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Ral color system

Those Ral color systems are standardizations of the Institute for ral (originally Realm committee for terms of delivery) for colors. Admits is above all those today „ral CLASSIC “color row mentioned with numbers four digit, which exists 210 colors since 1927 and today enclosure.

Table of contents 1 RAL CLASSIC 2 RAL EFFECT 3 RAL DESIGN 4 RAL DIGITAL 5 Color chart 5.1 Yellow and beige 5.2 Orange tones 5.3 Red 5.4 Violet 5.5 Blue 5.6 Green 5.7 Grey 5.8 Brown 5.9 White and black 5.10 separated led camouflage colors after RAL-F9-Karte 5.11 painted colors 6 Literature 7 See also 7.1 Other color systems 8 Web on the left of

RAL CLASSIC

That Realm committee for terms of delivery compiled together 1927 a color chart (ral color collection), in order to assign to a color a clear number. Originally the table consisted only of 40 colors, later became it on approx. 210 colors supplements. The advantage is that between Customer and Supplier more a ral number and no color pattern to be only exchanged must.

Around 1940 the conversion of the RAL-Farben to the system four digit took place, how it is common until today. Camouflage colors of the army one recognized 7 until 1944 always by one „“or „8 “in the first place.

There are thereby still differences between halfmatte (ral 840-HR colour register) and shining (ral 841-GL colour register) colors.

RAL EFFECT

Since April 2007 ral with the Farbpalette fulfills „ral EFFECT “the desire for to larger coloured organization variety in the industriellen range of application. Ral EFFECT covers 420 university and 70 metal IC colours. It is the first collection of ral, which is based on water-based lacquer systems. Heavy metals such as lead, cadmium and chromates are excluded.

RAL DESIGN

That Ral DESIGN system 1993 of the public one introduced. It is a sentence of 1688 standardized colors, in CIELab Farbenraum are described. Contrary to the arbitrary numbers in the older ral color system the colors are systematically arranged according to Buntton (H, Hue), brightness (L, Lightness) and multicoloredness (C, Chroma).

The structure of the ral Design color system follows that 1976 of the CIE (Commission international d'Eclairage) fixed internationally used Lab- Color system of units. A is the red green axle (negative values for green, positive values for red), b the yellow blue axle (negative values for blue, positive values for yellow) and L the brightness. The point of grey or neutral point is with A = b = 0.

That CIELab- Formalism is described in the DIN 6174.

RAL DIGITAL

In order to give architects and designers the possibility, the systems ral CLASSIC of using ral DESIGN and ral EFFECT directly in its working environment became also RAL DIGITAL a software solution develops, which permits it to load the RAL-Farben directly into the usual diagram and CAD programs.

The following programs are equipped with ral color pallets: Adobe Framemaker, Adobe GoLive, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Pagemaker, Adobe Photoshop, ARC+, Autodesk AutoCAD (3D), Autodesk AutoCAD, B&E rising up Time, Bentley Microstation, Cinema 4D, Corel graphics Suite, Fractal Design Painter, gamma RAY, Graphisoft ArchiCAD, M-Color, Kinetix 3D Studio, Macromedia Freehand, MT ArCon, Micrografx Picture Publisher/IGrafx image, Micrografx/IGrafx designer, Nemetschek Allplan/Allplot, quark XPress, RIBCON, SolidWorks, Softtech mirror-image-guessed/advised, Vectorworks

Besides an organization module is contained of practical questions with the RAL-Farben to dyeing drafts and software for answer in the scope of supply (computation of appropriate RAL-Farben to other output colors, computation of harmonious color combinations, printer adjustment, among other things)

Color chart

Color chart after ral CLASSIC, in the standard assortment after groups of colours, as it marks the prominent place

• See that Reference to the color representation. Many RAL-Farben are on monitors and printers not correctly representable and only by approximations represented.
• The white framed color patterns refer to effect colors.

