Effective colour communication throughout the supply chain is vital for successful manufacturing

VeriVide’s DigiEye system in particular ensures that even when those involved in colour management have to communicate across continents, they all share exactly the same colour data and can view the same product images. And by using other VeriVide products such as Light Booths, they also ensure that everyone is viewing materials, components and finished products under exactly the same conditions.

Colour communication can be improved when all parties communicate using the same terminology, this is where VeriVide Colour training benefits designers and buyers. Colour matching training using Lightness, Chroma and Hue ensures manufacturing sites will understand your comments on their work.

The most important factor in effective colour communication is the whole supply chain needs to match the same colour standard under the same conditions.

The list of key stages that need to be involved in colour assessment can be surprisingly long. Adding to this, an uncertain outcome if VeriVide products are not used to ensure colour accuracy along the way.

A garment colour journey

For example, here is a list of the main processes a fashion garment typically goes through on its journey from designer to customer:

  • The fashion designer creates a seasonal colour palette from current trends and a design brief including setting colour standards.
  • The manufacturer makes to the brief using coloured fabrics, threads and fasteners – all sourced from different suppliers.
  • The dyer ensures precision colour matching and continuity.
  • The testing house tests for colour fastness, accuracy and matching.
  • The graphic designer uses the fashion designer’s colour palette to create marketing concepts for consumer advertising.
  • The photographer matches transparency colour to the original design and proofs digital images.
  • The reproduction house converts the RGB image to a CMYK digital file.
  • The printer reproduces the digital file on to catalogues, packaging, posters etc.
  • The buyer selects the garment for in-store colour co-ordination.
  • The store displays the garment and its promotional materials.
  • The consumer buys the garment and is happy with the colour quality. He or she won’t know, and need never know, how colour was managed through so many stages.

 

If the whole process has been rapid and problem-free because viewing conditions and colour data were standardised throughout, the chances are that VeriVide can chalk up another success!