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On this single page we have collected affordable solutions that enable any designer, brand manager, printshop or manufacturer to be the best when it comes to colour management and complete control over their colours, be it for screen, print or textile production with primary emphasis on brand colours and brand colour management.

Spot-Nordic offers solutions from many of the best manufacturers in the graphics industry but on this page we focus on design, brand colours and icc colour management and cutting edge products for design and prepress.

The tools that you find here are reasonably priced, v.s. how important they are to ensure professional colour for even the most demanding brands and the very best printshops and manufacturers in all sectors.

Colour Management has for the longest time been a dirty word for designers and many printshops, which is why to this day many brand colours are not properly defined, - meaning that the colours of the brands appear different in the different media.

This is why, in 2018, we launched the Spot Matching System, which is a colour palette of over 5.000 different colours, ranging from Cyan to Magenta to Yellow and Black and anything in between (see picture on the screen here below) which aims at complete colour consistency in all media.

The Spot Matching System - or SMS for short enables designers to use SMS colours in their design and to use the same SMS colour(s) online, on Television and in standard CMYK printing (used for printing of colour images and layouts) for both coated and uncoated paper or for other materials, such as textile.

For more information on the Spot Matching System, please check out www.spotmatchingsystem.com.

We have now taken a new step towards our goal of ensuring complete colour consistency globally by releasing the first SMS READY Spot-Nordic laptop, optimized for SMS design with a customized SMS colour palette (ECO, Standard or MAX) which was built using the colour gamut of the Spot-Nordic P60 ColourBox laptop display.

We refer to this special version of our colour palettes as SMS Home & Office.

In line with the SMS approach to colour, the SMS Home & Office colours you see on your laptop monitor have been verified to in fact be the colours you should see when you print the same SMS colours on coated or uncoated paper at your local printshop, - or even on your own office printer (depending on the quality of the office printer).

The colour gamut of the P60 ColourBox laptop is approx. 60% of the sRGB gamut which is in fact quite common among PC laptops of various brands used by millions of people around the world (including brand owners), so it is safe to say that the  Home & Office colour palettes are even more practical for brand design than the original (sRGB) SMS colour palettes,- if the goal is to ensure that your SMS colours look the same to as many people as possible, - also on their PC office laptops.

This approach can be referred to as a "turnkey" solution or a closed-loop, so brand owners that choose to use the Home & Office colours for their brand/trademark can simply buy the inexpensive Spot-Nordic P60 laptops for themselves and their staff that need to evaluate their SMS Home & Office colours on their own screen in the comfort of their home or office. The Home & Office colour palettes (Standard and MAX - each consisting of 1.738 colours) are delivered in PDF format, sRGB (same as the original SMS colour palettes) so if the sRGB icc colour profile is embedded to your Home & Office bitmap images, your SMS Home & Office colours should look identical, whether you view them on a regular PC laptop (or the P60 laptop) or an expensive Mac display.

That is what this is all about. If you would like some of your photographs also to be optimized for the P60 gamut, you can now order them from Spot-Nordic.

Here below are the products that we consider to be everything you need to be in perfect control of your colours, whether you are a brand owner, a student of graphic design, a professional designer or in charge of production at a professional printshop or manufacturing facility in any industry sector.

Be advised that due to the latest development in the USA, there may be tarifs added on top of the prices here below on import to your country - especially if you happen to be located in the USA.

Value Added Tax (VAT) is added on top of the combined price with tarif on import of products to your country.  

Some of the products here below are shipped from Europe and others are shipped directly from our manufacturers in China to keep down the freight prices = the final price to you.

A 1 year Manfacturer Warranty is offered for all products here below.

Feel free to contact info@spot-nordic.com to discuss your requirements, regardless of your location.

Spot Matching System

The Spot Matching System (SMS) is created for so-called Brand Design, - i.e. for brands to use SMS colours in their official brand logos and as their official brand colours.

The system is a device-independent, LAB based, professional colour palette, containing a total of 5.214 colours for 21st Century demands in design, where visual predictability and consistency in colour from product to marketing in any mainstream media is a key factor.

