Color Intelligence

KROMA
LAB™

Your ink room runs on guesswork. KromaLab runs on science.

Camera detection. 3,219 Pantone matches. 132 named inks. Mixing queue. Tag scanning. Offline. Done.

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The Problem

YOUR INK ROOM
IS A CRIME SCENE.

And the evidence is everywhere.

Operators squinting at Pantone books from 2014. Formulas scribbled on index cards that fell behind the shelf. Three cans of leftover ink nobody remembers mixing. A customer walks in with a hat and says "match this" — and your best answer is holding it next to the light.

73%

of shops match by eye

spent on color tools

reprints from bad matches

formula records kept

FOUR MODES.
ONE WORKFLOW.

Detect. Match. Mix. Verify. Every color on every job — from the customer's sample to the press.

Step 01

DETECT

Snap a photo of a customer's sample. KromaLab runs k-means clustering to auto-extract every dominant color. Tap anywhere to pick manually. Each color gets an instant Pantone match with Delta E confidence scoring.

K-Means AITap-to-PickAuto-Extract

MATCH

3,219 Pantone Solid Coated colors searched instantly. Delta E 2000 scoring shows exactly how close. Off-the-shelf inks from 8 manufacturers surfaced alongside — so you know what's already on your shelf.

Step 02

MIX

Ink mixing queue sorted by press schedule priority. Per-job status tracking from "Needs Mixing" to "Mixed & Ready." 48px+ buttons because your operators are wearing gloves.

Step 03

VERIFY

Scan your mixed ink before it hits the press. KromaLab compares the actual result against the target PMS with a live Delta E readout. Green badge means go. Red badge means remix. No more "looks close enough."

Step 04

3,219

Pantone Solid Coated colors

132

named off-shelf inks

ink manufacturers

165KB

offline database size

POINT.
SHOOT. MATCH.

Your phone camera is now a spectrophotometer. A $3,000 spectrophotometer that also makes calls.

Color Detection

K-MEANS
CLUSTERING.

KromaLab samples every pixel, clusters them in CIE L*a*b* color space, and surfaces dominant colors ranked by population. Not "close enough." Mathematically closest. Delta E 2000 — the same algorithm Pantone uses.

CIE L*a*b*Delta E 2000D50 Illuminant

Auto-Detect

Up to 8 dominant colors extracted automatically. Background and garment color filtered out. Only the ink colors you care about.

Tap-to-Pick

Auto-detect missed a spot? Tap any pixel. KromaLab samples a 7x7 area for noise reduction and matches instantly.

Confidence Badges

Every match shows a dE badge: Excellent (<2), Good (<3), Acceptable (<5), Poor (>5). You know exactly how far off you are.

Off-Shelf Inks

Wilflex, FN-INK, Union, Rutland, ICC, Green Galaxy, Matsui, Total Ink. 132 named inks matched alongside Pantone — with the actual brand name your distributor stocks.

YOUR INK QUEUE
IS A WHITEBOARD.

Not anymore. Every ink on every job — tracked from detection through mixing to press-ready verification.

Production Priority

SORTED BY PRESS

Inks sort by which job hits the press first. Not alphabetically. Not by color. By production schedule. The mixer sees what needs to be ready and when.

Built for Gloves

48PX+ BUTTONS

Your operators are wearing nitrile gloves covered in plastisol. Every button, every toggle, every "Mark as Mixed" — 48 pixels minimum. No tiny checkboxes. No dropdown menus requiring surgical precision.

Reference Swatches

TARGET vs ACTUAL

Every queue entry shows the target PMS swatch next to the matched off-shelf ink. Side-by-side comparison on screen before ink touches substrate. No squinting at a fan deck across the room.

Per-JobStatus TrackingBatch Ready

NO WIFI?
NO PROBLEM.

Your production floor has dead spots. Your color matching shouldn't.

Offline-First Mobile

165KB.
ENTIRE DATABASE.

3,219 Pantone Solid Coated colors and 132 off-shelf inks stored locally on your phone. Camera detection runs client-side. Tap a color, get a match — airplane mode, basement, middle of a trade show floor. Sync when you reconnect.

Walk-In Mode

Customer walks in with a sample. No job exists yet. Scan the colors now, attach to a job later. No awkward "let me set up the system first" delay.

Job Archive Photos

Photograph finished prints organized by print location. Next time a customer reorders, you have a visual reference for exactly what the ink looked like on press — not what Pantone says it should look like.

READ THE TAG.
KNOW EVERYTHING.

Every garment tag tells a story. KromaLab reads it for you.

Step 01

PHOTOGRAPH

Point your camera at the garment tag. KromaLab captures the label in high resolution.

Step 02

OCR EXTRACT

AI reads the tag text — RN number, brand, style code, country of origin, fabric content.

Step 03

FTC LOOKUP

RN# hits the FTC database. Manufacturer identified. Brand confirmed. No guessing who made it.

Step 04

COLOR MATCH

Garment body color auto-detected from the photo. Matched to manufacturer color catalogs for accurate print setup.

Bonus Tool

COLOR CONVERTER

HEX to PMS. RGB to PMS. PMS to HEX. Live preview swatches with Delta E confidence badges on every conversion. Because your designer sends you #C8102E and your press operator needs PMS 186 C.

