RAL Classic — blues (RAL 5000 series)

Twenty-five colours, RAL 5000 through 5026. A group with a strong industrial tradition: in Europe, blue is the most used corporate and machine colour after grey.

RAL 5010 gentian blue and RAL 5015 sky blue are the best known. RAL 5005 signal blue and RAL 5017 traffic blue are fixed in signalling and traffic use. RAL 5011 steel blue and RAL 5004 black blue are so dark that in practice they serve as a substitute for black — a detail that often goes wrong when touching up, because the difference from real black only shows in daylight.

At the light end are RAL 5012 light blue, RAL 5024 pastel blue and RAL 5019 capri blue, used mainly in interiors and product design.

All 25 colours in this group

RAL 5000 — VioletblauwView RAL 5000 →RAL 5001 — GroenblauwView RAL 5001 →RAL 5002 — UltramarijnblauwView RAL 5002 →RAL 5003 — SaffierblauwView RAL 5003 →RAL 5004 — ZwartblauwView RAL 5004 →RAL 5005 — SignaalblauwView RAL 5005 →RAL 5007 — BriljantblauwView RAL 5007 →RAL 5008 — GrijsblauwView RAL 5008 →RAL 5009 — AzuurblauwView RAL 5009 →RAL 5010 — GentiaanblauwView RAL 5010 →RAL 5011 — StaalblauwView RAL 5011 →RAL 5012 — LichtblauwView RAL 5012 →RAL 5013 — KobaltblauwView RAL 5013 →RAL 5014 — DuifblauwView RAL 5014 →RAL 5015 — HemelsblauwView RAL 5015 →RAL 5017 — VerkeersblauwView RAL 5017 →RAL 5018 — TurkooisblauwView RAL 5018 →RAL 5019 — CapriblauwView RAL 5019 →RAL 5020 — OceaanblauwView RAL 5020 →RAL 5021 — WaterblauwView RAL 5021 →RAL 5022 — NachtblauwView RAL 5022 →RAL 5023 — VerblauwView RAL 5023 →RAL 5024 — PastelblauwView RAL 5024 →RAL 5025 — ParelmoerblauwView RAL 5025 →RAL 5026 — ParelmoernachtblauwView RAL 5026 →

More about blues (RAL 5000 series)

Blue is sensitive to the light source you judge it under. Under warm artificial light, blue shifts visibly towards grey or green; what looked right in the workshop can turn out differently outdoors. Judge blue under daylight or standardised light, and preferably compare on a larger surface than a fan deck sample.

Loose colour samples from this group

Click a colour for the available formats, or see the full product range in the shop.

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