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August 2026 · WebsiteThe new ral-shop.nl is liveRAL-shop.nl has a new website. Alongside the shop there is now a complete colour overview online: every RAL Classic, RAL Design System plus and RAL Effect colour, each with its own page and the option to order directly.Read the article →
October 2025 · TrendsRAL Colour Feeling 2027+ — trend colours for the world of tomorrowRAL has launched the new RAL COLOUR FEELING 2027+ trend report. The edition presents 15 trend colours and the accompanying RAL Trendbox 2027+, which invites an intuitive, playful approach to colour and material combinations.Read the article →
September 2025 · BooksSecond edition of Kleurvormgeving now availableThe second, revised edition of Kleurvormgeving — a comprehensive colour theory for the professional colour consultant — is available in the shop.Read the article →
May 2025 · NewsRAL marks 100 years of colour standards — anniversary edition availableIn 2025 RAL COLOURS turned exactly one hundred. A special anniversary edition was published to mark the occasion.Read the article →
February 2025 · ProductsWater-based RAL K5 — 90% fewer solventsThe RAL K5 colour fan decks, in high gloss and semi-matt, are now produced with water-borne paint. That cuts volatile organic compound emissions by roughly 90 per cent without giving up colour fastness.Read the article →
September 2024 · TrendsRAL Colour Feeling 2026+ — KNOW + IMPROVEThe trend report for 2026 and beyond presented fifteen colours under the title KNOW + IMPROVE, with a matching Trendbox translating the colours onto materials.Read the article →
September 2024 · NewsOnline RAL colour training for colour professionalsAn online course to deepen your knowledge of the RAL colour systems, whenever it suits you. Provided by the Nederlandse Kleurenschool.Read the article →
May 2024 · ProductsWater-based RAL K7 colour fan deck now availableThe German-made water-based RAL K7 colour fan deck holds all 216 colours of the RAL Classic collection and offers the usual RAL precision and colour fidelity.Read the article →
May 2024 · NewsHow a RAL colour fan deck is madeThe colours on a RAL fan deck are not printed but painted, and a striking number of steps are done by hand. A look behind the scenes at production.Read the article →
January 2024 · NewsRAL Design System plus: the system behind the 1,825 coloursRAL Design System plus arranges 1,825 colours in the CIELab colour space, with every code naming hue, lightness and chroma. That makes the system useful where RAL Classic falls short.Read the article →
September 2023 · TrendsRAL Colour Feeling 2025+ — CARE + COLLABORATEThe RAL COLOUR FEELING 2025+ trend report presented fifteen trend colours under the title CARE + COLLABORATE, for the first time alongside a collection of materials.Read the article →
August 2023 · NewsRAL and SNKI confirm partnership with distribution agreementRAL in Bonn and the Stichting Nederlands Kleur Instituut have set down their long-standing partnership in a distribution agreement for the Benelux.Read the article →