Colour Matching Services for Commercial Fleets: Ensuring Consistency Across Your Vehicles

A cohesive fleet appearance—whether for logistics vans, buses, delivery trucks or public service vehicles—enhances brand recognition, projects professionalism, and reinforces customer trust. Disparities in paint shades or mismatched repairs can undermine that visual unity.

At IPS Paint Supplies, delivering high-quality paint solutions for commercial vehicles is at the heart of what we do. Our comprehensive colour matching service ensures every fleet maintains a consistent, professional appearance—whether it’s a single van or a nationwide fleet.

We tailors our products for both durability and visual impact. From commercial transport to logistics operations, providing the right coatings to keep vehicles looking sharp and standing up to the demands of daily use.

What Makes Colour Matching Effective

Precision Tools: Modern colour matching uses spectrophotometers and computerised tinting systems to capture exact paint formulas—even for older or proprietary vehicle shades.
Colour Libraries: Access to expansive digital libraries (OEM, Pantone, RAL, and custom formulations) ensures accurate matches every time.
Controlled Tinting: In‑house tinting systems allow technicians to fine‑tune batches, keeping pigments consistent across multiple applications and timeframes.
Lighting Validation: Verification under daylight and artificial lighting avoids surprises after application, ensuring the shade remains consistent in any context.

Tailoring Colour Matching for Commercial Fleets

Batch Uniformity: Every vehicle needs the same formula mix—even across different repaint schedules—so batches are documented, numbered, and tracked.
Scalability: From single repairs to full fleets, the service scales easily with documented processes and precise colour codes.
Record Management: Maintaining records of batch numbers, colour codes, and application dates supports repeatability and simplifies future top-ups or replacements.

IPS Paint: Your Colour Matching Partner

Here’s where Independent Paint Supplies can shine. We offer:

Advanced Colour Capture: IPS uses industry‑leading spectrophotometry to read and replicate even unique or aged vehicle shades, including OEM and special finishes.
Comprehensive Colour Databases: Our in‑house system includes a vast array of standards—plus bespoke fleet shades—and each match is encoded for future reference.

Tinting Precision with Batch Control: we ensure consistency by tracking every mixed batch against a master formulation, ideal for fleets needing uniformity across dozens or hundreds of vehicles.
Quality Checks Under Varied Lighting: Every matched sample is reviewed under natural and artificial lighting to confirm fidelity—no unpleasant surprises.
Ongoing Support: Detailed colour data and batch history—ready for reorders or maintenance—makes life easier for fleet managers.

Best Practices for Fleet Managers

Request colour confirmation samples before full application—ideally under the same lighting conditions where vehicles will operate.

Specify whether your fleet includes plain, metallic, or high‑visibility paints, as each has unique tinting challenges.

Keep colour records centralised and protected, ensuring quick access when parts are replaced or repainted months or years later.

Regularly audit painted surfaces to catch any mismatches early—doing touch‑ups on fresh areas is far easier than re‑colouring entire vehicles.

Colour Matching at Independent Paint Supplies

Colour matching isn’t just a technical task—it’s a cornerstone of consistent, impactful fleet branding. With precision tools, controlled formulation, and lighting checks, Independent Paint Supplies can help businesses maintain that uniform, polished look across every vehicle, every time.

To find out more, call a member of our commercial team on the numbers below:

Swansea: 01792 784078

Cardiff: 02920 022461