Device-independent means that SMS colours don't depend on just one device - or media for that matter. Using modern icc colour management, they can be reproduced in RGB on digital displays and in process printing on coated or uncoated substrates, be it standard CMYK for offset, gravure or flexo printing presses, for digital printing on paper or textile. SMS colours can additionally be reproduced using analog paints and dyes.

The main advantage of the Spot Matching System is that both our standard SMS colours and our ECO colours fulfil the criteria that designers can use the same SMS colours consistently in standard CMYK printing on coated paper, CMYK printing on uncoated paper, for standard digital displays such as laptops, tablets and smart phone displays and on TV/Cinema, maintaining the same colour(s) visually for side-by-side comparison.

This consequently means that you can easily communicate the expected visual appearance of your SMS colours, as they should look when printed in CMYK on paper or when they are displayed online or on Television with your customer and stakeholders around the world instantly via email or a website to take the guesswork out of the equation and to speed up your work.

Since the Spot Matching System is based on fixed LAB values, of course any product can be manufactured in SMS colours using existing, proprietary inks, paints or dyes to ensure correct colour of the final product. This means that any product manufactured and dyed using SMS colours can also be marketed colour correctly in any mainstream media to maximize customer satisfaction.

To view SMS colours correctly on a monitor, the monitor has to be capable of displaying 100% of the sRGB colourspace and in the case of Television screens 100% of the Rec. 709 colourspace.

Customers can also order the P60 version of each system if the goal is to use colours for devices only capable of displaying approx. 60% of the sRGB/Rec. gamuts, - to be able to show your actual colours to a larger audience (please make sure to order the P60 version when you order).

For more details refer to the SMS website - www.spotmatchingsystem.com.




P20e ECO version 6

Labelled media neutral SMS colour patches for professional design and colour consistent marketing in all media (web, TV, print). 

New print standards - Gracol 2006 and Japan Color 2011 added, see supported colour spaces here
All colours have been tweaked for maximum colour consistency cross media.
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1.738 SMS colours, optimized for newspaper printing, delivered in PDF format. 

Instructions for P20e users on how to design and convert their own SMS colours to CMYK are available here.

Further information on how to use SMS colours in design here.

The ECO colours are subtle enough to fit nicely to P60 capable PC laptop displays.

 SKU P20e: EUR 90

Contact info@spot-nordic.com to order



P20 Standard version

Labelled media neutral SMS colour patches for professional design and colour consistent marketing in all media (web, TV, print). 

New print standards - Gracol 2006 and Japan Color 2011 added, see supported colour spaces here
All colours have been tweaked for maximum colour consistency cross media.

1.738 SMS colours, optimized for printing to Fogra 39 and Fogra 47 standards (white coated and uncoated paper), delivered in PDF and ASE format. 

Instructions for P20 users on how to design and convert their own SMS colours to CMYK are available here.

Further information on how to use SMS colours in design here.

The Home & Office version of the Standard colours is also available as an option - in PDF format only.

 SKU P20: EUR 90

SKU P20 P60 (Home & Office): EUR 90

Contact info@spot-nordic.com to order



P20x MAX version

Labelled media neutral SMS colour patches for professional design and colour consistent marketing in all media (web, TV, print). 

New print standards - Gracol 2006 and Japan Color 2011 added, see supported colour spaces here
All colours have been tweaked for maximum colour consistency cross media.

1.738 SMS colours, optimized for printing to the Fogra 39 standard (white coated paper), delivered in PDF and ASE format. 

Instructions for P20x users on how to design and convert their own SMS colours to CMYK are available here.

Further information on how to use SMS colours in design here.

The Home & Office version of the MAX colours is also available as an option - in PDF format only.

 SKU P20x: EUR 90

SKU P20x P60 (Home & Office): EUR 90

Contact info@spot-nordic.com to order



 P21 SMS READY Expert diploma

SMS READY Expert certification for registered owners of the P20, P20e or the P20x colour palette - or one of the Home & Office colour palettes.

The certificate confirms the ability of the certificate holder to use SMS colours and convert them correctly from sRGB to other colour spaces, ensuring correct reproduction of said SMS colours. SMS READY individuals may always contact sms@spot-nordic.com for technical assistance.

SMS READY Experts are authorized to assist registered SMS users and SMS subscribers onsite or remotely (designers, brand owners, printers, manufacturers) within their respective category (PRINT, WEB, VIDEO) as well as to take the role of so-called "super users" at SMS subscribed agencies, Printshops and brands/companies - see SMS subscription plans here.

