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?
Colour your design
Digitised interior design exploration
New Terracotta launched in NCS+
We are thrilled to announce New Terracotta as the second partner of our digital colour platform NCS+, which is quickly becoming an all-encompassing design platform for architects, designers and creatives worldwide. Sign up today to take part!
Daring to think outside the white box
The colourful collection "Outside the white box" of bathroom manufacturer INR is a lively line that adds a twist to the classic all-white bathroom.
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How the NCS System Ensures Colour Quality
Across NCS portfolio, we offer products and services that support professionals when working with colour. The NCS System ensures colour quality and precision in colour matching while facilitating clear communication across teams, professions and stakeholders.
In this white paper, you will learn how implementing the NCS System with appropriate quality control solutions helps maintain high standards and meet your customer expectations.
Interior & Exterior 84 fan decks
Our colour collections Interior & Exterior 84 are now available in handy fan decks, containing colours of the most popular and best suited colours for each environment.
NCS Colour Trends 2025+
What's next in colour? Gaia, On & Off, Inner and Ethereal – these are the trend directions representing the trend colours of 2025+. Get to know them!
Designer Mike Klar interprets the direction of Inner. Explore the process of how the redecoration of his studio and creating a painting embodies Inner!
Discover how designer Julie Lansom incorporates the colours of trend direction Ethereal into her renowned 'Bao Lamp'. What is her inspiration?
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Explore allWhat's next in colour? Gaia, On & Off, Inner and Ethereal – these are the trend directions representing the trend colours of 2025+. Get to know them!
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Read moreDesigner Mike Klar interprets the direction of Inner. Explore the process of how the redecoration of his studio and creating a painting embodies Inner!
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Read moreDiscover how designer Julie Lansom incorporates the colours of trend direction Ethereal into her renowned 'Bao Lamp'. What is her inspiration?
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
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
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
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
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.
