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SMS Standard colours v3 (500 colours), sRGB format for professional brand - web and app design (free of charge) Download the image here below and pick the SMS colours you want to use with an eyedropper from within your application. Make sure to write down the names of the SMS colours and the version (v3) you use in your work, in case you need to use them again later (for instance SMS D-5, SMS F-9 etc.) for any media, print, web or TV. For instructions on how to use SMS colours in your design take a few minutes to study www.spotmatchingsystem.com/gettingstarted. For an overview of the differences between our 3 colour palettes see an overview of supported icc profiles for each version here. For step-by-step instructions on how to convert your chosen SMS colours from for instance sRGB to CMYK please download and follow these instructions.
You can use the free palettes here below to familiarize yourself with
SMS colours, including doing the step-by-step training. Preview SMS colours for yourself on your mobile devices.
Download a higher resolution version in PDF format. SMS Standard colours v3, Rec. 709 RGB format for film and TV production (free of charge) Download the image here below and pick the SMS colours you want to use with an eyedropper from within your application.
Make sure to write down the names of the SMS colours you use in your
work, in case you need to use them again later (for instance SMS D-5,
SMS F-9 etc.) for any media, print, web or TV. SMS ECO (e )colours v3, sRGB format for professional brand - web and app design (free of charge) The following colours are a version of our palette made especially for printing on off-white, uncoated paper. These colours are very appropriate for environmentally concious customers.
We call it ECO because many Eco friendly papers are simply a bit
off-white, recycled paper especially. To be clear, all the ECO colours can also be printed on bright white or neutral white paper like the original SMS colours - these colours simply cover any media from newspaper to neutral white to bright white paper, web and TV, while the range of the original SMS colours is from neutral white and up and if you need to print an original SMS standard colour in your local newspaper, you have to accept that it will change visually depending on how white or how brown the paper in your local newspaper actually is. Download the image here below and pick the SMS colours you want to use with an eyedropper from within your application. Make sure to write down the names of the SMS colours you use in your work, in case you need to use them again later (for instance SMS D-5e, SMS F-9e etc.) for any media, print, web or TV. For instructions on how to use SMS colours in your design take a few minutes to study www.spotmatchingsystem.com/gettingstarted. SMS ECO (e) colours v3, Rec. 709 RGB format for film and TV production (free of charge) Download the image here below and pick the SMS colours you want to use with an eyedropper from within your application. Make sure to write down the names of the SMS colours you use in your work, in case you need to use them again later (for instance SMS D-5e, SMS F-9e etc.) for any media, print, web or TV. SMS MAX (x )colours v3, sRGB format for professional brand - web and app design (free of charge) The following colours are a version of our palette made especially for printing on white, coated substrates, web and TV.
These colours are cleaner and more vivid than our natural standard or
ECO colours but the cost of that is that they can by default
not be achieved in printing on uncoated
paper and on ink subtractive substrates, such as cotton. Download the image here below and pick the SMS colours you want to use with an eyedropper from within your application. Make sure to write down the names of the SMS colours you use in your work, in case you need to use them again later (for instance SMS D-5x, SMS F-9x etc.) for any media, print, web or TV. For instructions on how to use SMS colours in your design take a few minutes to study www.spotmatchingsystem.com/gettingstarted.
SMS MAX (x) colours v3, Rec. 709 RGB format for film and TV production (free of charge) Download the image here below and pick the SMS colours you want to use with an eyedropper from within your application. Make sure to write down the names of the SMS colours you use in your work, in case you need to use them again later (for instance SMS D-5x, SMS F-9x etc.) for any media, print, web or TV.
