Based on state-of-the-art software technology, COLIBRI ™ is user friendly with a very attractive and lean graphic user interface.

The Ciba ® COLIBRI ™ product line consists of several products to cover your application in plastics, inks, paints and coatings. Besides its capability to accurately handle opaque, translucent and transparent materials, COLIBRI ™ also allows the matching of metallic effects. Read on to see all our services in detail or contact us for more information.

Ciba® COLIBRI™Color Matching - Coloring your life !
"Efficient, powerful and easy to use"

COLIBRI™3.0 features:

User-friendly, intuitive and seamless interface Highly efficient for matching opaque, translucent and transparent colors Recipe calculation can be performed on various substrates The usage of the “auxiliary binder” function allows the use of different binders or polymers in each colorant library, skipping the need for preparation of calibration samples in every case. Customized functionality and feature settings to match your application & workflow Integrated expert system, allowing pigment pre-selection according to application requirements A wide variety of versions available fitting your company needs including a full enterprise network capability!

Ciba® COLIBRI™ QualityControl Software

Ciba® COLIBRI™ QualityControl is designed to allow a speedy assessment of the conformity of production against a standard The most common pass / fail criterias are available: delta E (CIE Lab), CIE 94, CMC, FMC-2 and Hunter Lab… and a visual display of limits on screen allows you to check the relevance of your choices made. In chart mode, you can immediately understand and see where deviations are affecting the color shifting. Here again the template functionality allows you to optimise the workflow of final users by generating customised templates

Color Management : Ciba® COLIBRI™NetWorks Platform

The COLIBRI™ NetWorks is an innovative internet Platform which is tailored to the specific needs of the brand owner and its suppliers. This integrated solution, brings performance throughout the complete supply chain, thus improving productivity.

The main benefits of COLIBRI™ NetWorks are:

• Definition, standardization and referencing of shades
• Improved communication between brand owner and its suppliers
• Increased cooperation between supply chain participants
• Optimization of color delivery processes

Ciba Color Services' role is to link the color supply chain participants, leveraging our color expertise and independence. This enbles us to help you manage your complete color program from standards development and digital compliance criteria to individual supplier review.