High-precision colour swatch creation according to HLC Colour Atlas or RGB / CMYK / LAB / HLC

Proof. de Test forms in Fogra 39 (ISOCoatedV2) / Fogra 51 (PSOCoatedV3) or Fogra 47 (PSOUncoatedV3) / Fogra 52 (PSOUncoatedV3)

For the visual comparison between the printing conditions Fogra 39 (ISOCoatedV2) and Fogra 51 (PSOCoatedV3) or the printing conditions Fogra 47 (PSOUncoated) and Fogra 52 (PSOUncoatedV3) we have created test forms, which you can order here as contract proofs. To match the test forms, you can download the appropriate PDF data for the test forms from our Proof Blog. With the test forms, you can see at any time the differences between the old and new printing conditions and check your output devices, monitor calibration and more.

The FreeColour HLC Colour System uses the CIELAB color model and the clear systematics of HLC representation to describe colors digitally and device-independent. The colour atlas addresses professional users from design to production including the involved suppliers. Due to its open digital Creative Commons concept, the colour atlas is particularly suitable for cross-sectoral colour communications with the highest quality standards.
HLC Colour Atlas semimatt: colour atlas with 2040 colours, produced on an EPSON SureColor P9000V Spectro proofing system and GMG Colorproof software on a certified semi-matt proofing paper without optical brighteners (OBA). The production method ensures a very good match between the printed colour swatches and the ideal LAB reference and between different atlases/batches. Each colour atlas contains an individual quality protocol according to ISO 12647-7.

The new free colour HLC Colour Atlas XL with 13,283 colour swatches on 74 pages in DIN A4 oversize format uses the CIELAB colour model and the clear HLC representation system to describe colours digitally and device-independently. The colour atlas XL addresses professional users from design to production, including the suppliers involved. Due to its open digital Creative Commons concept, the colour atlas is particularly suitable for cross-sector colour communications with the highest quality requirements.
In comparison to the classic CIELAB HLC colour atlas, the gradation of the colour swatches was refined in the XL colour atlas. The colour tables show the gradation of a basic colour H (value range 0 ... 360) according to brightness L (0 ... 100) and chromaticity C (0 ... 110 for printing colour spaces). The step size of the gradations is 10 units for the standard atlas and 5 units for the XL atlas. Further tables show the grey series (C = 0) and also the less saturated colours (C = 5). When selecting the gamut, we have decided to accept a maximum deviation of ΔE₀₀ = 1 from the reference Lab value of any colour swatch. in the printed version the ideal lab values can be reproduced with an average ∆E₀₀ of 0.5 for approx. 90% of all colour swatches in the HLC Atlas XL.
HLC Colour Atlas XL semimatt: Colour atlas with 13,283 colours produced on an EPSON SureColor P9000V Spectro proofing system and GMG Colorproof software on a certified semimatt proofing medium without optical brighteners. The production method ensures a very good match between the printed colour swatch and the ideal LAB reference and between different atlases/batches. Each colour atlas contains an individual quality protocol according to ISO 12647-7.