SMS colours for CMYK printing according to ISO 12647, coated and
uncoated paper:
Feel free to contact
sms@spot-nordic.com if you would like to order the following
products or use our webshop:
SKU: P6c or P6u: ISO
certified proof according to ISO 12647-7-2016 with customer's
SMS colour samples for sending out for quality control during production,
8 tickets pr. A4, 16 tickets pr. A3, 32 tickets pr. A2. or SKU: P7c or P7u: ISO certified proof according to ISO 12647-7-2016 with colour samples of your logo / logos and other brand related artwork. Intended for professional agency promotions of new design / new visual brand identity proposals primarily. Perfect as a part of a printed brand standard for production partners - contact sms@spot-nordic.com for custom sizes. Design by advertising agency / designer. or
SKU: P8c or P8u: ISO certified
proof according to ISO 12647-7-2016. Proof can in this case contain
whatever - photographs, layout, text and graphics. In this case it is a
very good idea to insert those SMS colours that are used in said layout,
approx. 1,5 x 1,5 cm at least each colour along with a short description
on where each colour is to be found in the layout. - A4 (8.2 x 11.7"): EUR 70 + postage for SMS subscribers, EUR 113 + postage for non-subscribers. - A3 (11.7 x 16.54"): EUR 113 + postage for SMS subscribers, EUR 142 + postage for non-subscribers. - A2 (16.54 x 23.38"): EUR 142 for SMS subscribers, EUR 178 for non-subscribers. Remote services - non subscribers (contact sms@spot-nordic.com to order or for assistance): SMS colours - Standard palette, ECO (e) palette, MAX (x) palette): Registered users of the Spot Matching System can order any standard SMS colour from either our standard, ECO or MAX range of colours (see above), suited for printing to ISO standards, web and Television from their registered SMS colour palette(s).
In order to be considered a registered user, you need to own and be a
registered user of a minimum
of the P20 or P31 version of the colour palette you are ordering colours
from. The price of our sRGB or Rec. 709/2020 palettes is EUR 60 pr. palette for version 4 (869 colours) and EUR 90 for version 5 (1.738 colours).
SMS BLOCKS (standard and/or custom SMS colours): The above price (P9) is always valid for the first CMYK variation of each of your colours if you are not an SMS subscriber. If you request the SMS BLOCK format for your colours (preferably when you order your first variation), as of second variation of your SMS colours for printing order you only have to pay the price of two colours, whether you are using 2 or 10 colours for your job:
SMS custom colours / SMS logo or page conversion to an SMS BLOCK
If none of the standard SMS colours is considered close enough to a target
colour, we offer our customers a special service where we create a
new custom SMS colour/colours, suited for printing
to ISO standards,
web and Television. In this case we need a copy or detailed information
on the colours that should be converted to SMS. In all cases the colours, logo or page will receive its own SMS BLOCK ID (see www.spotmatchingsystem.com/blocks to ensure correct usage. In this case it is important to make clear whether the new colour(s) should fit within the SMS STANDARD, SMS ECO or SMS MAX colour gamuts.
Other SMS products and services: P14: Closest match within another colour system to a chosen SMS colour (PANTONE, RAL): EUR 40 pr. colour. P18:
SMS colour, SMS logo or SMS BLOCK, sent by email on request: EUR
30 pr. item.
NOTE: Each P20e palette includes a license for official use of the SMS colours of the palette for one brand only for 12 months and access to technical support and services by Spot-Nordic during the license period. A copy of the brand artwork should be sent to sms@spot-nordic.com with the SMS colour patches included - see here. This will enable Spot-Nordic to confirm the accuracy of SMS colours of the brand at any time during the license period, if needed, while serving as a backup to ensure that SMS brand colours don't get lost. Furthermore, registered brands can request a free copy of the HEX values of their SMS brand colours in Excel format for creating in-house documents - Word, Excel or Powerpoint presentations. Updates and upgrades to the colour palette as well as special offers and announcements of SMS READY products and companies are available to registered users/brands via our mailing list. After the first 12 months, each brand license can be renewed for another 12 months for EUR 60. Additional brand licenses using the same SMS colour palette can furthermore be purchased for EUR 60 each pr. year. For non-commercial use or random technical use (layout work for 3rd party etc.), a renewal of the license in not required.
