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Industrial designers, product engineers and manufacturing engineers all work in tandem to push out products that are aesthetic, easy to use and reinforce brand identities. During the initial design phase, the industrial/product designer often has a vision for the product color and feel and this is communicated via product requirement documents or user research. Using CMF as the overarching principle negates ambiguity in the product design and ensure that there’s no room for error.
So lets break down CMF:
Color
The best way to specify color is using the Pantone Matching System (PMS). The pantone color palette contains over 2000 colors; essentially every color that you can possibly image. All you have to do is choose the pantone color code for the one that matches all your requirements. We would recommend a design team that works with a range of product to purchase a Pantone Color Guide which consists of all standard colors.
There is another color chart standard called RAL, often used across Europe. However in Singapore we often find ourselves using Pantone as the go-to.