Yellow and beige

Number	Color pattern	Name	Description, prominent examples
Ral 1000		Green
Ral 1001		Beige
Ral 1002		Sand-yellow
Ral 1003		Signal-yellow	Alarm flag (DIN 4844, DIN 5381), point marking with the sheeting of used vehicle parts
Ral 1004		Gold-yellow	House color that Swiss post office
Ral 1005		Honey-yellow
Ral 1006		Corn-yellow
Ral 1007		Narcissus-yellow	ehem. Chrome-yellow, historical Post office-yellow
Ral 1011		Brown
Ral 1012		Lemon-yellow
Ral 1013		Perl white
Ral 1014		Ivory	Until 1979 for many decades color of the Austrian Post office penalty
Ral 1015		Light ivory	in Germany since 1971 for Taxi legally prescribed, in some Lands of the Federal Republic however in the meantime waived
Ral 1016		Sulfur-yellow	Also euroyellow mentioned, partial color of emergency service vehicles
Ral 1017		Safrangelb
Ral 1018		Zinkgelb
Ral 1019		Grey
Ral 1020		Olive-yellow
Ral 1021		RWSyellow	in former times cadmium-yellow - firm color that Austrian post office
Ral 1023		Traffic-yellow	„Safety corresponds yellow “u.s. Dep. OF standard (www.osha.gov Occupational Safety and Health administration)
Ral 1024		Ocher-yellow
Ral 1026		Shine-yellow
Ral 1027		Currygelb
Ral 1028		Melon-yellow	Firm color that Lufthansa
Ral 1032		Broom-yellow	Firm color that German post office AG, German post office vehicles since 1980
Ral 1033		Dahlia-yellow
Ral 1034		Pastellgelb
Ral 1035		Perl-beige
Ral 1036		Perl gold
Ral 1037		Sun-yellow

Orange tones

Number	Color pattern	Name	Description, prominent examples
Ral 2000		Yellow orange	in former times uses for road operating vehicles (Roads-/Motorway maintenance area) in Germany
Ral 2001		Red orange
Ral 2002		Blutorange
Ral 2003		Pastellorange
Ral 2004		Pure orange	Disaster control the FRG (radio, ABC); Sculpture „Rhine orange“
Ral 2005		Shining orange	Color for distress rescue means and corresponds safety orange (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_orange) (www.osha.gov Occupational Safety and Health administration)
Ral 2007		Shining light orange
Ral 2008		Light red orange
Ral 2009		Traffic orange
Ral 2010		Signal orange
Ral 2011		Low orange	Road operating vehicles (Roads-/Motorway maintenance area) in Germany (colloquial Local orange)
Ral 2012		Salmon orange
Ral 2013		Perl orange

Red

Number	Color pattern	Name	Description, prominent examples
Ral 3000		Fire-red	Signal color for Prohibition, Stop and Emergency stop (DIN 4844); Standard color of many Fire-fighting vehicles; Color for the chassis of Steam engines
Ral 3001		Signal-red	Prohibition character (DIN 5381)
Ral 3002		Carmine	Signal color for Fire protection (DIN 5381)
Ral 3003		Ruby-red	Red that Ambulance
Ral 3004		Magenta-red
Ral 3005		Wine-red
Ral 3007		Blackred
Ral 3009		Oxide-red
Ral 3011		Brownish-red
Ral 3012		Beige-red	Spread as Priming for stealing hurry
Ral 3013		Tomato-red
Ral 3014		Oldpink
Ral 3015		Lightpink
Ral 3016		Korallenrot
Ral 3017		Rosé
Ral 3018		Erdbeerrot
Ral 3020		Traffic-red	Traffic signs, Color for locomotives and Nahverkehrswagen that German course AG
Ral 3022		Salmon-red
Ral 3024		Shine-red	Color of many Fire-brigade- and rescue vehicles signal lacquer finish of Seenotkreuzern and - life rafts that DGzRS
Ral 3026		Shine-light red
Ral 3027		Himbeerrot
Ral 3031		Orientrot
Ral 3032		Perl-ruby-red
Ral 3033		Perl-pink

Violet

Number	Color pattern	Name	Description, prominent examples
Ral 4001		Redlila
Ral 4002		Red-violet
Ral 4003		Erikaviolett
Ral 4004		Bordeaux-violet
Ral 4005		Blaulila
Ral 4006		Trafficmagenta
Ral 4007		Magenta-violet
Ral 4008		Signal-violet
Ral 4009		Pastellviolett
Ral 4010		Telemagenta	Firm color that Telekom
Ral 4011		Perl-violet
Ral 4012		Perlbrombeer

Blue

Number	Color pattern	Name	Description, prominent examples
Ral 5000		Violet-blue
Ral 5001		Green-blue
Ral 5002		Ultramarinblau	Signal color for references, Protection obligation (DIN 4844), color of the THW, Point marking with the sheeting of new components at used vehicle parts
Ral 5003		Saphirblau
Ral 5004		Blackblue
Ral 5005		Signal-blue	Requirement- /Hinweiszeichen (DIN 5381)
Ral 5007		Brilliant-blue
Ral 5008		Grey-blue
Ral 5009		Azure
Ral 5010		Enzianblau	Signal color for (informing) Requirement (DIN 4844)
Ral 5011		Steel-blue	Color of the uniforms as well as matte color for instruments and equipment of the German police
Ral 5012		Light-blue	Often within the range that Logistics to find (lattice boxes, fork elevating truck platform, etc.)
Ral 5013		Cobalt-blue
Ral 5014		Pigeon-blue
Ral 5015		Sky-blue	Color of the Firmenlogos that BMW AG.
Ral 5017		Traffic-blue	Color that German federal police and the police in some German Lands of the Federal Republic
Ral 5018		Door-gravel-blue
Ral 5019		Capriblau
Ral 5020		Ocean-blue
Ral 5021		Water-blue
Ral 5022		Night-blue	Lufthansa Tail of the airplanes
Ral 5023		Remoteblue
Ral 5024		Pastellblau
Ral 5025		Perlenzian
Ral 5026		Perl-night-blue