NOTE: Each P20 palette includes a license for official use of the SMS colours of the palette for one brand only for 12 months and access to technical support and services by Spot-Nordic during the license period. A copy of the brand artwork should be sent to sms@spot-nordic.com with the SMS colour patches included - see here. This will enable Spot-Nordic to confirm the accuracy of SMS colours of the brand at any time during the license period, if needed, while serving as a backup to ensure that SMS brand colours don't get lost. Furthermore, registered brands can request a free copy of the HEX values of their SMS brand colours in Excel format for creating in-house documents - Word, Excel or Powerpoint presentations. Updates and upgrades to the colour palette as well as special offers and announcements of SMS READY products and companies are available to registered users/brands via our mailing list. After the first 12 months, each brand license can be renewed for another 12 months for EUR 60. Additional brand licenses using the same SMS colour palette can furthermore be purchased for EUR 60 each pr. year. For non-commercial use or random technical use (layout work for 3rd party etc.), a renewal of the license in not required.
NOTE: Each P20x palette includes a license for official use of the SMS colours of the palette for one brand only for 12 months and access to technical support and services by Spot-Nordic during the license period. A copy of the brand artwork should be sent to sms@spot-nordic.com with the SMS colour patches included - see here. This will enable Spot-Nordic to confirm the accuracy of SMS colours of the brand at any time during the license period, if needed, while serving as a backup to ensure that SMS brand colours don't get lost. Furthermore, registered brands can request a free copy of the HEX values of their SMS brand colours in Excel format for creating in-house documents - Word, Excel or Powerpoint presentations. Updates and upgrades to the colour palette as well as special offers and announcements of SMS READY products and companies are available to registered users/brands via our mailing list. After the first 12 months, each brand license can be renewed for another 12 months for EUR 60. Additional brand licenses using the same SMS colour palette can furthermore be purchased for EUR 60 each pr. year. For non-commercial use or random technical use (layout work for 3rd party etc.), a renewal of the license in not required.
NOTE: Each P20e palette includes a license for official use of the SMS colours of the palette for one brand only for 12 months and access to technical support and services by Spot-Nordic during the license period. A copy of the brand artwork should be sent to sms@spot-nordic.com with the SMS colour patches included - see here. This will enable Spot-Nordic to confirm the accuracy of SMS colours of the brand at any time during the license period, if needed, while serving as a backup to ensure that SMS brand colours don't get lost. Furthermore, registered brands can request a free copy of the HEX values of their SMS brand colours in Excel format for creating in-house documents - Word, Excel or Powerpoint presentations. Updates and upgrades to the colour palette as well as special offers and announcements of SMS READY products and companies are available to registered users/brands via our mailing list. After the first 12 months, each brand license can be renewed for another 12 months for EUR 60. Additional brand licenses using the same SMS colour palette can furthermore be purchased for EUR 60 each pr. year. For non-commercial use or random technical use (layout work for 3rd party etc.), a renewal of the license in not required.
NOTE: Each P20 palette includes a license for official use of the SMS colours of the palette for one brand only for 12 months and access to technical support and services by Spot-Nordic during the license period. A copy of the brand artwork should be sent to sms@spot-nordic.com with the SMS colour patches included - see here. This will enable Spot-Nordic to confirm the accuracy of SMS colours of the brand at any time during the license period, if needed, while serving as a backup to ensure that SMS brand colours don't get lost. Furthermore, registered brands can request a free copy of the HEX values of their SMS brand colours in Excel format for creating in-house documents - Word, Excel or Powerpoint presentations. Updates and upgrades to the colour palette as well as special offers and announcements of SMS READY products and companies are available to registered users/brands via our mailing list. After the first 12 months, each brand license can be renewed for another 12 months for EUR 60. Additional brand licenses using the same SMS colour palette can furthermore be purchased for EUR 60 each pr. year. For non-commercial use or random technical use (layout work for 3rd party etc.), a renewal of the license in not required.