HEX → PMSRGB → PMSdE BadgesLive Preview

KROMALAB
VS. YOUR PROCESS.

No competitor has any of this. Zero. We checked.

Capability	KromaLabINCLUDED	Your Current Process
Camera color detection
3,219 Pantone color matching
Delta E 2000 accuracy scoring
Off-shelf ink matching (8 brands)
Ink mixing queue by press schedule
Pre-press color verification
Tag label scanner + FTC lookup
Garment body color detection
Walk-in scan (no job required)
Offline mobile (~165KB)
HEX/RGB/CMYK/HSL/PMS converter with LAB + ΔE
Job archive photos by location
Squinting at a Pantone book
Index cards behind the ink shelf
Verbal handoff: "make it bluer"

12 to 3. And three of yours involve guessing.

Ink Manufacturer Database

EVERY BRAND YOUR DISTRIBUTOR STOCKS.

WilflexFN-INKUnion InkRutlandInternational CoatingsGreen GalaxyMatsuiTotal Ink Solutions

132 named inks with Pantone equivalents, L*a*b* values, and Delta E scores. Not generic "red" — the actual product names.

STOP SQUINTING.
START SCANNING.

KromaLab is included with every Kontraktr plan. The same tool that replaces your $3,000 spectrophotometer, your Pantone book, and your whiteboard — at $0 extra.

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YOUR INK ROOM
IS A CRIME SCENE.

And the evidence is everywhere.

73%

of shops match by eye

spent on color tools

reprints from bad matches

formula records kept

Capability

KromaLabINCLUDED

Your Current Process

Camera color detection

3,219 Pantone color matching

Delta E 2000 accuracy scoring

Off-shelf ink matching (8 brands)

Ink mixing queue by press schedule

Pre-press color verification

Tag label scanner + FTC lookup

Garment body color detection

Walk-in scan (no job required)

Offline mobile (~165KB)

HEX/RGB/CMYK/HSL/PMS converter with LAB + ΔE

Job archive photos by location

Squinting at a Pantone book

Index cards behind the ink shelf

Verbal handoff: "make it bluer"

KROMALAB™

YOUR INK ROOMIS A CRIME SCENE.

FOUR MODES.ONE WORKFLOW.

DETECT

MATCH

MIX

VERIFY

POINT.SHOOT. MATCH.

K-MEANSCLUSTERING.

Auto-Detect

Tap-to-Pick

Confidence Badges

Off-Shelf Inks

YOUR INK QUEUEIS A WHITEBOARD.

SORTED BY PRESS

48PX+ BUTTONS

TARGET vs ACTUAL

NO WIFI?NO PROBLEM.

165KB.ENTIRE DATABASE.

Walk-In Mode

Job Archive Photos

READ THE TAG.KNOW EVERYTHING.

PHOTOGRAPH

OCR EXTRACT

FTC LOOKUP

COLOR MATCH

COLOR CONVERTER

KROMALABVS. YOUR PROCESS.

EVERY BRAND YOUR DISTRIBUTOR STOCKS.

STOP SQUINTING.START SCANNING.

KROMALAB™

YOUR INK ROOMIS A CRIME SCENE.

FOUR MODES.ONE WORKFLOW.

DETECT

MATCH

MIX

VERIFY

POINT.SHOOT. MATCH.

K-MEANSCLUSTERING.

Auto-Detect

Tap-to-Pick

Confidence Badges

Off-Shelf Inks

YOUR INK QUEUEIS A WHITEBOARD.

SORTED BY PRESS

48PX+ BUTTONS

TARGET vs ACTUAL

NO WIFI?NO PROBLEM.

165KB.ENTIRE DATABASE.

Walk-In Mode

Job Archive Photos

READ THE TAG.KNOW EVERYTHING.

PHOTOGRAPH

OCR EXTRACT

FTC LOOKUP

COLOR MATCH

COLOR CONVERTER

KROMALABVS. YOUR PROCESS.

EVERY BRAND YOUR DISTRIBUTOR STOCKS.

STOP SQUINTING.START SCANNING.

KROMA
LAB™

YOUR INK ROOM
IS A CRIME SCENE.

FOUR MODES.
ONE WORKFLOW.

POINT.
SHOOT. MATCH.

K-MEANS
CLUSTERING.

YOUR INK QUEUE
IS A WHITEBOARD.

NO WIFI?
NO PROBLEM.

165KB.
ENTIRE DATABASE.

READ THE TAG.
KNOW EVERYTHING.

KROMALAB
VS. YOUR PROCESS.

STOP SQUINTING.
START SCANNING.

KROMA
LAB™

YOUR INK ROOM
IS A CRIME SCENE.

FOUR MODES.
ONE WORKFLOW.

POINT.
SHOOT. MATCH.

K-MEANS
CLUSTERING.

YOUR INK QUEUE
IS A WHITEBOARD.

NO WIFI?
NO PROBLEM.

165KB.
ENTIRE DATABASE.

READ THE TAG.
KNOW EVERYTHING.

KROMALAB
VS. YOUR PROCESS.

STOP SQUINTING.
START SCANNING.