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RAL is a colour matching system used in Europe that is created and administrated by the German RAL
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gGmbH[1] (RAL non-profit LLC), which is a subsidiary of the German RAL Institute. In colloquial speech RAL
Tools refers to the RAL Classic system, mainly used for varnish and powder coating but nowadays there are
What links here reference panels for plastics as well. Approved RAL products are provided with a hologram as of early 2013 to
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‫اﻟﻌﺮﺑﯿﺔ‬ RAL colour space system [ edit ]

Deutsch See also: List of RAL colors
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RAL Classic [ edit ]
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Português In 1927 the German Reichs-Ausschuß für Lieferbedingungen und Gütesicherung (Imperial
Русский Commission for Delivery Terms and Quality Assurance) invented a collection of forty colours
Svenska under the name of "RAL 840".[2] Prior to that date manufacturers and customers had to exchange
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samples to describe a tint, whereas from then on they would rely on numbers.[3]
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In the 1930s the numbers were changed uniformly to four digits and the collection was renamed
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to "RAL 840 R" (R for revised). With tints constantly added to the collection, it was revised again
in 1961 and changed to "RAL 840-HR", which consists of 210 colours and is in use to this day. In
the 1960s the colours were given supplemental names to avoid confusion in case of transposed
digits. RAL CLASSIC K5 colour fan

As "RAL 840-HR" covered only matte paint the 1980s saw the invention of "RAL 841-GL" for
glossy surfaces, limited to 193 colours.[4] A main criterion for colours in the RAL Classic collection is to be of "paramount interest".
Therefore, most of the colours in it are used on warning and traffic signs or are dedicated to government agencies and public services (for
example: RAL 1004 - Swiss Postal Service, RAL 1021 - Austrian Postal Service, RAL 1032 - German Postal Service).[5] The first digit
relates to the shade of the colour:

Range Range Name First Last Quantity

RAL 1xxx Yellow RAL 1000 Green Beige RAL 1037 Sun Yellow 50
RAL 2xxx Orange RAL 2000 Yellow Orange RAL 2013 Pearl Orange 14

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 Range Range Name First Last Quantity
RAL 3xxx Red RAL 3000 Fire Red RAL 3033 Pearl Pink 34
RAL 4xxx Violet RAL 4001 Red Purple RAL 4012 Pearl Black Berry 12
RAL 5xxx Blue RAL 5000 Violet Blue RAL 5026 Pearl Night Blue 25
RAL 6xxx Green RAL 6000 Patina Green RAL 6038 Luminous Green 36
RAL 7xxx Grey RAL 7000 Squirrel Grey RAL 7048 Pearl Mouse Grey 38
RAL 8xxx Brown RAL 8000 Green Brown RAL 8029 Pearl Copper 20
RAL 9xxx White/Black RAL 9001 Cream RAL 9023 Pearl Dark Grey 14

RAL F9 [ edit ]

This collection, which follows the naming of RAL Classic, was invented in 1984.[citation needed] It is nowadays made up of ten colours (RAL
1039-F9 Sand beige, RAL 1040-F9 Clay beige, RAL 6031-F9 Bronze green, RAL 6040-F9-Light olive, RAL 7050-F9 Camouflage grey,
RAL 8027-F9 Leather brown, RAL 8031-F9 Sand brown, RAL 9021-F9 Tar black and RAL 6031-HR Bronze green for non-camouflage
applications), used by the Bundeswehr for military camouflage coating.[6][7]

RAL Design [ edit ]

In 1993 a new colour matching system was introduced, tailored to the needs of architects, designers and advertisers. It started with 1,688
colours and was revised to 1,625 colours and now 1825 colours. The colours of RAL Classic and RAL Design do not intersect.

Contrary to the preceding systems, RAL Design features no names and its numbering follows a scheme based on the CIELAB color
space, specifically cylindrical CIEHLC. Each colour is represented by seven digits, grouped in a triple and two pairs, representing hue
(000–360 degrees, angle in the CIELab colour wheel), lightness (same as in L*a*b*) and chroma (relative saturation). The three numeric
components of almost all RAL Design colours are multiples of 5, the majority are divisible by 10.[8]

Conversion from RAL Design number tuple to CIELAB

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 "RAL 210 50 15" converts to L* = 50, a* = −12.99, b* = −7.5, for instance.

RAL Effect [ edit ]

RAL Effect comprises 420 solid colours and seventy metallic colours. It is the first collection from RAL to be based on waterborne paint
systems.

RAL Digital [ edit ]

RAL Digital is software that allows designers to navigate the RAL colour space.

See also [ edit ]

List of RAL colors

Colour chart, other colour systems and charts
Federal Standard 595
Natural Color System
Pantone

References [ edit ]

1. ^ "Imprint" . Retrieved 15 June 2016.

2. ^ "RAL Colours history" . Retrieved 15 June 2016.
3. ^ "RAL Historie" (PDF). Retrieved 15 June 2016.
4. ^ "The RAL CLASSIC Colour Collection" . Retrieved 15 June 2016.
5. ^ "How is the RAL CLASSIC colour collection structured?" . Retrieved 15 June 2016.
6. ^ "RAL F9" . Retrieved 15 June 2016.
7. ^ "Does RAL CLASSIC include the camouflage colours of Germany's Armed Forces?" . Retrieved 6 December 2016.
8. ^ "Overview of all RAL Design colours" .

External links [ edit ]

Official RAL Colours website

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