Tolerance Bands for Lab
Dip and Production
ColordesQ empowers apparel brands to define clear, measurable color expectations. With quadrant-based tolerance mapping, brands and suppliers align faster. The software helps to minimize approvals, reduce rework, and accelerate time to market.
Why Lab Dip Comparisons and Color Measurements Matters
No Option to Define Color Ranges = Rejected Lap Dips, Increased sampling costs, and Inconsistent brand color.
Apparel brands need the option to define acceptable range or variation during color approval process. Without it, suppliers end up submitting lab dips that are inconsistent. This results in frequent rework, costly production delays, and a sample that does not translate the brand's color requirements.
ColordesQ solves these issues by enabling brands to define digital tolerance bands and preferred quadrants at the job level for each color standard. Suppliers then provide lab dips, samples, and bulk production within these precise, pre-defined ranges, ensuring consistent color and minimizing subjective approvals.
How ColordesQ Tolerance Bands for Lab Dip and Production Helps
What can I do with it?
Define, visualize, and communicate precise digital color tolerances for all lab dips, samples, and production batches. Ensure color consistency and eliminate subjective approvals.
Who is it for?
Apparel brands, quality control managers, colorists, and sourcing teams who need to streamline color evaluation and ensure brand color standards are met by global suppliers.
When does it help?
During lab dip evaluations, sample reviews, and bulk production where color accuracy is critical.
Where does it work?
Tolerance bands for lab dip and production control feature is fully integrated and available within ColordesQ software. Once connected to the internet, brands and suppliers can easily define and manage color tolerances in apparel.
Why should I care?
Because it saves your brand time and money by providing lab dip accuracy that reduces rejections and cuts down sampling cycles. ColordesQ ensures product quality and color standards that align with the brand.
How Tolerance Bands for Lab Dip and Production Works
Control Color Precision: Set Tolerance Rules, Guide Submissions, and Accelerate Approval Cycles
Define Your Color Standard and Tolerance
At the job level, define a specific color standard for your project. Set the numerical limits, or tolerance bands, within which a color will be accepted. The "Drift Indicator" shows this tolerance as a shaded area around the target color, representing the acceptable range for a color match.
Set Preferred Quadrants
For each color standard, you can define preferred limits that guide suppliers toward your desired color cast. This feature allows you to specify a preferred color direction, making the color approval process more precise and less subjective.
Supplier Submits Lab Dips
Suppliers submit their lab dips or samples. The ColordesQ software then measures the color and plots it on the drift indicator chart, as shown in the image. Each dot represents a specific lab dip, providing an objective measurement of its color.
Automated Evaluation and Validation
The platform automatically evaluates each lab dip against the defined tolerance bands and preferred quadrants. This provides an immediate, objective pass/fail status, eliminating the need for manual, subjective color evaluations.
Proactive Production Guidance
By reviewing the plots on the drift indicator, brands can proactively guide suppliers on how to adjust their color formulas. This ensures better lab dip accuracy and streamlines the next round of submissions.
What clients are saying
ColordesQ is a game-changer for color-related decisions.
Head of Design
European Womenswear Brand
Don’t Just Review Colors, Define Them Precisely
Frequently Asked Questions
It helps to clearly define acceptable color deviations, eliminating subjective decisions. This ensures faster, more consistent lab dip evaluations and helps suppliers know exactly what’s acceptable minimizing rework and approval delays.
Yes, ColordesQ allows brands to set job-specific color tolerances ranges, including preferred quadrants. This ensures precise control for each color standard and allows flexibility based on fabric, material, or production needs.
ColordesQ uses digital color measurement to compare supplier submissions against defined bands. It then visually maps the color within a quadrant grid to show if it falls within the accepted range making approvals fast and objective.
If a lab dip or bulk sample doesn’t meet the defined tolerance, ColordesQ flags it for review. Brands can either reject, approve with comments, or request resubmission streamlining feedback and reducing confusion for suppliers.
Absolutely. ColordesQ is cloud-based and accessible to suppliers worldwide. It provides digital control of color variation in manufacturing. The goal is standardized color standard and accuracy across geographies that maintains consistency across the entire supply chain.
First Lab Dip to Final Bulk; Faster, Smarter, and Without Rework