Green

Number	Color pattern	Name	Description, prominent examples
Ral 6000		Patinagreen	Signal color for Rescue, Gefahrlosigkeit (DIN 4844)
Ral 6001		Emerald-green	Vehicles of the Saarpost (in the Saarland up to the integration into the Federal Republic)
Ral 6002		Leaves-green	Signal color for First assistance and Emergency exit (DIN 4844)
Ral 6003		Olivgrün
Ral 6004		Cyan
Ral 6005		MOO-green	To writing color for describe, which pedestrians refer to objects of interest, British Racing Green
Ral 6006		Greyolive
Ral 6007		Bottle-green
Ral 6008		Brown-green
Ral 6009		Fir-green	On the Farbkarte 1939/40: Police and Fire-extinguishing police
Ral 6010		Grass-green
Ral 6011		Resedagrün	liked as primer for machines (DIN 1844)
Ral 6012		Blackgreen	to 1994 closed federations of the Federal Border Police
Ral 6013		Reed-green
Ral 6014		Yellow-olive	Generally color of the Germans used German Federal Armed Forces until 1984 (falsely „NATO-olive “)
Ral 6015		Blackolive
Ral 6016		Door-gravel-green
Ral 6017		May-green
Ral 6018		Yellowish green	Identification colour code for water pipes (DIN 2403)
Ral 6019		White-green
Ral 6020		Chrome-oxide-green
Ral 6021		Pale-green
Ral 6022		Brown-olive
Ral 6024		Traffic-green
Ral 6025		Fern-green
Ral 6026		Opal-green
Ral 6027		Light-green
Ral 6028		Kieferngrün
Ral 6029		Minzgrün	Federal Border Police from 1994 to 2005 (federations) and single service (since establishment); Color of the police in some German Lands of the Federal Republic Ral 6031
Ral 6032		Signal-green	Rescue character (DIN 5381)
Ral 6033		Minttürkis
Ral 6034		Pastelltürkis
Ral 6035		Perl-green
Ral 6036		Perl-opal-green

Grey

Number	Color pattern	Name	Description, prominent examples
Ral 7000		Fehgrau	Surface camouflage color that Federal Navy
Ral 7001		Silver-grey
Ral 7002		Olive-grey
Ral 7003		MOO-grey
Ral 7004		Signal-grey
Ral 7005		Mouse-grey
Ral 7006		Beige-grey
Ral 7008		Khakigrau
Ral 7009		Green-grey
Ral 7010		Zeltgrau	Vehicles of the telecommunication construction service of the Federal Post Office into the 1970er years and the German post office
Ral 7011		Iron-grey
Ral 7012		Basalt-grey	Underwater camouflage color that Federal Navy
Ral 7013		Brown-grey	Official color Austrian federal army
Ral 7015		Slate-grey
Ral 7016		Anthracite coal-grey	For the military use imported color: Beside ral 7021 camouflage color of the armed forces.
Ral 7021		Blackgrey	under the name „dark grey “1937 for military purposes imported
Ral 7022		Umbragrey	Roof color of passenger vehicles, for example that Silberlinge
Ral 7023		Concrete-grey
Ral 7024		Graphite-grey
Ral 7026		Granite-grey
Ral 7030		Stone-grey
Ral 7031		Bluish gray	liked as primer for machines (DIN 1843)
Ral 7032		Flint-grey	earlier standard color for Telephone apparatuses that The Federal Post Office
Ral 7033		Cement-grey
Ral 7034		Yellow-grey
Ral 7035		Light-grey	External finish of ICE courses, railway color for passenger train car (long-distance traffic); Color switchgear cabinets painted by standard machines in the tool and equipment construction, with
Ral 7036		Platinum-grey
Ral 7037		Dust-grey
Ral 7038		Agate-grey
Ral 7039		Quartz-grey
Ral 7040		Window-grey
Ral 7042		Traffic-grey A
Ral 7043		Traffic-grey B
Ral 7044		Silk-grey
Ral 7045		Telegrau 1	1992 particularly a color imported for the Federal Post Office - Telekom.
Ral 7046		Telegrau 2	1992 particularly a color imported for the Federal Post Office - Telekom.
Ral 7047		Telegrau 4	1992 particularly a color imported for the Federal Post Office - Telekom.
Ral 7048		Perl-mouse-grey

