (whatever that is) Hope you can help.

 

Thanks

 

Tommy

[SandmanNinja]

It's a colour standard, been around for a while. I think it's really popular in Europe. I know there are RAL to Pantone converters, but not sure about the other way around.

 

I can give you a RAL number and you can mix your inks/colours so that you produce that exact colour.

 

http://www.ralcolour.co.uk/

that's the official European website

 

 

http://www.tradeprintsupplies.co.uk/ral_colour_chart.php

this place sells software and other things (including a converter)

 

Man, it sounds like they want some incredibly specific colours...

[Tommy Burns]

Thanks Joel

 

Yes very fussy clients. What they really want is to convert a 7 digit ral code back or near enough to the old 4 digit one.

 

Tommy

[Stephen Thomas]

As far as I can see the 4 digit codes relate to the RAL Classic colours and the 7 digit codes relate to the RAL Design colour pallette. You should try using Quizzy's matlibs to get the RGB values:

 

http://www.cgarchitect.com/vb/12820-all-ral-colors-matlibs.html