NOTE: Each P20x palette includes a license for official use of the SMS colours of the palette for one brand only for 12 months and access to technical support and services by Spot-Nordic during the license period. A copy of the brand artwork should be sent to sms@spot-nordic.com with the SMS colour patches included - see here. This will enable Spot-Nordic to confirm the accuracy of SMS colours of the brand at any time during the license period, if needed, while serving as a backup to ensure that SMS brand colours don't get lost. Furthermore, registered brands can request a free copy of the HEX values of their SMS brand colours in Excel format for creating in-house documents - Word, Excel or Powerpoint presentations. Updates and upgrades to the colour palette as well as special offers and announcements of SMS READY products and companies are available to registered users/brands via our mailing list. After the first 12 months, each brand license can be renewed for another 12 months for EUR 60. Additional brand licenses using the same SMS colour palette can furthermore be purchased for EUR 60 each pr. year. For non-commercial use or random technical use (layout work for 3rd party etc.), a renewal of the license in not required.
NOTE: Each P20 bundle includes a license for official use of the SMS colours of the palette for one brand only for 12 months and access to technical support and services by Spot-Nordic during the license period. A copy of the brand artwork should be sent to sms@spot-nordic.com with the SMS colour patches included - see here. This will enable Spot-Nordic to confirm the accuracy of SMS colours of the brand at any time during the license period, if needed, while serving as a backup to ensure that SMS brand colours don't get lost. Furthermore, registered brands can request a free copy of the HEX values of their SMS brand colours in Excel format for creating in-house documents - Word, Excel or Powerpoint presentations. Updates and upgrades to the colour palette as well as special offers and announcements of SMS READY products and companies are available to registered users/brands via our mailing list. After the first 12 months, each brand license can be renewed for another 12 months for EUR 60. Additional brand licenses using the same SMS colour palette can furthermore be purchased for EUR 60 each pr. year. For non-commercial use or random technical use (layout work for 3rd party etc.), a renewal of the license in not required.
NOTE: Each P22 palette includes a license for official use of the SMS colours of the palette for one brand only for 12 months and access to technical support and services by Spot-Nordic during the license period. A copy of the brand artwork should be sent to sms@spot-nordic.com with the SMS colour patches included - see here. This will enable Spot-Nordic to confirm the accuracy of SMS colours of the brand at any time during the license period, if needed, while serving as a backup to ensure that SMS brand colours don't get lost. Furthermore, registered brands can request a free copy of the HEX values of their SMS brand colours in Excel format for creating in-house documents - Word, Excel or Powerpoint presentations. Updates and upgrades to the colour palette as well as special offers and announcements of SMS READY products and companies are available to registered users/brands via our mailing list. After the first 12 months, each brand license can be renewed for another 12 months for EUR 60. Additional brand licenses using the same SMS colour palette can furthermore be purchased for EUR 60 each pr. year. For non-commercial use or random technical use (layout work for 3rd party etc.), a renewal of the license in not required.
NOTE: Each P23 palette includes a license for official use of the SMS colours of the palette for one customer or brand only for 12 months and access to technical support and services by Spot-Nordic during the license period. A copy of the brand artwork should be sent to sms@spot-nordic.com with the SMS colour patches included - see here. This will enable Spot-Nordic to confirm the accuracy of SMS colours of the brand at any time during the license period, if needed, while serving as a backup to ensure that SMS brand colours don't get lost. Furthermore, registered brands can request a free copy of the HEX values of their SMS brand colours in Excel format for creating in-house documents - Word, Excel or Powerpoint presentations. Updates and upgrades to the colour palette as well as special offers and announcements of SMS READY products and companies are available to registered users/brands via our mailing list. After the first 12 months, each brand license can be renewed for another 12 months for EUR 60. Additional brand licenses using the same SMS colour palette can furthermore be purchased for EUR 60 each pr. year. For non-commercial use or random technical use (layout work for 3rd party etc.), a renewal of the license in not required.
