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If you are a seasoned apparel designer, you have inevitably been frustrated with the color matching process
If you are a seasoned apparel designer, you have inevitably been frustrated with the color matching process, no matter which type of textile you have tried to source out for manufacturing.
If you are new to the business, you probably get stalled by your apparel label source when you indicate the colors “blue” or “red”. Coloring is a very technical art and science. Let me explain why.
Oftentimes, garment label manufacturers utilize a technical color library called the Pantone Color System.
Oftentimes, garment label manufacturers utilize a technical color library called the Pantone Color System. Just as you are overwhelmed with numbered colors samples when you go to the hardware store to match paint, such is the reality with textile fabric labels.
For example If you contact your garment label manufacturer and indicate you need blue, they will request a Pantone or a RGB color because there are literally dozens of shades of blue. Even then, there are technical challenges for exact matching that will be covered in follow up article.
If you are sending a scanned sample or a graphics file for your textile label manufacturer to match, there is another subtle challenge: Slight digital format alterations.
If you are sending a scanned sample or a graphics file for your textile label manufacturer to match, there is another subtle challenge: Slight digital format alterations. For example, what may appear to be yellow #j005 on your screen using your graphics interface program may appear as yellow #j010 with your fabric labels supplier’s graphics interface program with perhaps a different screen resolution. The differences aren’t huge, but if color matching is a must, it is imperative to obtain a physical sample of your apparel label before you go to full production. Graphic interfacing technology has not yet caught up to the resolution the human eye has.
However, there can be a big downside to physical sampling: Time. If each sample takes 3-7 days to produce, and if the textile factory is not domestically located, then you also have long shipping times. There maybe substantial costs incurred with sampling that may exceed an experimental minimum fabric label order.
If your budget and production is constrained, then it is highly recommended you allow for a small margin of error with respect to color shading. You can always go back with a second apparel label order to make small adjustments as needed. Don’t sweat the small stuff.
The next segment covers the color technology and chemistry in an easy to understand manner. Coordinating your clothing line, is challenging, yet when organized efficiently, can be highly rewarding.
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