Buyer guide

Prepare a Shade Sample for Custom Yarn

A short buyer checklist for shade samples, shade codes, quantity, application, and custom dyed yarn development.

Shade references

Choose the reference you can share

Physical sample

Yarn or material for shade review.

Approved reference

An agreed shade code or shade-card reference.

Photo or screen image

Useful context. The matching standard is agreed separately.

These are reference-format illustrations. Screen colours are not a physical shade standard.

The essential answer

At a glance

A strong shade brief includes a physical sample, approved shade code, yarn type, quantity, application, and timing. Screen images are context only.

Physical references reduce ambiguity in a way screen images cannot.

Send a physical yarn or shade sample wherever possible.
Use an approved shade code or shade-card reference when a physical standard is not ready yet.
Treat photos and screen images as context only because lighting, camera processing, and monitor calibration can shift perceived shade.

Shade development is easier when sample, trial, and production expectations are clear.

Kanwer provides 15 kg development lots and production lots of 30, 60, 120, 240, 480, 960, 1920 kg.
Sample or lab dip timing is typically 3-7 days, subject to yarn, shade complexity, treatment, and sample clarity.
Repeat shade-number programs should be tied to an approved standard and compatible lot planning.

Your next production run

Share your yarn specification, shade reference, monthly tonnes, application and timing. Our team will review your dyed-yarn requirement with you.