3D Printing Track

Hi Logstar,

I'm sorry to say there is no really easy answer to this problem.  For the most part there is no standard colour conventions in the world of filaments.  Each manufacturer make their own ranges, many of which change month by month.  So even if you find a particular colour that is what you want, you often find that it goes out of stock never to come back.  Or, although sold as the same colour, later batches are sometimes quite dramatically different.
 
Basically it's a minefield, unless you go to a bricks and mortars store you only have the online illustrations to go by and even those are often wildly inaccurate.
 
If you are only buying online all I would say is order a few that look likely, see what you get and if you find a good match go back and buy more while it is still in stock.  Also give some thought to the material you want to use.  PLA is good as its easy to work with and you have the widest range of colours.  However on the downside its not as flexible or robust as ABS, not that I would recommend ABS as unless you have a printer with a sealed enclosure and a full metal hot end you are likely to have issues using it successfully.

Anyway I will keep an eye out for you, I know there was one manufacturer that claimed to colour code their filaments by the pantone number. but I've never bought any of theirs for the simple reason that they are astronomically expensive in comparison to most of the other suppliers out there.  If I can find them again (I don't even remember the makers name as they were that expensive lol) I'll let you know!


Cheers, Nigel

Welcome to the forum btw