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Ral Munsell Converter Download
by Ron Joseph
June, 2005
Converting Color Specifications to Pantone
Q. I'm part of an ASTM group that is writing a standard to specify icons designating safety of items in and near MRI scanners. We would like to reference the colors for safety signs given in ISO 3864-1. These colors are given in DIN, RAL, Munsell, AFNOR, and NCS systems. I would like to specify a corresponding Pantone for each color. Can you tell me how to determine the equivalent Pantones?
Jul 09, 2012 Munsell Conversion Freeware is available from the GretagMacbeth. RAL 30colour belongs to RAL Classic Color System, a colour matching system. Visual Color Standards – These usually feature color chips of some type like Munsell, Pantone, Natural Color Systems, RAL, Fed Std 595c. Alternative colours and convert colours to and from the RAL, BS4800, BS5252, BS2660 and BS381C, Pantone, DIN 6164, Australian Standard 2700, Farrow and Ball, Little Greene, Federal Standard 595, Dulux Trade and NCS ranges.
The colors are red, yellow, green, white, and black. The RAL specifications are: RAL 3001,RAL 1003,RAL 6032,RAL 9003, and RAL 9004, respectively. The Munsell specifications are: 7,5R 4/14 ; 10YR 7/14; 5G 4/9 ; N 9,5 ; and N 1, respectively.
I'd greatly appreciate any assistance you can provide. Thanks!!
A. Your e-mail was referred to me by Ron Joseph.
The Pantone system is not a color system like the NCS or the Munsell color systems, but a colorant system. Because of this, you do not have 'numbers' for all possible colors, and exact equivalents are the exception, not the rule. The fact that RAL CLASSIC, a system much older but similar to Pantone, is already specified may be due to a selection done the other way around, where the RAL patches
Here are a two possible ways to try finding a match:
Method 1: Using 'good quality' or 'certified' RAL (or Munsell) patches, measure them with a spectrometer that can be used with software which has Pantone chips libraries. Companies such as X-Rite and GretagMacbeth offer such packages. For example, using the GretagMacbeth Eye-One spectrometer and the Eye-One Share software, the closest Pantone chip is automatically selected when a sample is measured; you can also determine the color
Method 2: Using an add-on plug-in sold by the RAL organization, select the RAL CLASSIC patch in a graphics editing program which offers a Pantone chips picker, such as Photoshop. When a RAL patch is selected, you get its equivalent L*a*b* D50 coordinates. Then, using these coordinates, find the nearest Pantone chip with the program color picker. Caveat: L*a*b* data is rounded to the nearest integer in Photoshop. The link for the RAL plug-ins is:http://www.ral-digital.de/english/ral-liste_e.htm
Ral Munsell Converter Kit
I would also check the matching accuracies between the known RAL and Munsell chips as a guide of what would be
Please keep us informed of your progress,
Regards,
Danny Pascale
Munshell Conversion Table to RAL Color Code, 2011. Actually RAL and Munsell are using different standard of colors. We’ve received almost countless requests for such information as what is the Ral equivalent of Pantone 5and 228C.
This document provides tables that convert between Munsell. The Munsell colour system is a colour specification system that is widely used. INTERNATIONAL STANDARD COLOR CONVERSION RAL 10101002.
I decided to search the web for info on the Munsell color system and found this converter.
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Another colour system commonly invoked is the German RAL Classic. Munsell Conversion Freeware is available from the GretagMacbeth . RAL 30colour belongs to RAL Classic Color System, a colour matching system. Visual Color Standards – These usually feature color chips of some type like Munsell, Pantone, Natural Color Systems, RAL, Fed Std 595c. Unit Converter Calculator Conversions between SI, imperial, US, and other units . These colors are given in DIN, RAL, Munsell, AFNOR, and NCS systems. I would like to specify a corresponding Pantone for each color.
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