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RAL EFFECT Colour Card - New colours for industry

Tikkurila has chosen RAL EFFECT - a new, standardised colour collection - as their standard for industrial coatings. By being one of the first industrial paint manufacturers to introduce products based on the collection, Tikkurila upholds its position as the leader in industrial coatings. By choosing Tikkurila's products combined with colours from the RAL EFFECT collection, you are able to accurately achieve perfect colour match.

RAL EFFECT comprises a harmonious selection of 420 solid and 70 metallic colours. In addition to the colours in RAL EFFECT collection, Tikkurila and Temaspeed distributors can supply thousands of other colour shades in a variety of products. Tikkurila offers excellent colour accuracy for water-based industrial paints compared to RAL EFFECT colour card because the pigments used in producing the colour card are the same as generally used in paint industry. Naturally, these colours are also available in high-solids and solvent-based products.

More creative variety

The power of colour is growing in industrial applications such as steel and support structures, machinery and equipment. In applications of the wood working industry, such as furniture and kitchen doors, colour has played an important role already for some time. Getting the colours just right is becoming more and more important. The broader palette of industrial colours makes the new RAL EFFECT colour collection ideal for industrial designers. For greater creative variety, the collection offers larger colour space as well as a number of bright shades and saturated darker shades.

There are also no other colour collections in the market that contains as broad selection of metallic colours. What's more, all the metallic colours are harmoniously and safely combinable with the solid colours.

Better results, better safety

Tikkurila is renown of its commitment to work safety and environmental issues. The new RAL EFFECT colour collection continues our long-term sustainability policy - the colour collection is completely lead and chromate free. Tikkurila offers products that fulfil the requirements of the latest European VOC Directive. Apart from the improved environmental impact, the colours of the collection are cost-effective to produce by tinting, including high-quality water-based paints.

All colours, both solid and metallic, can be tinted from white, clear and two aluminium base paints with 15 carefully chosen colourants, without making any compromises in quality. Since the colours are also designed for tinting, the paints can be economically produced even in small quantities.

The RAL EFFECT colour collection has been designed with the help of colour specialists, to ensure optimal hiding power and economical pigment selection of the colour shades. In addition, the collection includes a gloss determination sheet which provides information on different gloss levels as well as helps to visualize and estimate them and their influence on colour.

Five key facts why to choose RAL EFFECT

Comprises a harmonious selection of 420 solid and 70 metallic colours
New, trendy colour selection designed especially for industrial users
Excellent colour accuracy with Tikkurila's water-based industrial paints
Offers cost-effectiveness with high-quality pigment range and their optimised use in formulating colours
Colour card is produced by utilizing environmentally compliant water-based paint technology

For additional information about the RAL EFFECT colour cards and Tikkurila products, consult your local Temaspeed distributor. Click to our website www.temaspeed.com to find your nearest Temaspeed distributor.