Colours come and go with changing trends. Flexibility in colours, colour tools and colour scheme development is paramount.

The Resene Total Colour System offers this flexibility through a wide range of colour services, from colour tools such as colour charts and drawdowns through to special colour matches and complete colour scheme development by specialised staff to help with the colour decision making process.

Sophisticated tinting technology enables Resene to produce durable colour options that remain true to colour long after they have been applied. Interlinked systems for decorative and high performance coatings allow you to achieve the same spectrum of colours in a wide variety of products.

Because we regularly upgrade the Resene Total Colour System, it can be difficult to keep abreast of the repertoire of colours and colour tools available to you. This brief insight into the Resene Total Colour System demonstrates how quickly colours and colour specifying is changing, embracing new virtual painting technologies and an increasing range of sampling options.

The Resene Total Colour System includes:

Colour charts

Thousands of colours are showcased on a wide variety of colour charts. From The Range collections of the latest fashion colours through to the special effects finishes of the Resene Metallics and special effects chart, there is something to suit all projects and all tastes. Colour charts are available from Resene ColorShops, resellers, or can be ordered online.

Virtual painting

‘See’ the finish before the painting has even started with Resene’s virtual painting software. Virtually paint pre-selected images from our image gallery or your own images using Resene EzyPaint, or let us do the work for you. Using Resene RenderRite, our computerised rendering service, we can develop a colour scheme using a photograph of the current building and show you what the building will look like after your colour scheme has been applied.

Virtual colour

For those who prefer to create their own electronic renders using architectural software, Resene colours are available in AutoCAD/Revit colour files, ArchiCAD files, SketchUp files and Spirit, preloaded into selected architectural software files, or you can download .jpeg image files or RGB values from the Resene website.

Explore a world of colour online with the Resene online colour library and wallpaper library. Search for your favourites using a wide variety of search options, then download or print if desired. View reflectance values, tone information and complementary colours. Or if you have a colour in mind and wish to find the nearest Resene colour options, try out Resene Find-A-Colour, click on a colour and the closest Resene colour options will be displayed for you.

Mobile colour

Resene’s ColourMatch application gives you instant access to thousands of Resene colours enabling you to colour match from any image taken on your iPhone. Or use the colour spectrum to select a colour and find the nearest Resene paint colour. Once you’ve matched your colour to a Resene colour, use Resene ColourMatch to find complementary colours simply by touching the screen, save your favourites and share with others by email.

Try the Resene iSwatch, which enables you to view Resene paint, wallpaper and curtains on your mobile phone, iPhone or iPod Touch. The Resene iSwatch includes: Resene iFandeck with thousands of paint swatches, Resene iWallpaper with thousands of wallpaper swatches and Resene iCurtain with swatches of the Resene Curtain Collection. Designed to be a quick reference library to Resene swatches, it can be easily installed from virtually anywhere within 60 seconds.

There are two options to choose from – the ‘live’ version designed to work on a wide range of mobile devices that accesses information on the fly from an online database or the app version that is stored on your phone but is updated less frequently.

Drawdowns

Direct order service for A4 screenprinted colour to aid your critical evaluation of colours. Drawdowns are delivered direct to your Rletterbox. Folders of Resene drawdownsiare also available for viewing at Resene ColorShops and Resellers.

Testpatches

Try out your colour without having to lift a paintbrush. A Resene Testpatch is just like a Resene Testpot, except the painting is
done for you. Peel off the back of the Resene Testpatch, attach it to the area you plan to paint and view it at different times of the day and night to check your colour concept works under different lighting. Then peel it off and attach it onto other parts of the painting project.

Adhesive colour chips

10cm x 6cm adhesive colour chips screenprinted in Resene colours are available for direct adhesion to your sample board or specification.

Handy testpots

Small 55ml pot samples of individual colours – a handy way to confirm your colour choices. 80ml testpots are also available for the Resene Waterborne Woodsman range.

Colour Match Pencils

Over 100 Faber Castell Pencils supplied complete with an extensive list of formulations enabling you to match every Resene colour using different pencil combinations. The Colour Match system can be purchased through Resene representatives. Formulation lists are updated following the launch of new colour ranges and can be downloaded from the online Resene colour library.

Colour matching

Resene can match special colours using the Resene Total Colour System. Our Colour Laboratories use the latest technology to match colours to your specifications, making this the ideal way to ensure that the colour you get is the colour you want.

The new Resene ColourHelper can measure your swatch and tell you the three nearest Resene colours and suggest complementary colours for a complete colour scheme. Quick and easy, it’s ideal when you are working with existing materials or have a colour swatch on hand but are not sure where to find the colour.

Colour assistance

Even with all this choice of colour and colour tools, sometimes you still need assistance. Resene can provide colour assistance to help you develop your customised colours and colour schemes.

Samples

Samples of a range of Resene products from decorative topcoats to specialist steel coatings can be viewed in our Architectural Sample Box, Resene Waterborne Colorwood and Resene Woodsman sample boxes – ‘hands on’ resources to supplement our product manuals. Contact your Resene representative to view.

Celebrating colour excellence

The Resene Total Colour Awards programme celebrates and encourages excellent and creative use of colour, across a variety of project types including commercial, residential, sustainable and landscape.

Less is more

And to enable specifiers to get their favourite Resene colours without creating an unnecessary environmental burden, Resene has pioneered Resene Non VOC tinters enabling a full spectrum of colours to be achieved without adding unwanted VOCs (volatile organic compounds).

Greening charts

Resene proactively prints colour collateral on sustainable paper stocks. Resene colour charts are finished in Environmental Choice approved Resene SpaceCote Low Sheen, Resene SpaceCote Flat, Resene Enamacryl Metallic and Resene Non-Skid Deck & Path, while the remainder are finished in waterborne inks. Not only do the Resene paints give a truer representation of the actual colour, but they also reduce solvent emissions compared to traditional solventborne lacquers usually used for direct deposit colour charts.

The Resene Total Colour System offers you all the colours, colour tools and services you need to develop the right colour scheme for your next project. The key is to select those tools that best complement your work and make these a part of your specification process.

Mamoran, a South African company who has licensed elements of the Resene Total Colour System have succinctly described the benefits of this system – “the main advantage of the Resene system is that everything is linked right from the colour pencils to the colour cards.”

Contact your local Resene representative or Resene ColorShop for more information on any elements of this system.