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Natural Colour System

0112/2///61360_7#CTA992

proprietary natural colour system (NCS) allowing for accurate cross-industrial colour communication by a three-dimensional colour space that specifies colours based on six elementary pure colours, the hue and nuance.

value term
Enumeration code
CTA992

All properties18#

Version
1
Revision
1
Preferred name
Natural Colour System
Short name
NCS
Definition
proprietary natural colour system (NCS) allowing for accurate cross-industrial colour communication by a three-dimensional colour space that specifies colours based on six elementary pure colours, the hue and nuance.
Note
1 Standardized under ASTM E2970-22, Ed. 2022, Standard Practice for Specifying Color by the Natural Colour System (NCS) in cooperation with the Swedish Institute for Standards 2 NCS, Natural Colour System is a trademark of the NCS Colour AB Stockholm, Sweden and is protected by copyright (www.ncscolour.com). All rights reserved. Original NCS color samples are only available form NCS Colour AB or any authorized NCS distributor. Commercial use of the NCS System requires a license from NCS Colour AB.
Responsible committee
IEC/SC 3D
Publisher
IEC
Published in
IEC 61360-7
Status level
Standard
Version release date
2024-08-13
Revision release date
2024-08-13
Version initiation date
2024-08-13
Original definition date
2024-08-13
Change request ID
C00109
MDC_P025_1
NCS