Colour Specifiers – A Tool for ‘Quick Response’

Colour selection is an important factor in the design of textile products and traditionally this has depended on a large number of laboratory matchings being prepared from which the final selection is made. Colour atlases as an aid to colour selection are not new and those available are reviewed in this paper. The design of an ideal colour specifier is considered and its role is outline together with a discussion of the advantages gained from its use. Finally the use of the specifier by dyers and printers as a further aid to ‘quick response’ is demonstrated