European color scale for offset printing

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	DIN 16539
Area	Color system
title	European color scale for offset printing - standard printing inks
Brief description:	Euroscale
Latest edition	1971-10 (withdrawn)
ISO	2846-1 (recommended)

Euroscale is the abbreviation for the European color scale for offset printing . It was previously standardized in the German standard DIN 16539 from 1971.

A color scale is a compilation of the four printing colors for four-color printing . Test prints made in the laboratory with a specified layer thickness on specified printing materials are the basis for the colorimetric standardization of the color scale. In the course of an international standardization of different color scales, DIN 16539 was withdrawn without replacement in May 2002. It is recommended to use the ISO 2846-1 standard . However, the term Euroscale is still common.

See also

Other outdated printing technology color schemes are:

• DIN 16509 (cold shades, large color space, technical problems due to poor fastness properties of the pigments that can be used)
• Kodak scale (warm tones, matched to Kodak film material)
• SWOP (US standard for web offset),
• JapanColourSF90