More details on the SMS READY Expert training here.

 SKU P21 - EUR 60

Contact info@spot-nordic.com to order


Spot-Nordic P60 ColourBox (SMS Home & Office colours)




The Spot-Nordic P60 ColourBox is a light weight laptop, well suited for the home, office and school, but more important, it is well suited for on-the-go advanced to professional design using the brand new Spot Matching System Home & Office colour palette(s), for web design, TV graphics or CMYK print design at professional/brand level.

The P60 is not the fastest laptop nor does it have all the latest bells and whistles and it does not have the best and the most vibrant display available either.

It is however the first SMS READY PC laptop in the world.

This means that the display of the P60 laptop is optimized for displaying the SMS Home & Office colours - or to be more exact, the SMS Home & Office colour palettes were created using the physical colour gamut of the display of the P60 to create the final colours.

The P60 ColourBox display is a typical PC laptop display, capable of displaying approx. 60% of the colours of the sRGB colourspace, meaning it can display 536.821 out of the 899.155 colours of the sRGB colour gamut.

In order to see the exact colours of the original version of the Spot Matching System (P20 v6, P20e v6 and P20x v6), you need a display capable of displaying at least 100% of the sRGB colourspace.

That is why we have released a custom version of our ECO, Standard and MAX colour palettes, optimized for the P60 display - and similar displays from other manufacturers that we refer to as SMS Home & Office. 

According to our research a large portion of even newer PC laptop and notebook displays are in this range - i.e. capable of displaying approx. 60% of the sRGB colourspace.

That again means that  a large portion of customers are NOT seeing even their SMS brand colours correctly on their PC laptop displays, while by using the SMS Home & Office version of the SMS colour, it would be possible for most people on the planet to see the actual colours on their laptop displays - as well as other displays with larger colour gamuts of course.

The reason Spot-Nordic decided to offer it's own laptop, is the strange situation of the graphics industry, which in itself makes it even more difficult to keep track of brand colours on a universal level than it was 50 years ago, when we only had analog colours printed on paper to communicate colours (only for print or paint).

In our modern digital world Apple monitors and displays are safe to use when working with the original SMS colours and many colours from other colour systems, due to the native large P3 colourspace of Apple displays, from their iPhones to laptops and monitors. 

Apple has been extremely successful in winning over the graphics market and hence most graphic designers and anyone involved in the colour industry only use Apple displays. This was fine while we only had Pantone, RAL and NCS colours to work with, all of which rely on printed samples for designers to work with to pick and communicate their requested colours.

At the same time we see a trend where more and more graphic designers and design agencies are actually no longer relying on printed colour guides to pick out brand colours, but have instead switched entirely to picking colours of their (superior) displays. 

Designers who are not colour specialists as well may in this environment be tempted to rely entirely on their super vibrant colour monitors to pick out colours for their designs, - colours that look beautiful on their expensive Apple display (capable of displaying the P3 or Adobe RGB colour gamut), while, when they convert the logo to sRGB, the logo will look much duller visually - and to make it even worse, as dull as the logo looks in native sRGB format, on monitors displaying only 60% of the sRGB gamut, that perhaps half of the audience is using, the logo will not even resemble the original, super vibrant logo.

It is our perspective at Spot-Nordic that professional designers should only use colours that can be viewed correctly by any consumer, - otherwise the colours cannot be considered anything but a humbug that only looks good at the design studio and perhaps when printed on a proof during the initial corporate image presentation by the agency, which is worth nothing, when it comes to brand design and could be considered fraud from our perspective (since the colours being sold to the brand owner will in most cases never be presented correctly to the public).

From our perspective using super vibrant colours for a brand logo/brand colours is about as professional as getting lost in 3D effects and forgetting the initial concept of the logo. 

It is our opinion that all prospective customers should be able to see the actual brand colours of any brand that they wish to do business with to the extent that any brand should be able to market itself using only it's colours (not it's logo) - and by keeping the colours visually consistent in all media, with time, customers will start to recognize the brand by it's colour(s). This however requires the brand to use SMS colours - since SMS colours are made from the scratch to remain visually identical in all media.

