Color Quality Control Software: Colibri ColorQuality 

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Color Quality Control Software: Colibri ColorQuality 

Datacolor’s Colibri ColorQuality software enables color accuracy across global supply chains, enhances communication between brands, production and partners, achieves colors within your defined tolerances.

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Colibri ColorQuality software assesses color accurately in production across global supply chains and enhances communication between brands, production and partners regardless of their location . Thanks to its flexible deployment on premises or in the cloud, its compatibility with different measurement instrument types and brands, and its easy user interface, it i’s the perfect color quality control tool in any production environment.

Benefits of Colibri ColorQuality software include:
  • Streamlined supply chain communication and cooperation with online job status tracking, and the ability to connect to the Hub to enable communication of quality data with third party systems.
  • Feature rich color assurance solution, supporting multiple pass/fail criteria, color strength methods and illuminant conditions to evaluate the quality and consistency of production batches
  • Simplified color quality workflow through customized templates
  • Intuitive pass/fail decisions based on a visual display of limits on screen and the chart mode, enabling you to see at a glance where and how deviations affect the color
  • Compatible with different spectrophotometer brands and instrument types, including multi-angle measurement devices, allowing you to control the quality of your effect shades

Colibri ColorQuality communicates seamlessly with ColorMatch and ColorTint enabling you to modify your recipe during the production process.

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Colibri ColorQuality

Features ColorQuality Expert ColorQuality Standard ColorQuality Basic
Job template configuration
Intuitive Data Navigation with User Management
Create a new user
Job types per industry (Industrial or Printing Ink)
Configurable print report
Smartmatch and Color strength
All industry standard QC attributes
CQ correct (requires ColorMatch)
Import/Export Capabilities
Measurement automatic assignment (association)
Full Range of Indices for Ink, Paint and Plastics Industries
Visual Representation of Tolerances
Interactive Plots and Graphs
Tolerance per standards and jobs
Widget configuration
Job scoring
Tolerance Warning Levels
Multiple standards displayed in sequential mode
Advanced search capabilities
Custom Properties (user defined fields)
QC report template
Connect a wide range Instruments
Connect to Cloud and on-premise database
Swap standard/batch
Load standard as batch and batch as standard
Save modified Template as new
Add user shortcuts
Standard specification
Global Industry-specific Application Support
User customized Templates
Gamut Viewer
Allow 3rd party integration

Maximize Efficiency with Continuous Updates

Ongoing access to the newest features and color technology improvements, keeping you current and operating at peak efficiency.

Ensure Smooth and Reliable Performance

Compatibility with the latest operating systems and database technologies through regular updates; prevent out-of-date legacy issues and ensure smooth, dependable color management process.

Safeguard Your Operation

Benefit from enhanced protection on the newest platforms and most advanced threat prevention capabilities.

Consult with a Color Expert

Access to Datacolor’s color experts via phone and email for assistance and expert advice, helping you maintain precision and efficiency in your operations.

Learn more about Software Maintenance Support

Customers on an active Software Maintenance Support plan can download the latest version of software.

*Software Maintenance Support plan excludes installation, training, and on-site support.

ComponentSystem Requirements
Operating SystemWindows 11 24H2 or newer (x64)
NETMicrosoft .NET 8.0 Desktop Runtime (x86)
Microsoft .NET 8.0 Desktop Runtime (x64)
Microsoft .NET 8.0 Runtime (x64)
Microsoft .NET 8.0 Runtime (x86)
Microsoft ASP.NET Core 8.0 Runtime (x64)
Microsoft ASP.NET Core 8.0 Runtime (x86)
Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime for Visual Studio 2022 v.17 (x86)
ProcessorWith local SQL Server Express: Quad Core or higher (64bit)
Without SQL Server Express: Dual Core or higher (64bit)
MemoryWith local SQL Server Express: 16 GB or more
Without SQL Server Express: 16 GB or more
Hard driveWithout local Database: Approximately 10GB of available hard-disk or Solid-state drive space
With local Database: 40 GB of available Solid-state drive space
Display 1920×1080, 1920×1200, high DPI Displays not recommended
Graphic cardGraphic card supporting OpenGL 2.1 (only for 3D Gamut Viewer)
ConnectorsSerial or USB or Bluetooth (depending on spectrophotometer model)
Other RequirementsFor local database, Microsoft SQL Server Express Edition 2017 and newer.
For Microsoft SQL Server system requirements and licensing, please look at http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver

Product Literature

User, Quick Start and Installation Guides

1. Introduction to Colibri

2. Colibri ColorQuality

3. Colibri ColorMatch

4. Colibri New Interface

5. Colibri Colorantset

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Please note, new releases of the Datacolor software, in most cases will not support discontinued hardware instruments (check here to see the full list of discontinued products), even if you have the old legacy driver.

At the same time, if you are running an obsolete Datacolor Software version, and have purchased a newly released Datacolor hardware instrument, you will need to update your software to the compatible release in order to support your new instruments.

Please work with your account representative to upgrade your instrument or update your software to the latest supported versions.

Solution integration services, includes the development of custom plugins and the connection of the Colibri® platform to hardware (spectrophotometers, balances or weighing equipment) and 3rd party systems. such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Management Information Systems (MIS) and Laboratory Information Systems (LIMS).

The Plugin for Adobe Illustrator extends the scope of the Colibri® software to cover the design stage of color management and communication. Suitable for both creative and pre-press designers, it enables real color selection with unique Colibri® spectral color data for use in designs.
Custom Plugins are available for third party software on request. Contact our Sales Team for more information.

Colibri® ColorQuality enables manufacturers and suppliers to manage and monitor the color of products produced.

Colibri® ColorTint is designed to control the dispensing of color products on tinting machines, whether you are handling; a new order or a repeat, correcting a color or completing an order.

Colibri® ColorMatch enables recipe calculation on different substrates and ensures accurate matching of opaque, translucent and transparent colors as well as of metallic effects.

Colibri® ColorSpec enables creative and prepress designers, brand owners, manufacturers and material producers to use real colors in their artworks, to define color standards for their products, and to communicate brands and designs to their suppliers.

Please contact our Support Team for detailed information.

The Expert System is a powerful feature, which enables the user to guide the software in the formulation selection. Colibri® calculates formulations based on optical data. The expert system allows the user to add other product/ process requirements to the calculation process, such as cost, heat resistance or light fastness etc

There are 4 types of Colibri® templates; Standard, Quality Control (QC), Color Matching and Report Templates.
By creating customized templates will help to simplify your daily work and at the same time increase productivity. For more information contact our Support Team.

Yes, this is possible.

Note: A Colibri® version can only connect to a database created with the same version. If the version is found to be older, you will be prompted to update to the same version.

No, this is usually not necessary. Within the same release (e.g. 3.8.6xxx) the Install Wizard will automatically uninstall the old build/ version.

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