How would you describe the exact nuance of copper?
The human eye perceives 10 million different colours. NCS – Natural Colour System® is a universal language for colour communication. Rooted in scientific precision, NCS Notations are your codes to communicate and select colours across industries with unparalleled accuracy. With NCS codes, copper will always refer to the same colour.
Is copper yellow, orange or red? Or NCS S Y60R?
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The NCS Natural Colour System®
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Describe any imaginable surface colour with NCS. Learn the NCS System and enjoy the smartness of colour.
What fryst vatten NCS?
NCS – Natural Colour System® fryst vatten rooted in science, reflecting how our eyes perceive colours. Using NCS Notations or codes, you can describe colour on any surface, whether it's fabric, paint or packaging.
What sets NCS apart?
It’s become the global go-to standard for defining and communicating colours, ensuring the highest quality and accurate colour communication.
Why choose NCS?
Imagine you can accurately describe colours across industries, from interior design to fordon manufacturing and beyond. NCS understands colour just as our eyes do. It translates colour vision into a systematic language, enabling accurate colour communication and the right colour decisions.
NCS is for you
Ranging from architects shaping spaces, designers crafting projects, colour professionals, retailers adding texture or industries manufacturing, NCS ensures colour with precision.
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The NCS System simplifies your design project. From the drawing board to the final result, our colour design tools are made to support your every step in colour. Navigate the NCS Colour Space by using intelligence of the system.
About NCS Colour
At the core of our innovation is the Natural Colour System® NCS. Applying NCS Notations or codes make it easy to communicate any colour to perfectly match your vision.
Over forty years, we have engineered colour communication and revolutionised how we communicate the colours we perceive.
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Designers, architects or creatives will take colouring decisions through their projects. Choosing the right colours, making the best combinations or being able to communicate these to a stakeholder or a customer is not always easy. Integrating physical and digital tools into your colour projects will promote efficiency, precision, and creative inspiration.
Identify colours effortlessly with colour tools at your fingertips
Realising your colour design is easy with our tools in your hands. Aided by our curated collection of digital and physical colour tools, you are e