A professional logo/corporate identity can be successfully designed in black and white if the designer knows what he or she is doing. This is in fact one of the main reasons why so many world famous logos are simply black or neutral gray - because colours are not required - and probably also because that before SMS colours came along, colours could not be relied on to appear the same in all media. A good example of such a logo is in fact the new Apple logo, which is neutral gray.

We are offering a total of 5.214 colour shades that are as safe to use as black and gray - and they remain the same in all media and for any purpose, as long as you know the LAB values of your SMS colours.

We are furthermore offering the P60 ColourBox laptop at a reasonable price, so it is a perfect gift for designers and design students as well as a perfect laptop for designers and creatives that prefer a PC to an Apple or are simply not willing to pay 1.500 or 2.000 Euros for a laptop.

Furthermore, for designers and design agencies that usually only use Apple displays in their day-to-day work, it is a really good idea to invest in at least one P60 ColourBox PC laptop to preview what their designs actually look like in the real world, where most people use PC laptops and Android smartphones and tablets. This could be referred to as real-world proofing.

The Spot-Nordic P60 ColorBox laptop is custom built for Spot-Nordic according to our specifications and it is actually the laptop that we use at the office, for onsite and remote presentations so you could say that we put our money where our mouth is and we only recommend products that we ourselves have tested - or use on a daily basis, like the Spot-Nordic P60 laptop, the Calibrite Display Plus HL calibration package and the ColorMeter Exact spectro - see here below.

A copy of the Home & Office version of SMS Standard v6, SMS MAX v6 and the SMS ECO v6 colour matching system in PDF, sRGB format - a total value of EUR 270, excl. VAT, is included in the price of the Spot-Nordic P60 ColourBox laptop.


For information on the Spot Matching System (SMS) and the difference between the SMS ECO, SMS Standard and SMS MAX colour palettes, refer to the SMS website.

Spot Spot-Nordic furthermore offers diploma training in the use of the Spot Matching System for designers and other professionals who wish to master how to correctly use SMS colours in design for all media and how to identify if SMS colours are correct - or not - see https://www.spot-nordic.com/sms/experts/.

If you order SMS READY Expert training at the same time you order the P60 laptop, you only have to pay and extra EUR 60 excl. VAT on top of the price - and pass the test to get your diploma.

The P60 laptop is factory pre-calibrated, but for professional work where SMS colours are used, - and simply to be sure that the colours you see on your monitor as as correct as possible, we recommend a monitor calibration package - see here below to keep your display 100% correct, since all displays drift as time goes by.

The 123 package (see here below) is good enough for simple monitor calibration to avoid trending.

P60 ColourBox -Specs

Colour: Silver
OS: Windows 11 Pro
CPU: Intel N95; Quad Core, 4 Threads
GPU: Intel UHD Graphics
CPU Clock Speed: 1.7GHz; Turbo: 3.4GHz
Screen: IPS 15.6inch, Resolution:1920*1080 (SMS READY for SMS Home & Office)
Memory: DDR4 16GB
SSD: 512GB or 1TB
Camera, Front 0.3MP
Sound: Stereo, 8 ohm, 2 x 1w. 3.5 mm mini jack input.
USB: 1 x USB 3.0, 1 x USB 2.0.
Bluetooth 4.2
Battery: 5000mAH (approx. 4 hours of normal use)
WIFI: 802.11B/G/N&AC (5G support)
Weight: 1.6kg
Fingerprint Unlock

Backlit Keyboard: QWERTY English


 

SKU P60a - 16GB/512GB: EUR 549 excl. VAT and local tariff that may apply, depending on your location.

SKU P60b: 16GB/ITB: EUR 599 excl. VAT and local tariff that may apply, depending on your location

Contact info@spot-nordic.com to order

When ordering, please make sure to select either 220V or 110V version, whether you would like the EU (ISO) or US (ANSI) keyboard layout and whether you would prefer the silver coloured or pink coloured version.

Calibrite Monitor/display Calibrators




The Calibrite Display 123 is an inexpensive and easy to use monitor calibrator suited for users that are not colour management specialists but would still like to keep their monitor colour correct. This solutions is well suited for freelance designers and private individuals that do a lot of online shopping for instance.

2 monitors can be adjusted per package.

