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Will small color differences impact sales?

22/09/2024 Eddy Hagen 0

You probably will have heard this one before: the color differences of packages will impact sales. But did you ever consider where that idea came […]

Samsung brand color specifications:
NOT Project BBCG-Approved

06/09/2024 Eddy Hagen 0

The second famous brand in our series evaluating brand color guides is Samsung. Their brand color guide has two colors, and the description is at […]

Apple brand color specifications:
NOT Project BBCG-Approved

24/08/2024 Eddy Hagen 0

Big brands spend a lot of money on creating their brand, including extensive brand guidelines, showing how the logo can and can not be used. […]

Video tutorial: the Color eXchange Coordinator (CxC)

13/07/2024 Eddy Hagen 0

It’s easy to exchange brand color specifications via ASE files. But still improvements can be made to this procedure: sharing project based ASE files, instead […]

Video tutorial: how to create ASE files to exchange brand color definitions

13/07/2024 Eddy Hagen 0

Did you ever wonder how you can create brand color swatches and exchange them with designers, people doing layout? Here’s a video tutorial! And these […]

Converting RGB to CMYK:
many combinations possible

31/03/2024 Eddy Hagen 0

When you plan a trip from A to B, e.g., Antwerp to Bruges, online route planners will offer you multiple options. And that’s the same […]

The finishing touch: don’t underestimate the effect!

10/02/2024 Eddy Hagen 0

A print job isn’t over until it’s finished. You can apply all kinds of varnishes and laminates, special foils, and more. These can have a […]

Have you seen the light?

01/02/2024 Eddy Hagen 0

It might seem a bit strange if you are unaware of it, but the light source will influence how a color appears. It is an […]

Substrates: choose wisely!

28/01/2024 Eddy Hagen 0

When you have spent a lot of time picking the right brand color, you should also spend sufficient time picking the correct category of substrates […]

Printing with ink:
more complex than you might think…

20/01/2024 Eddy Hagen 0

As we’ve seen in the previous posts, specifying and reproducing color in RGB needs to be done very carefully. You need to specify which RGB, […]

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Recent posts

  • Do small color differences in FMCG packaging hurt trust and sales?
    What’s the ‘Smallest Actionable Difference’?
  • Beyond the P1/P2 light booth:
    What color actually looks like on the shelf
  • How good is your reference?
  • Using decimals in your Lab based brand color definition? Nothing but noise…
  • Confused about the “Please use 300 ppi images” statement?
    Here’s what matters AND free tools to calculate the right minimal size!
  • Adobe brand color specifications:
    NOT Project BBCG-approved
  • Is a large color difference a nightmare for a brand?
  • Is print quality control Russian roulette?
  • Will a 10 dE00 hurt sales? The Oreo case
  • Cisco brand color specifications:
    NOT Project BBCG-approved

This is a free framework! For everybody!

Project BBCG is a free framework, brought to you by insights4print.ceo, with the help of several seasoned experts.

You are free to use the framework, the tutorial, also for training and education. You are free to share it, please do so! But you are not allowed to sell it, under no circumstances.

Volunteer translators wanted!

Do you like Project BBCG? And would you like to help people in your region with this information? We are looking for people who are willing to translate the tutorial into their native language. Since everything about Project BBCG is free, it is a voluntary job, no payment offered. But, you will be mentioned as the translator in the document! Eternal fame and gratitude awaits you… 😉 Interested? First check if your native language is not avaiable yet (see top menu) and if it isn’t, send an e-mail to: eddy.hagen@insights4print.ceo

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  • If you swapped Coca-Cola red with Target red, what would happen? 26/09/2026
    It might sound like blasphemy: swapping brand colors. And some people might accuse me of heresy by just thinking about that possibility. But hear me out: there is an experiment that supports this these, that [...] The post If you swapped Coca-Cola red with Target red, what would happen? appeared first on insights4print.ceo.
  • Did a two-year-long, real-life experiment reveal the magnitude of the Smallest Actionable Difference? 12/09/2026
    We need a new metric: the ‘Smallest Actionable Difference’ (SAD), to know which difference in brand color reproduction will turn off consumers and therefore hurt trust and sales. But lab experiments can’t determine this, since [...] The post Did a two-year-long, real-life experiment reveal the magnitude of the Smallest Actionable Difference? appeared first on insights4print.ceo.
  • Our mind not only plays tricks on us, it even invents reality… 20/06/2026
    You probably thought what a silly question that is in the header image. “That’s Coca-Cola, obviously!” But check again, read the letters on that can out loud, very carefully, one by one… Did you notice? [...] The post Our mind not only plays tricks on us, it even invents reality… appeared first on insights4print.ceo.

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