Unlocking Colour Communication

Unlocking Colour Communication

Universal Standard for Colour Communication

How would you describe the exact nuance of copper?

The human eye perceives 10 million different colours. NCS – Natural Colour System® is a universal language for colour communication. Rooted in scientific precision, NCS Notations are your codes to communicate and select colours across industries with unparalleled accuracy. With NCS codes, copper will always refer to the same colour.

Is copper yellow, orange or red? Or NCS S 2030-Y60R?

Now available: NCS Quality Report 2024

To ensure high colour accuracy and reliable colour samples, NCS Colour performs rigorously quality controls in production. Our yearly NCS Quality Report is now available for the latest Pre-Order.

Colour and material

Pioneering partnership with Tarkett

Tarkett is now launched as the first partner of our colour platform NCS+. By browsing through the library of Tarkett’s flooring solutions you can identify and create harmonising colour and material combinations with the help of the NCS System.
Vectorworks + NCS

Partnership promotion

25% off any new Vectorworks annual subscription license 

As a Vectorworks partner, we are excited to offer our customers an exclusive Vectorworks discount. By using the code PPNCSC2024, you get a 25% discount on any new Vectorworks annual subscription license.

Offer starts July 1 and ends July 31, 2024, is manually applied in checkout and cannot be used on previous purchases, renewals or combined with other offers.

LOW CHROMATIC 2050: 100 new colours
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LOW CHROMATIC

2050: 100 new colours

AkvarellCollection 'Blåbär med mjölk' NCS S 2010-R70B
'Lotta' Yellow, NCS S 0907-Y30R

Duro Sweden captures Swedish nature and heritage in two new wallpaper collections, Akvarell and Small Patterns. They have NCS codes identifying every colour in their patterns. Learn about how the NCS System has improved their colour design process, from the factory to the paint store.

Explore the true essence of colours
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Explore the true essence of colours

White is not always just white and blue can include shades of both red and green. With NCS, it’s simple. And accurate. Our products will help you design and select the right colours for your mood board or projects.

Master your colour communication

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Transform your business

Over a span of forty years, we have engineered colour communication. Explore our portfolio of high quality products, accessible design tools, comprehensive colour education and innovative colour solutions to support your business.

Communicate in colour

Communicate in colour

Defining colours accurately is essential. Producing the exact same colour on different products, materials and surfaces starts with using a recognisable and common colour language. Identifying and deciding on colours with NCS is easy and optimises your colour communication process.

Experience the NCS+ digital colour tool

Experience the NCS+ digital colour tool

Simplify and speed up colour selections and projects. Seamlessly store, share and collaborate on colour palette projects. Extract NCS codes from images, create perfect colour combinations with advanced tools and search through extensive colour collections. Export in your favourite format.

Manage colour in production

Manage colour in production

With a legacy of revolutionising colour communication during the past 40 years, we truly know the complexity of colour management. We offer unique and proven expertise based on thousands of colour standards for the world’s most demanding industrial applications
and markets.