RAL colour matching

[Nicola McIntosh]

hi i’ve been down the ral road before, had to buy the swatch book!! 😛

it’s handy to keep though!! 😀 😀

Nik

[Peter Normington]

a lot of vinyl colour charts have ral numbers on could you colour match or do you just use paint? if you gave me a ral i could try to match it (nearest)for you but i’m sure there are more knowlegeable people about than me ! if not i’ll do my best

lynn (not peter) he’s waiting for corrie!!!

[Nigel Fraser]

I used to have the same problem until i bought a swatch – mine was from metamark and costs £10.88 ! It’s got 200 odd colours in a fan swatch and i’d say this is an invaluable tool to have.

Nigel

[John Childs]

If you are on good terms with your local car bodyshop, go and talk nicely to them. The paint manufacturers include RAL in the pile of swatches they give to repairers and they never get used. You should be able to talk your man into giving you his. That’s where mine came from. 😀

Paint manufacturers don’t need an equivilent. A RAL number is its own specification and they will all be able to produce paint in that colour.

RAL is used extensively on the continent, in the same way that we use Pantone here, and if you deal with foreign companies, or if your clients have foreign parent companies, you can’t manage without a swatch.

[Glenn Sharp]

Give Trimite A ring & ask them for their paint swatch with the ral colours on – cost you nothing more than the phone call 😛

0189 525 1234

[budone]

I got a RAL Swatch on ebay for £4.00 nice fan one with plenty of colours and still sealed.

[Gary Davis]

thanks for all the replies!

[Andy Davis]

Hi There, try this website, full of ral colours, it should help you out a bit. http://www.indfinspec.demon.co.uk/ral_colour_chart.htm

[Gary Davis]

cheers andy, gives me an approx idea of colour until i get my swatch through!