Included with the purchase of Calibrite Display 123 is either the SMS ECO v6, SMS Standard v6 or SMS MAX v6 colour palette for professional design, each containing 1.738 colours suited for web design, TV graphics and Print (CMYK) design and a 12 month brand license for one brand, valued at EUR 90.

Optionally you may select the P60 Home & Office version of your SMS colour palette (please make sure to mention that when you order).

Calibrite Display 123

SKU CALB123: EUR 240 excl. VAT and local tariff that may apply, depending on your location.

Contact info@spot-nordic.com to order

 

Calibrite Monitor/Screen/Projector Calibrators (advanced to professional)




  • The new standard in calibration devices capable of measuring up to 10.000 nits

  • The advanced HL (high luminance) sensor enables greater colour accuracy for current and new display technologies

  • Accurately measures LCD, mini-LED, OLED displays and Apple XDR panels

  • Measurement and profiling of both displays and projectors (Display Pro HL and Display Plus HL)

  • Recommended for highest quality still image editing and design applications

  • Comes with Calibrite PROFILER software, featuring fully customizable features such as White Point and Gamma, Profile Validation, Uniformity Check features and more. Compatible with Mac and Windows OS

  • Compatible with some 3rd party monitor calibration software

  • USB-C connection, supplied with USB-A adapter

  • Smaller, fully recyclable packaging and includes a travel storage pouch

  • Adjustment of up to 4 displays per. package.

Included with the purchase of Calibrite Pro or Plus is either the SMS ECO v6, SMS Standard v6 or SMS MAX v6 colour palette for professional design, each containing 1.738 colours suited for web design, TV graphics and Print (CMYK) design and a 12 month brand license for one brand, valued at EUR 90.

Optionally you may select the P60 Home & Office version of your SMS colour palette (please make sure to mention that when you order).

 

Display Pro HL

SKU CALB107: EUR 344
excl. VAT and local tariff that may apply, depending on your location.

Display Plus HL

SKU CALB108:
 EUR 413 excl. VAT and local tariff that may apply, depending on your location.

Contact info@spot-nordic.com to order

 

ColorChecker Studio


ColorChecker Studio

ColorChecker Studio combines world-class hardware and software to deliver expert color results for photo and filmmaker pros.

ColorChecker Studio includes:

ColorChecker Studio Device:

The patented, all-in-one ColorChecker Studio spectrophotometer is the only device you need to profile your monitors, projectors, scanners and printers.

It's compact and easy to carry in its own protective bag so you are never without the means to create and expertly calibrated and profiled workflow whether at home, in the studio or on the road.

ccStudio software powered by X-Rite provides an easy to navigate interface that delivers expertly calibrated and profiled monitors (including video presets), projectors, scanners and printers.

ColorChecker Camera Calibration Software and Mini ColorChecker Classic Target for Cameras:

Utilizing the included industry standard 24 patch target, you'll be able to create custom camera profiles (single or dueal illuminants), set a custom white balance and have a neutral starting point no matter what light you are shotting in for a more streamlined editing process. The software includes both a desktop application and an Adobe Lightroom Plug-in.

Monitor Calibration and Profiling

Once you have taken the guesswork and frustration out of making sure the colour you see on your siplay is the colour you expect from your printer, you'll save time and money and gain full creative control over your images. ColorChecker Studio uses advanced technologies to perfect the match between your display and printer.

Intelligent Iterative Profiling

An adaptive technology that produces optimized resluts for maximum color accuracy on each unique display every time you profile.

Ambient Light Measurement: automatically determines the optimum display luminance for comparing prints to your display, based on a measurement of the lighting conditions where prints will be viewed.

Video Standards Support: NTSC, PAL SECAM, Rec. 709, Rec. 2020 and DCI-P3.

Extended User Controls: Custom control of white point, linance, contrast ratio and gamma. Also, measure other displays or light sources and use as targets.

Profile optimization: Create unique patch sets for optimal results.

Profile Validation and Reminder: View before and after results with included images or load your own, or use the 3D profle gamut viewer. Set reminder intervals to re-profile your display.

Included with the purchase of Calibrite Pro or Plus is either the SMS ECO v6, SMS Standard v6 or SMS MAX v6 colour palette for professional design, each containing 1.738 colours suited for web design, TV graphics and Print (CMYK) design and a 12 month brand license for one brand, valued at EUR 90.

