The ARC difference

We make better automotive color tools

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Expertly sprayed to match real-life painting conditions

Expertly sprayed to match
real-life painting conditions

  • Production scaled to your demand — from as little as 300 units of 5,600 individual chips, completed in 70 days.
  • Ability to produce multiple private label color collections in a single run.
  • Pricing that makes your CFO sing.
  • Artisanal hand sprayed color chips.
  • Accurate match to color formulation.
  • Significantly better visual check and variant selection.
  • Ease of handling making selection of the best variant easier.
  • Rounded corners and laminated backs preventing color chip damage.
  • Easy to insert annual color updates.
Technician spraying in booth
ARC team on a client call
Innovative design solutions

Innovative design solutions

ARC prides itself on exceptional customer service, innovation, flexibility and understanding our customer's needs. Our team likes going the extra mile, as nothing is better than the feeling of accomplishment when we exceed our client's expectations in the quality of the product and service they received.

From the design of the swatches through to the development of cabinet systems, we use our decades of expertise in recommending solutions, so clients have the best possible experience and results.

From start to finish, ARC will work with your team, using your color standards and paint to design and produce outstanding color tools for your refinish brand.

  • 20 years experience in refinish.
  • A strategic focus on ensuring "first time right color match".
  • Enthusiastic, motivated team.
  • A passion for innovation and design.
Red color swatch fan
Color standards and QC ISO

Color standards and QC

  • Every color is matched to supplied standards using our customers' paint, so the color mix is an accurate match to the car that is being repaired.
  • We conduct multiple quality checks to ensure accurate representation of the formula.
  • ARC's ISO 9001 processes include quality control measures to hold the color accuracy.
Quality-checking a color chip
Mixing paint to formula

Our color team follow an identical process to how the bodyshop will use your paint system.

  1. Starting from the formula from your paint mixing software, our experts produce a spray-out card for verification against your color standard.
  2. Once the match is confirmed, we process a spray the color in a process that replicates the spraying of a vehicle in a spray booth.
  3. We then spray your automotive system's 2K clearcoat, so the final swatch is a faithful reproduction of exactly how a bodyshop would use your system.
Best practice for color matching

Best practice for color matching

To correctly analyze the color, always compare the color under the correct light sources: sunlight or color corrected light.

Incorrect Review only one chip at a time
Incorrect Stay away from panel edges that can trick the eye
Correct Use a strip of tape or paper to create a break between colors
Correct Always ensure your chip follows the same contour of the vehicle
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