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#shade matching

Articles about shade matching from the Abdohoo.App Solutions blog and help centre.

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Shadecard Capture tips dialog advising indirect daylight and a single light source, and warning against direct sun, mixed or coloured light
Explainers Shadecard

Metamerism: why lighting changes fabric colour

Metamerism is when two fabrics match under one light but not another, because their reflectance spectra differ. Check matches under several standard lights before approval.

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Shadecard Compare screen showing two olive shades with L*a*b* values and a ΔE00 1.39 difference broken into ΔL*, Δa*, Δb* and ΔC*
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CIELAB and Delta E (ΔE2000) explained for dyers

CIELAB turns a colour into three numbers: L* (lightness), a* (green–red) and b* (blue–yellow). Delta E is the distance between two colours; ΔE2000 weights it like the eye.

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Getting started Shadecard

Shadecard explained: what it does and who it is for

Shadecard measures a fabric's colour with a phone camera, matches it to a library of 13,297 shades and gives a yellow:red:blue starting recipe to confirm with a lab dip.

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Shade library & matching Shadecard

Find and compare the nearest shades to your fabric

Every result lists the top match and two runners-up; tap one to swap. On any shade, the Visually similar list and Compare show the ΔE00 and ΔL*, Δa*, Δb*, ΔC* side by side.

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