Optionally you may opt for a P60 version of your SMS colour palette (please make sure to mention that when you order).

SKU CALB201: EUR 660 excl. VAT and local tariff that may apply, depending on your location.

Contact info@spot-nordic.com to order

GrafiLite - viewing light, A4

Professional assessment lamp for colour selection and matching

View prints and colour swatches in standardised lighting conditions, day or night, with the Calibrite GrafiLite powered by professional quality CRI 95+ LED. This compact space-saving desk lamp with a neutral grey viewing mat is ideal for desktop colour selection, assessment and matching.

Used for:

Soft proofing – compare prints to the digital image on a calibrated computer screen for image retouching – select daylight illumination and set the dimmer function to correspond with your calibrated monitor’s brightness level.

Colour reference selection – select colour swatches or samples, considering them under a choice of three illumination temperatures.

Check the accuracy of product or fabric colour matching under daylight 5,000K and consider the effects under office/store light and home light conditions.

  • Three colour temperature settings: natural daylight (5,000K), store light (4,000K), home light (2,700K)

  • Dimmer switch function: three illumination intensities for each temperature

  • Professional quality illumination CRI: 95+

  • Includes neutral grey viewing mat (A4)

  • Integrated desk clock/thermometer and convenient USB port

  • AC 100-240V – Universal plug for US, UK, EU, AU and CN

SKU CALB151: EUR 199 excl. VAT and local tariff that may apply, depending on your location.

Contact info@spot-nordic.com to order




The ColorMeter Pro is a handy and inexpensive Colorimeter/Spectrometer that uses so-called sphere - Specular Component Included (SCI) geometry to measure samples to collect colour data, such as CIELAB, RGB or LCH from any flat surface.

It is well suited for Quality Control of Colours, where Customer and Manufacturer as well as everyone responsible for colour in the value chain all use the instrument (or at least an instrument of the same type) to measure and verify a colour of the same specific substrate that is to be ordered, whether for Paint, Textile or Print.

Note that the CIELAB values as well as RGB values collected through measurements are not appropriate for use in, for instance, Photoshop for use in design or general communication of a colour for visual judgement.
Designers and Brand Owners should only use the device to compare a colour target to a colour sample of the same type preferably or at least a very similar one - for instance Cotton to Cotton, Polyester to Polyester, Coated paper to Coated paper, Plastic to Plastic etc. to avoid mistakes.

If you are looking for an instrument better aligned with universal Print standards (45/0, D50/2° - M1) you may want to consider the ColorMeter Exact instrument - see here below.

Before investing in the ColorMeter Pro, please contact your Manufacturer(s) / Printer(s) to check their measurement standards and to have a discussion about whether this instrument may be suited for Quality Control and communication of colour.

Instruments of this type are quite common in the Textile and Paints industry, while not as common in the Graphics industry, where 45/0 /0/45 spectral instruments are more common.

If you intend to use this instrument for Quality Control of your colours at your Printhouse, it is a good idea to simply provide your contact person with a ColorMeter Pro instrument to use in their ink kitchen or even at the press for spot colour checks.

Included with the purchase is an advanced App, available both for iPhone and Android phones, which connects to the device via Bluetooth.

It is easy to measure your own Brand colour(s) or your customer's colours from a sample or guide and to store them for future use, whether they are NCS, PANTONE, RAL or SMS colours.

Users have access to libraries from NCS, PANTONE, and RAL for instance that have been measured with the instrument to quickly look up the closest colour within the respective colour systems. NOTE: Those libraries are not official libraries and thus do not come with any sort of guaranty from the respective manufacturers.

Just remember to always use the same settings and to communicate them carefully to anyone responsible for keeping your colours correct.

If you prefer to use the same Master colour for all media and to work cross-media with the absolute CIELAB values on which SMS colours are based, please consider investing in the slightly more expensive ColorMeter Exact - see here below.

SKU P50: EUR 399 excl. VAT and local tariff that may apply, depending on your location.

Order ColorMeter Pro or contact info@spot-nordic.com to order

 


Spot-Nordic is delighted to offer the ColorMeter Exact Spectro-densitometer, a small but advanced 45/0 spectral measurement device, that fits in your pocket, which connects via Bluetooth to your mobile phone (iPhone or Android).

