Colour Dept Update March 2025
Please familiarise yourself with the below updates from the Colour Department.
Colour Support
Firstly, regarding colour support - Ben Pocknall our Colourist will now be handling all colour requests/ CSF/ phone enquiries. Email and contact phone numbers for Ben are:
- Phone: (02) 43684054 Option 2 (Australia)
- colour.aus@sherwin.com
Addition of M0 Low Gloss to ICRIS
Recently, the M0 low gloss quality was added to ICRIS. M0 is created by using 8-407 HS Low Gloss Clear Coat without any blending with 8-409. The colour team will add M0 to selected matt car colours as required to enhance our colour match.
Currently there is no plan to add the M0 to the Matt Clear Coat Swatch.
M0 is now also available for mixing over the scales in the “Weight Clear Coat/Primer” Section.
ICRIS New Release
ICRIS 16.3.0.0 has been released. The major update is that the overall program file size has been optimised to minimise download and install time.
What's new in V16.3.0.0?
- Grey shade buttons have been added for the new Fast DTM surfacers.
- The last selected VIM ratio is now persistent across mixes and restarts.
- Resolved several bugs including:
- Updated some messages in the Spectrophotometer interface.
- Prevented negative values from being saved in the Pricing dialog.
- Fixed the issue with application update failure due to invalid certificate; after installing 16.3, future updates will be possible from the application update menu.
To access 16.3.0.0, please download the program file from the Valspar Auto Support link below.
Global Colour Box and Colour Box Update 39
The most recent versions of the Global Colour Box were supplied without spare colour trays. These would normally be located on the bottom shelf (as pictured).
These spare shelves are utilised for new colour update such as recently released Update 39.
If you have colour boxes that are missing these spare trays please order complimentary replacements with Customer Service.
If you have any questions or require further information, please contact colour.aus@sherwin.com.
