--- title: Color QC and Matching Blog | Color difference description: Color difference | CyberChrome - Our Color QC and Matching blog --- [![CyberChrome Color Control Software for Industry](https://www.cyberchromeusa.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Images-apr2015/logo.gif?width=231&height=125&name=logo.gif)](https://www.cyberchromeusa.com/) # Color QC and Matching Blog ## [Color Me Stressed Out](https://www.cyberchromeusa.com/Color-QC-and-Matching-Blog/bid/24155/Color-Me-Stressed-Out) Posted by Elaine Becker on Mon, Dec 07, 2009 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.cyberchromeusa.com/hs-fs/file-26136296-jpg/images/paint_into_corner.jpg) ](https://www.cyberchromeusa.com/Color-QC-and-Matching-Blog/bid/24155/Color-Me-Stressed-Out) If we put you under the spectrophotometer now, would you show up in deep shades of recession blue? Perhaps. Tough economic times often mean having to make do with fewer resources to handle the workload. The same workload for developing new colors, adjusting production batches, and approving colors is spread over fewer people. Staff become stressed and can easily overlook color shifts they might otherwise have caught. [Read More](https://www.cyberchromeusa.com/Color-QC-and-Matching-Blog/bid/24155/Color-Me-Stressed-Out) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.cyberchromeusa.com/Color-QC-and-Matching-Blog/bid/24155/Color-Me-Stressed-Out#comments-listing) Tags: [Color correction](https://www.cyberchromeusa.com/color-qc-and-matching-blog/topic/color-correction), [Color difference](https://www.cyberchromeusa.com/color-qc-and-matching-blog/topic/color-difference), [color development](https://www.cyberchromeusa.com/color-qc-and-matching-blog/topic/color-development), [color matching](https://www.cyberchromeusa.com/color-qc-and-matching-blog/topic/color-matching), [color spectrophotometer](https://www.cyberchromeusa.com/color-qc-and-matching-blog/topic/color-spectrophotometer) ## [COLOR TOLERANCES:](https://www.cyberchromeusa.com/Color-QC-and-Matching-Blog/bid/19431/COLOR-TOLERANCES) Posted by Mike Burns on Thu, Jul 16, 2009 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share)   One of the more frequent questions we hear from suppliers is:  What should my color tolerances be?  The simple answer equates to what the client will accept in color variation in all directions of color space versus the color standard the supplier needs to match.  The importance of the client providing representative color standards will be the subject of a future blog. 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