It is perfect for Brand Owners, Designers, Printshops and Manufacturers that are tasked with consistent reproduction of selected brand colours.

It includes the M0, M1 and M2 standards, used to measure CMYK colours printed according to ISO 12647-2-2013 as well as Pantone colours.

It enables users to measure their colours on the go and store them digitally in one place, - in their pocket and from then on to share them and do quality checks to compare new products to the same colour targets, defined by their CIELAB values. 

No longer do you have to check your products against old printed samples or printed colour guides that are most likely faded, unless they are less than 1 year old, and thus no longer a reliable standard to compare against. 

Your measured and stored digital colours - the measured CIELAB values become your new standard and you can communicate those CIELAB values to your Printer or Manufacturer so those colours can be checked and maintained during production - regardless of what it is.

Keeping track of your brand colours has never been easier.   

Included in the price of the ColorMeter Exact is a copy of the Spot Matching System Standard palette, v6 (1.738 colours) in PDF and ASE format OR a copy of the SMS MAX v6 colour palette in PDF and ASE format.


Furthermore, the built-in SMS Standard v6 and the SMS MAX v6 colour libraries are included with purchases of the ColorMeter Exact from Spot-Nordic to instantly measure and find the closest SMS Standard or MAX colour to your sample - or to check how close your colour is to your target SMS colour, if you are already using SMS Standard or MAX colours for your brand or your product.

Information about the Spot Matching System and how to use it is available here.

Users of the ColorMeter Excact also have access to libraries of various other colour systems that have been measured by other Colormeter Exact users and shared in the cloud, including Pantone, RAL and NCS libraries and users can also create their own custom colour palettes from colours measured from any flat surface.

 

SKU P51: EUR 599 excl. VAT and local tariff that may apply, depending on your location.

Order ColorMeter Exact or contact info@spot-nordic.com to order

 

XRITE i1 solutions

The Xrite i1 Pro 3 is an advanced, 45/0 handheld spectrophotometer, accurate enough for the most demanding customers, such as printshops, brand owners and advertising agencies seeking to get their colour under control.

The i1 Pro 3 devices support measurement to M0, M1 and M2.

In fact it is so accurate that the predecessor - i1Pro2 device was used to measure and confirm the colours of the first edition of the Spot Matching System (SMS) - to confirm the cross-media conformance of the SMS colours and the dE00 from one media to the next for our emperical proof.

The i1 Pro 3 bundled with the i1 Profiler software can be used to measure monitors (up to 5.000 nits), projectors and printed colours on even substrates, such as paper and plastic.

For measurement of more uneven substrates such as textile, canvas, ceramic or film - as well as for BACKLIT displays (new) the big brother - the i1 Pro 3 PLUS instrument is more appropriate.

Included in the purchase of all i1 Pro 3 packages and the i1 ISIS sheet scanner (see below) are all 3 colour palettes of the Spot Matching System, SMS ECO, SMS Standard and SMS MAX, total value of EUR 270 plus one year of access to paid services by Spot-Nordic for one brand.

See further information about the Spot Matching System for professional design here.

See further information and comparison on the i1 Pro 3 packages here.

SKU XRIT075:

EUR 1.799 excl. VAT and local tariff that may apply, depending on your location.

Contact info@spot-nordic.com to order

 

SKU XRIT077:

EUR 2.995 excl. VAT and local tariff that may apply, depending on your location.

Contact info@spot-nordic.com to order


Software only: i1 PUBLISH:

SKU XRIT468:

EUR 1.650 excl. VAT and local tariff that may apply, depending on your location.

Contact info@spot-nordic.com to order

 

SKU XRIT085:

EUR 2.079 excl. VAT and local tariff that may apply, depending on your location.

Contact info@spot-nordic.com to order

 

SKU XRIT087:

EUR 3.599 excl. VAT and local tariff that may apply, depending on your location.

Contact info@spot-nordic.com to order

 

 I1 IO (3rd generation)

Robotic, automatic chart reading system to speed up and automate reading of charts for profile creation. Scanning area A3+.
Max height/width: 10 mm with optional  Z Axis Spacer increasing max width to 33 mm.

