Colour, it’s not Rocket Science!

Ever met a designer? Fun, creative, often technical and more often young people, inventing all kinds of exciting things at the drawing board. It looks amazing, but then appropriate materials need to be selected….

Ever met Engineering Plastics Vendors? Great men and women, with slightly insufficient technological depth, full of enthusiasm of their (unsurpassed) portfolio of materials for every part of the design….

Ever met a Technical Material Developer? Fantastic technicians who know everything about every technical aspect of the material and the requirements to ensure success for Designer and Vendor ….

Design finished, material selected and tested..oh by the way, it needs to be in a certain colour!

Welcome in the real world of Colour Experts, usually back in line, mostly not enough time, complex designs and materials, very strict colour specifications. High temperatures, UV and light stability, reactivity between raw materials, moisture influences, impact on material properties, high chromaticity or very light and dark colours with narrow specification nuances...The Colour Expert knows it’s pigments and dyes, knows what it can and cannot do, thinks outside the box or at least at the border of it’s options, finds new and creative ways and solutions, considers not only the designers, Vendors and Developers but also the Engineers, Operators and Lab Technicians in production. Not only thinking about the here and now with regards to SHE, but also the future with recycling and disposal issues.