Colour Development
Which colour tones fall between two of any given colours?
With this function you can calculate the colour development between two colour tones. You will produce transitions that are felt to be harmonic due to the equidistance of the intermediate grades.
In the first step the window calculates the ideal typical CIELAB coordinates, which divide the stretch between the two colour coordinates into n parts (n is the number of selected grades). In the second step ("show real colours") the colours that fall next to the ideal typical CIELAB coordinates are displayed in the selected colour system.
The picture shows the RAL CLASSIC system in the three dimensional CIELAB colour space and the connection between pastel yellow and signal blue. Which colours are close to the connecting line?
Very simple with the Digital Colour Atlas!
Short instructions
- Select "Harmony" and "Colour development" in the main menu.
- Select the colour portfolio from which both end colours are to be taken.
- Select the two colour tones from the chosen colour system.
- Select the number of grades.
- “Ideal” or “Real” appear
on the right side of the window with either…
- the ideal calculated in between colours (Lab-coordinates), or
- the results within the chosen colour system as well as its divergence Delta E to the according calculated ideal colour.
A window will appear in “Details” in which the results are consolidated in a clear form on an A4 page. This page can either be printed for documentation or the text can be copied out to send the colour development on via email, for example.