Brown

Number	Color pattern	Name	Description, prominent examples
Ral 8000		Green-brown	Basic colour of the German Africa corps (DAK) starting from March 1941, at that time „yellow-brown “mentioned.
Ral 8001		Ocher-brown
Ral 8002		Signal-brown
Ral 8003		Loam-brown
Ral 8004		Copper-brown
Ral 8007		Deer-brown
Ral 8008		Olive-brown
Ral 8011		Nut-brown
Ral 8012		Red-brown	The colour received only after 1945 the names
Ral 8014		Sepiabrown
Ral 8015		Kastanienbraun
Ral 8016		Mahagonibrown
Ral 8017		Chocolate-brown	Original color name: Red-brown - for military purposes 1943 imported; Basic colour that ÖBB- Trucks.
Ral 8019		Grey-brown
Ral 8022		Blackbrown
Ral 8023		Orange-brown
Ral 8024		Beige-brown
Ral 8025		Pale-brown
Ral 8028		Terrabraun
Ral 8029		Perl copper

White and black

Number	Color pattern	Name	Description, prominent examples
Ral 9001		Cream white	Standard color for Electricity installation (Light switch, plug sockets, troughings)
Ral 9002		Grey white
Ral 9003		Signal white
Ral 9004		Signal-black
Ral 9005		Jet black
Ral 9006		Weissaluminium	for the rust protection program of the National Railroad, painting for Oberleitungsmasten of the railways was developed
Ral 9007		Grey aluminum	Like ral 9006
Ral 9010		Pure white	Standard color for Electricity installation and ventilation screens
Ral 9011		Graphite-black
Ral 9016		Traffic white	Standard color for Electricity installation, Heating elements
Ral 9017		Traffic-black
Ral 9018		Papyrus white
Ral 9020		silk matt knows
Ral 9022		Perl-light-grey
Ral 9023		Perl-dark grey

separated led camouflage colors after RAL-F9-Karte

the camouflage colors of the German Federal Armed Forces are separately led. Zurzeit are this the colors ral 6031 F9 bronze-green, ral 8027 F9 leather brown and ral 9021 F9 tar black in blunt matte and reflecting in the infrared spectral region as well as ral 6031 HR bronze-green in halfmatte for the not-camouflagetechnical range:

Number	Color pattern	Name	Description, prominent examples
Ral 6031		Bronze-green	Camouflage color for equipment and vehicles that German Federal Armed Forces and basic colour of the mark camouflage finish
Ral 8027		Leather-brown	Color of the mark camouflage lacquer finish with vehicles that German Federal Armed Forces
Ral 9021		Tar-black	Color of the mark camouflage lacquer finish with vehicles that German Federal Armed Forces

painted colors

Colors, which were painted from the register:

Number	Color pattern	Name	Description, prominent examples
Ral 4000		Violet	In the Farbkarte 1939/40 as color in the employment of the National Railroad mentioned
Ral 7027		Grey	Also „green-grey “mentioned; in March 1942 imported colour
Ral 7028		Darkyellow	around 1940 for the painting for tractors and devices; only 1942 received the color a ral number and the name
		Darkyellow after sample	for the military range developed numberless colour, falsely often ral number 7028
Ral 8020		Yellow-brown	Also „brown “mentioned; particularly for the Africa campaign DAK developed camouflage colour with the likewise new colour ral 7027 as replacement for ral 8000 and ral 7008

Literature

• Johannes Denecke: Camouflage finishes of the German army 1914 until today. Berne pool of broadcasting corporations & Graefe, Bonn 1999, ISBN 3-7637-5990-5

See also

• Railway colors: RAL-Farben, with which railway companies specify a uniform organization of their courses.
• RGB Farbraum, additive a color model

Other color systems

• DIN 6164, the standard color system according to DIN
• Pantone, particularly a color system common in the diagram and mode range.
• HKS Farbfächer, a color system particularly for pressure production, in Germany much spreads
• Natural Color system (NCS), in Sweden developed, standardized Color system, which on the natural Color perception humans is based
• Web colors, for the organization of web pages
• Federal standard FS.595a/595B, US color system, consisting of 5 numbers

Web on the left of

• Homepage of the Institute for ral
• The software ral DIGITAL

Ral color pallets, color patterns

• Ral CLASSIC color chart in several languages