Marabu Color Systems

For the design of printing motifs, existing colour systems, such as PANTONE®, HKS®, NCS or RAL are often used. Since these color systems were originally developed for different printing processes such as offset or for coatings, it is often difficult to reproduce them onto the various, also colored substrates.

In order to meet the demand for mostly opaque color samples, Marabu had developed the color range "System 21" including 21 basic shades many years ago, considering that at this time high opacity was most important. Many ink types are still supplied in these shades.

In the meantime, the systems PANTONE® and HKS® have been more and more successful in the design of colors. The demand for brilliancy has become essential. For this reason, Marabu has developed a new color system, in order to reconcile the wish for both opaque but also brilliant color shades in the best way and economically at the same time. Thoroughly selected and optimally pigmented basic shades are the key for an almost unlimited range of brilliant mixed color shades - without renouncing on best possible opacity. With a combination of opaque and also some transparent, brilliant shades: System Maracolor for solvent-based screen printing inks, System Ultracolor for the UV-curing inks and System Tampacolor for all solvent-based pad printing inks.

All basic shades are intermixable. Please find mixing formulas for color systems such as PANTONE®, HKS®, or RAL in the Marabu-ColorManager. With the Marabu-ColorFormulator color matching system, you are able to calculate a mixing formula for any other color shade as well.

PANTONE®, is Pantone Inc.'s check-standard trademark for color. Portions*Pantone, Inc., 1963, 1991.

HKS® is a registered trademark of HKS (Hostmann-Steinberg, K+E, Schmincke) Warenzeichen- verband e.V.