Colours for New AC Clips

In 2005, the preferred colours for balls were specified using the Natural Colour System (NCS). These remain our specification for tournament croquet balls. More recently, the Equipment Committee sought reasonable matching shades with which to repaint AC clips, which for convenience of club equipment officers, we specified in popularly available small-tin enamel paint colours.

To aid clip manufacturers, we have now also specified preferred colours for new clips, specified in two colour matching systems popular in the printing, paint and materials industries: RAL and Pantone. Note that there are often no precise equivalents, and so these are reasonable and acceptable matches. The RAL and Pantone colours should not be used to specify balls - instead use the NCS originals from which these others have been derived. When there are multiple colour standards shown, the highlighted one is preferred.

Ball & Clip	NCS ball colour	RAL colours for new clips	Pantone colours for new clips
Blue	2060-B, 2060-R80B, 1560-R90B, 2060-R90B	5015, 5012	2172 C
Red	2070-R	3020, 3018	200 C
Black		9005, 9004, 9017	(a true dark Black)
Yellow	0580-Y10R, 0575-G90Y, 0580-Y	1021, 1018, 1023	7409 C
Green	1070-G10Y, 2060-B90G, 1565-G, 2060-G10Y	6037, 6038	2257 C
Pink	0530-R, 1040-Y90R, 0540-R10B, 1040-R20B	3015	700 C
Brown	4050-Y40R, 4050-Y60R, 4030-Y80R	8023, 8001, 8003, 8004	7516 C
White		9003, 9010, 9016	(Brilliant White)