Subscription to the Spot Matching System
Suited for small and large companies and
institutions, that have an
official logo in colour(s), Each SMS subscription is valid for one corporate identity / one brand only.
Brand Owners that wish to subscribe to SMS need to appoint at least
one so-called "super user", who is responsible for that designers,
working with the brand colours of the brand owner, will work according to
instructions provided by Spot-Nordic, to ensure correct reproduction of
SMS colours for each media. Brand Owners are optionally allowed to hand over communications and responsibility (including super user responsibility) over their SMS brand colours to an Agency or a freelance Designer, who must be SMS READY - i.e. capable of preparing SMS jobs for all media, - see here below "Advertising Agency/Designers".
In the case, where the Brand Owner appoints an in-house
Designer, the Designer (super user) must, as a condition provide
Spot-Nordic with a list of Printshops that they work with and must
furthermore agree to direct their print work to SMS READY Printshops and
manufacturers when possible, to ensure the best possible results in printing of SMS
colours. Spot-Nordic will assist Brand Owners that subscribe to SMS in locating SMS READY Design Agencies/Designers, Printers and/or manufacturers if required. Subscription includes:
P16:
Rating of SMS printed colours (physical copy must be sent to our
address): EUR 50 pr. job. +++ Advertising Agencies / Creative Agencies, Designers
Agencies and Graphic Designers who want to become SMS READY need to appoint at least one so-called "super user", who is
responsible for the Agency/Graphic Designer working according to instructions provided by
Spot-Nordic, to ensure correct reproduction of SMS colours for each
media.
Agencies and Designers are only permitted to use SMS colours in work
for SMS subscribers (Brand Owners, see here above)
or registered users/brands. Spot-Nordic will assist SMS READY Design Agencies and freelance Graphic Designers in locating SMS READY Printers and Manufacturers if requested and will recommend them for work that requires constant colour consistency in all media. We urge SMS READY Agencies and Designers to send copies of their SMS designs and individual campaigns to promote the Spot Matching System, the Agency/Designer, customer and Printer(s) involved in the successful and colour consistent promotion of each brand. Subscription includes:
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About the advantages of subscribing to SMS for Printshops in all categories of printing. Subscription includes:
P16: Rating of SMS printed colours (physical copy must be sent to our address): EUR 50 pr. job. P17b: Lookup, adding of additional job specific information to a current job (job ID required): EUR 30 pr. job. Custom SMS profiles are available to help Printers in all categories print to ISO standards. Contact sms@spot-nordic.com for a quote. Offset printshops that buy a complete Rutherford or InkZone preset + closed loop system from Spot-Nordic are entitled a free 4 year SMS READY badge, once they have successfully printed the SMS testforms and passed each respective colour standard with a MAX dE00 of 3 or less - see here. SMS READY Printshops can request to print or
proof the
complete SMS colour palette and distribute it to their customers and
prospective customers in their region with
their logo and contact information for promotional purposes, for quick,
visual matching on press in the pressroom as well as
to help designers select their SMS colours in their work. Subscribed Printshops that have established a proofing facility enabling certified proofing according ISO 12647-7-2016 may apply to enter into a service agreement with Spot-Nordic enabling them to offer onsite proofing of SMS posters. SMS colour tickets and custom SMS proofs, as a part of their services - see further information here. Price pr. year: EUR 600 SMS shop SMS Technical SMS in general Interesting links SMS: How, why and when? Spot Nordic We welcome you to visit the SMS shop to buy SMS standard products. Start by creating your account whether you prefer to subscribe or not.
Contact sms@spot-nordic.com to
subscribe or for ordering services or custom SMS products. Please
include your customer ID, which is issued on first purchase. |
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Phone: +354
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