Custom Colors · Sample · Pantone · Image
Approve a Custom Filament Color Before You Plan Volume
Start with a physical sample when color accuracy matters most. Pantone codes or images can also guide matching, then a test sample gives your team a physical reference to review before the order moves forward.
Catalog photography of the 1.75mm / 1kg spool format. Color is illustrative — confirm the series with a test sample.
01 — Matching Options
Choose the Reference That Matches Your Approval Standard
A physical sample, Pantone code and screen image do not carry the same information. Choose the reference your team can use to make a documented approval decision.
Physical Sample
Send a physical color sample — a printed part, a swatch or an object in the target color. Measured directly, this gives the best achievable accuracy for the match.
Pantone Reference
Provide a Pantone code from your brand guidelines. Works well for standardized palettes, with a reasonable difference allowance between printed filament and paper color standards.
Reference Image
Send a product photo or rendering when nothing physical exists yet. Feasible, but screens and print materials shift color — expect the widest difference allowance of the three routes.
02 — The Process
From Reference to Production in Four Steps
Share Your Reference
Send the physical sample, Pantone code or image, plus material family (PLA, PLA+, Matte PLA or PETG) and expected quantity.
Lab Dip & Confirmation
A lab dip / color confirmation sample is prepared against your reference. The target is agreed in writing before anything scales.
Sample Approval
You receive the filament sample, print it on your own hardware and approve the color under your own lighting and settings.
Production
Volume production runs against the approved sample. Standard lead time is around 10–15 days, subject to material, color, quantity, packaging and schedule.
03 — Use Cases
Use Custom Color Only Where It Creates a Clear Market Role
Brand Signature Color
Filament brands match their identity color so every spool carries the brand — consistent across reorders and packaging generations.
Channel Exclusive Color
Distributors and retailers commission exclusive colors that cannot be cross-compared with competing shelves — a color is theirs alone for the agreed program.
Restocking an Existing SKU
Switching suppliers on a live color? Send a sample of the current SKU and we match the replacement to it, so shelf continuity holds across the transition.
04 — Fees & Quantities
The Commercial Terms, Stated Up Front
Color-matching fee. A color-matching fee may apply, and may be waived for qualifying volume orders. Whether it applies to your project is confirmed with the quotation.
Quantities. Custom colors follow the standard quotation bands (10+ / 100+ / 500+ / 1,000+), confirmed per project. If your project includes customized packaging — labels, color boxes, spools, barcodes or manuals — the reference MOQ is 1,000 spools per design, confirmed per project.
05 — Before You Ask