Custom color matching
Send a reference, get a matched sample in about a week. PANTONE, RAL, Federal Standard 595, a physical chip, or a photo you upload with the request.
Send a reference, get a matched sample in about a week. PANTONE, RAL, Federal Standard 595, a physical chip, or a photo you upload with the request.
Complete the form and one of our color technicians will be in touch, typically within one business day. For urgent requests, call us directly at 1-800-924-1581.
The fastest start is a photo: upload the part, chip, or swatch you want matched right in the form. If you'd rather mail a physical standard, we'll provide a shipping address after you submit.
What to have ready
What happens next
You'll hear from a color technician.Usually the same business day. They review any photos you uploaded, confirm details, and, if needed, provide a shipping address for physical samples.
We formulate and trial.Using spectrophotometry and in-house knowledge, we develop a match and confirm it in your resin system or a representative substitute.
Samples ship to you.Once we're confident in the match, we ship a sample for your evaluation. Commercial production follows approval.
A PAT color technician will reply within one business day, usually sooner. If you have a physical color standard to send us, we'll include a shipping address in our reply.
Using spectrophotometry, decades of application knowledge, and in-house trials, our technicians match to any color reference you provide. We match from established color standard systems and supply all colors in customized package options. Matches and commercial orders typically ship in about a week.
Our low-viscosity liquid dispersions consist of organic and inorganic pigments in a variety of carrier vehicles. They are the format of choice for cast urethane, PU foam, epoxy flooring, and other systems where liquid addition is standard, and work well for both third-stream dosing and mass coloration.
For TPU and other thermoplastic elastomers processed by extrusion or injection molding, we also supply color as masterbatch. Masterbatch is pigment pre-compounded into a pelletized carrier resin matched to your material. It lets down cleanly at the press at a typical addition rate of 2 to 5 percent, with consistent color and no liquid handling in a solid-state process.
We account for heat profiles, UV exposure, process method, and resin compatibility when formulating your color, and we can supply carriers based on low-viscosity plasticizer, polyether polyol, polypropylene glycol, Benzoflex, or vegetable oil. UV stabilizers, antistats, fluorescent colors, and tints are available.
Our liquid color is matched and produced in the United States, so it qualifies as a Berry Amendment compliant component for military and government footwear and textile programs. It is also REACH, RoHS, and California Proposition 65 compliant, with documentation available on request. Masterbatch is colored into a carrier resin that may be imported, so for a Berry program in a molded or extruded part, tell us the requirement and we will confirm what we can supply.
Our US-made liquid color is Berry Amendment, REACH, RoHS, and California Proposition 65 compliant. Documentation on request.
About a one-week lead time for color matches and commercial orders. All colors available in 5 kg, 12.5 kg, and 20 kg pails, drums, and totes.
Carriers based on low-viscosity plasticizer, polyether polyol, polypropylene glycol, Benzoflex, or vegetable oil. UV stabilizers, antistats, fluorescent colors, and tints available.
We match to any major reference system, including PANTONE, RAL, and Federal Standard 595. If you have a physical color chip rather than a standard number, send it to us and we'll work from that.
Our liquid dispersions and masterbatches are formulated for:
Browse reference shades for specific applications in our online color books: