It started with 1,688 colours and was revised to 1,625 colours and again to 1,825 colours. In 1993 a new colour matching system was introduced, tailored to the needs of architects, designers and advertisers. It is now made up of ten colours (RAL 1039-F9 Sand beige, RAL 1040-F9 Clay beige, RAL 6031-F9 Bronze green, RAL 6040-F9-Light olive, RAL 7050-F9 Camouflage grey, RAL 8027-F9 Leather brown, RAL 8031-F9 Sand brown, RAL 9021-F9 Tar black and RAL 6031-HR Bronze green for non-camouflage applications), used by the Bundeswehr for military camouflage coating. This collection, which follows the naming of RAL Classic, was invented in 1984. The first digit relates to the shade of the colour:
Therefore, most of the colours in it are used on warning and traffic signs or are dedicated to government agencies and public services (for example: RAL 1004 - Swiss Postal Service, RAL 1021 - Austrian Postal Service, RAL 1032 - German Postal Service). A main criterion for colours in the RAL Classic collection is to be of "paramount interest". "RAL 840-HR" covered only matte paint, so the 1980s saw the invention of "RAL 841-GL" for glossy surfaces, limited to 193 colours. At the international furnishing fair imm Cologne, 13-19 January 2020, two new colours were presented in the Classic Collection: RAL 2017 RAL Orange and RAL 9012 Clean Room White. In the 1960s, the colours were given supplemental names to avoid confusion in case of transposed digits.
With tints constantly added to the collection, it was revised again in 1961 and changed to "RAL 840-HR", which consists of 210 colours and is in use to this day. Army camouflage colours were always recognized by a "7" or "8" in the first place until 1944.
In the 1930s, the numbers were changed uniformly to four digits and the collection was renamed to "RAL 840 R" (R for revised).Īround 1940, the RAL colours were changed to the four-digit system, as is customary. Prior to that date, manufacturers and customers had to exchange samples to describe a tint, whereas from then on they would rely on numbers. In 1927, the German group Reichs-Ausschuß für Lieferbedingungen (National Committee for Delivery and Quality Assurance) invented a collection of forty colours under the name of "RAL 840".
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