Munsell Color Tolerance Sets

Used to improve color quality control among buyers and suppliers, Color Tolerance Sets are ideal for multi-component products manufactured in different geographic locations.

Color Quality Control for Buyers and Suppliers
Color Tolerance Sets are ideal for multi-component products manufactured in different geographic locations utilizing a variety o processes that involve an external vendor network. Designed to improve time-to-market and reduce wasted time and materials, the tolerance sets provide a visual criteria by which finished goods will be evaluated.

How It Works
The Color Tolerance Sets shows the target color plus acceptable limits held in tolerance around the ideal or centroid color. You determine the tolerance limits and criteria for communicating the tolerances. The tolerance limits are all defined as being a Light, Dark, Red, Green, Blue or Yellow limit when compared to the target color. the different types of Color Tolerance Sets are defined by the number of limits that are incorporated in the Color Tolerance Set. So a seven-step Color Tolerance Set would have a target color plus a Light limit, Dark limit, Red limit, Green limit, Blue limit and Yellow limit.

Special Effects
The Color Tolerance Sets that are listed as "Special" are used for a specialty metallic or pearlescent color match.

Gloss
Gloss differences are represented by additional patches which demonstrate how a change of gloss either higher or lower affects the appearance of the color.