color matching Archives - BodyShop Business
Create Virtual Sprayout Cards with PPG’s New Color-Matching Tools

Advanced technologies promise an opportunity to save on time and materials when determining the best color match With the introduction of the PPG DIGIMATCH™ spectrophotometer and PPG VISUALIZID™ software, PPG says these technological advancements will make it easier and faster for body shops to determine the best color formula for matching a customer’s vehicle. Here’s

Streamlight Introduces USB Rechargeable FlipMate Light

Streamlight, Inc., has launched the FlipMate, a USB rechargeable light with a blade that rotates 270 degrees on its body to provide area lighting as well as color matching.

Innovative Tools Releases Scangrip MULTIMATCH R Work Light

The MULTIMATCH R work light features the all-daylight function, allowing repairers to choose between five different color temperatures depending on the job.

Rechargeable Color-Matching Light Featuring All-Daylight

Innovative Tools’ SUNMATCH 3 High CRI+ LED work light with all daylight is a handheld, rechargeable light with excellent color rendering properties for perfect color match.

Phone Calls from Manhattan Island: “Can You Tell Me About the Auto Body Industry?”

In my long tenure as a self-proclaimed expert on the collision industry, I’ve gotten phone calls every few years from venture capital folks deep in the canyons of Manhattan Island looking for information about the collision repair business. Last week, I got another one of those phone calls.

Lead-Footed, Phone-Shackled U.S. Drivers Earn a ‘C’ for Safe Driving
Axalta Invests in Color Targeting Program

With 2019 model year vehicles beginning to enter the market, Axalta’s color team is accelerating color data collection to equip collision centers with the information they need to refinish consumers’ late-model vehicles.

PPG Introduces MeasureColor Mobile Color-Matching App

MeasureColor Mobile, available in the United States and Canada, combines cloud technology with a handheld, Bluetooth-enabled scanning device to read a color, interpret the data and quickly send the closest PPG color match to the app on a customer’s tablet or smartphone.

PPG Sets Q2 Collision Refinish Training Schedule

Collision refinish courses set for April, May and June will cover PPG premium brands including the Envirobase High Performance, Aquabase Plus, Deltron and Global Refinish System lines.

Digital Color Matching System

AkzoNobel’s digital color matching system allows body shops to precisely measure and match the existing color on any area of a vehicle.