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A completely calculable and license-free color model

We see the new HLC Color Atlas as the basis for all stages of professional color communication – from the design to the finished product.
Share, compare, communicate, and match colors with the new HLC-ColourAtlas XL.

The HLC ColourAtlas XL color system is a color representation system designed to describe colors digitally and device-independently. It combines the CIELAB color model and the clear HLC representation system to achieve this goal.

HLC Color Atlas XL

13000 mathematically and systematically graded CIELAB shades.

HLC Colour Atlas Standard

2040 mathematically and systematically graded CIELAB shades.

Gamutmap

Easily compare colour spaces and find colours that fit your needs

Zitat: Liberate color from chains - freieFarbe e.V.

The Authors of the Atlas

We, the team of “HLC-ColourAtlas.org”, would like to thank the authors of the “CIELAB HLC Colour Atlas” for providing the completely calculable and license-free color model.

Authors

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Vision for the future

Today we still live in a world of colours where many paint companies cook their own, strictly guarded soup. Façade paints do not speak to wall paints, wall paints do …

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HLC-Colour Atlas Data

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HLC-Colour-Atlas_EPV_ColourValues_v2-3.xls

HLC-Colour-Atlas_EPV_ColourValues_v2-3.xls

HLC-Colour-Atlas-XL_ColourValues_v1

HLC-Colour-Atlas-XL_ColourValues_v1

HLC Colour Atlas XL Spectral Data v1

HLC Colour Atlas XL Spectral Data v1

What are the spectral data of the color atlas suitable for? The spectral data correspond to the printed fields of the color atlas and can be read, processed and used …

Color values for more than 300 color systems

Color values for more than 300 color systems

Color database

HLC-Colour-Atlas_XL_01
CIELAB_HLC_Colour_Atlas_XL_Handbuch_Farbwerte
CIELAB_HLC_Colour_Atlas_XL_Farbkreis
CIELAB_HLC_Colour_Atlas_XL_Qualitaetssicherung
CIELAB_HLC_Colour_Atlas_XL_H305_v1-1-1024x1024
CIELAB_HLC_Colour_Atlas_XL_H215
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