Dear readers,

on Thursday, 28.09.2023 at 1:00 p.m. (CEST) the new colour trend report RAL COLOUR FEELING 2025+ will be released. Join us live for the digital presentation and learn from Prof. Timo Rieke, which colours will shape our environment for the coming years. Learn more about the background of the trend report, possible applications and how the transfer from colour to material can be achieved best.

The colour palette for 2025+ is entitled CARE + COLLABORATE and includes 15 shades of the RAL DESIGN SYSTEM plus.

Save the date now and look forward to a motivating colour selection for resonant design.

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https://bbsy.short.gy/colourfeelingenglish

We are looking forward to seeing you!

Best regards
Your RAL COLOURS Team

Every year, the colours of the trend report are part of the RAL DESIGN SYSTEM plus. The RAL DESIGN SYSTEM plus is a colour system that contains a total of 1,825 finely graded nuances. It is based on the internationally known CIELab system. The colours are sorted into 39 colour ranges plus a grey axis and the dimensions brightness and chroma.

Each nuance is standardised and is clearly identified by a 7-digit RAL code and a colour name. The colour code indicates the position of the colour in the colour system: the first three digits stand for the colour range. The scale ranges from 000 for the colours on the grey axis to 360 for berry and pink tones. The fourth and fifth numbers indicate the brightness. Low values reflect dark and high values light tones. The last two digits represent the chromaticity. Low values correspond to little saturation and high values to high saturation. For example, RAL 260 30 35 Royal Blue is a shade of blue that is relatively dark and strong.

The colour system is ideal for professional colour application and facilitates the creative process as well as colour communication.

Together with the colour palettes RAL CLASSIC and RAL EFFECT the RAL DESIGN SYSTEM plus creates a world of over 2,500 RAL colours. The three palettes differ in various aspects, such as the number of colour shades or their systematics and they have different special characteristics. Learn more about the different RAL colour palettes and their differences.

›› Take a look at the RAL colour palettes overview now!

All RAL COLOUR FEELING colours and all further matching shades of the RAL DESIGN SYSTEM plus can be found in the handy RAL D2 colour fan. The latest edition has been optimised in its handling, so it is even easier and more effective for users all over the world. With creative colour names in English on the frontpage and translations into German, Chinese and Russian on the back of the respective colour tiles. That is why the use of the RAL DESIGN SYSTEM plus is made easier internationally. An index and page numbers help you to quickly find the selected shade from a total of 1,825 colours. This enables precise colour selection in project work.

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