Bhadohi, India
ARS Colors builds color reference systems for carpet manufacturers and home furnishing producers from a base in Bhadohi. The reference range runs to more than 6,551 colors, divided across a set of color system boxes, with pom pom sets used to match shades against yarn. Chromatone is a customized system built to a buyer's own palette rather than to a standard chart. Asif Hasan founded the firm.
Color reference system boxes, pom pom shade sets, Chromatone customized reference systems
Boxed sets of color references drawn from a library of more than 6,551 shades. Carpet and home furnishing manufacturers use them to fix a shade and repeat it across dye lots.
Wound yarn pom poms supplied as physical shade references. They are matched against spun yarn so a shade can be confirmed before a production run starts.
A reference system compiled to a buyer's own palette instead of a standard chart. Shades are selected and boxed to the customer specification.