Capsure Bluetooth

CAPSURE your colour and share via Bluetooth
Capture colour inspiration from any* surface, material or fabric – even small, patterned, multi-coloured textures and textiles – and match it quickly and accurately to a PANTONE, NCS or RAL Colour. Created for professionals in fashion, home, interior, industrial and graphic design, as well as for contractors, paint retailers and do-it-yourselfers, CAPSURE is easy to use and portable, yet its advanced image capture technology sets a new standard for accuracy and versatility in a portable device. Bluetooth wireless technology allows CAPSURE to link to smartphones, tablets and other Bluetooth-enabled devices to transmit colour measurement data wirelessly. 

Selecting Samples
The CAPSURE instrument is unique in that it has been designed to measure a wide variety of inspiration items without limitations on minimum size or surface textures. CAPSURE employs the principle of WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get). The advanced X-Rite camera technology and state-of-the-art multi-directional LED illumination enable the instrument to;

• Compensate for surface irregularities with the use of a surface flatten algorithm. This enables comparison between textured sample measurements and smooth fan decks.
• Pick dominant colours from a sample measurement that have more than one colour in the measurement view area.
• Measure Small (2 mm), Medium (4 mm) and Automatic/Large (8 mm) sample areas.  The Automatic/Large setting can be used to measure samples less than 2 mm if the desired colour has a large enough proportion in the view area to be selected as a dominant colour.
• Measure textile samples that do not have an opaque weave by the removal of the background colour.

Obtaining a Good Match*
The instrument works best on dry and opaque samples. Samples can be oriented horizontally (on a tabletop), vertically (on a wall), or at an angle. To obtain a good match, ensure the instrument is flat against the sample and held steady during the match. Curved or uneven sample: If the sample has a curved or uneven surface, try taking several measurements at different positions on the sample. The colour that is shown most often is the closest match.

Thin or translucent sample: If the sample is thin, place it on a flat surface before taking a measurement. If the sample is not opaque, place it on a white (plain paper) backing before taking a measurement.

Non-ideal Samples Successful colour matches will be difficult or impossible to obtain if samples have any of the following characteristics:
• Very curved surfaces
• Samples that change appearance based on the point of view, which may contain metallic, flake, or pearlescent colourants
• Samples that appear unusually bright (may contain fluorescing pigments)