SKU XRIT480:

EUR 3.990 excl. VAT and local tariff that may apply, depending on your location.

Contact info@spot-nordic.com to order

 

I1 ISIS 2 - standard 

Fast colour scanner, perfect for creating colour profiles for printing on paper. Size: A4+. Software: i1 Profiler. 

M0, M1 og M2 conditions.

SKU XRIT475:

EUR 4.990 excl. VAT and local tariff that may apply, depending on your location.

Contact info@spot-nordic.com to order

I1 ISIS 2 - XL  

Fast colour scanner, perfect for creating colour profiles for printing on paper. Size: A3+. Software: i1 Profiler. 

M0, M1 og M2 conditions. OBC (Optical Brightener Compensation).

SKU XRIT476:

EUR 5.990 excl. VAT and local tariff that may apply, depending on your location.

Contact info@spot-nordic.com to order

About spectral measurements - Sphere v.s. 45/0 geometry

About M standards (M0, M1, M2, M3) - by Xrite

 

 Testimony from Mr. Ingi Karlsson, the creator of the Spot Matching System, and owner of Spot-Nordic:

ColorMeter Exact:

"While testing this small, inexpensive instrument (Exact) to see if it could actually be as accurate as promised, I tried measuring our own SMS colour ticket sample from a Fogra 51 proof we printed out about a year ago that I hand out to prospects (so it may have faded just a little bit and  the colours thus not exactly correct) .



The first colour I measured was the first in the row, the blue SMS colour. It used to say "J-5" - not J-8.

So I did the measurement with the ColorMeter Exact instrument set to M1, D50/2° - which is the standard measurement condition for measuring SMS colours to ISO standards.

I then took a screenshot and imported it into the sRGB Standard version of our Spot Matching System, called P-20.

The screenshot of the measurement is here. Here we have the CIELAB values of the colour along with the closest HEX value to the measured colour (sRGB).

After importing the above screenshot into my Standard SMS sRGB colour palette, I compared the LAB value of the blue colour SMS J-5 to the above LAB values and was disappointed to say the least when I saw that the values were COMPLETELY different.

I thought to myself "Ok, this instrument is obviously just a toy, but not a real spectral measurement device - not even a proper colorimeter".

But of course, stubborn as I can be and grinding my teeth for wasting money on a toy that my daughter would not even enjoy playing with, I couldn't resist hovering over a few other SMS colours in the colour palette and when I got to SMS J-8, I saw that it was quite close to the CIELAB values of the patch I had measured.

What I saw was this:

As you can see the LAB values are actually quite close to each other - and no other SMS colour came nearly as close as J-8 (I knew in advance that after one year, the *b value would be lower, - because the Optical Brighteners in the paper have faded a bit - so that's normal...).

So I went into our files and found the original file we used to create the demo colour ticket here above. And guess what; the colour we used to create the sample test ticket was the SMS J-8, - not SMS J-5 and the colour difference (dE00) between my measurement and the LAB value of the sRGB colour was less than 1.8, which is pretty damn good - considering that the colour proof I measured for this experiment has been laying around my office for over a year. If your Printer/Manufacturer can keep your colours below dE00 of 2, they are REALLY good.

My little ColorMeter Exact helped me find this out, - so I can at least say for myself that I am extremely impressed with it and based on my own, slightly bitter, experience, I can safely recommend it for serious professional uses and Quality Control".

It is not as accurate as for instance the i1 Pro 3 or even more expensive instruments, such as the TECHKON SpectroDens, - but it is a great value for the money and can safely be used for maintaining consistent colour in production - and to look up the closest colour, - with an accuracy that I consider "close enough".

UPDATE May 10th 2024:

We have now added both the SMS Standard v6 library and the SMS MAX v6 library to the Exact instrument, so there is no longer need to open the SMS colour palette in Photoshop to check the closest SMS colour. You can instantly find the closest Standard or MAX SMS colour by simply selecting the corresponding library in your Exact App on your mobile phone.

Here is a screenshot that I just took when measuring the blue colour of the same old proof - now 2-3 year old:

 

 

Spot-Nordic, Spoaholar 4, 111 Reykjavik, Iceland   Tel: +354 553 4070   Email: info@spot-nordic.com 

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