OEM & ODM stainless steel drinkware from our own factory in Zhejiang — MOQ 500 pcs, samples in 3–7 days.
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A colour is not a mood, it is a reference. This is how the reference gets agreed, what each finish actually is, and which one to pick when two of them look the same on a screen.
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The Decision
How A Match Is Agreed
A Pantone reference on its own is not enough — the same code reads differently on a coated body than it does on paper. The reference is confirmed against the model and the finish you have chosen, because a code means nothing until it is attached to both.
The colour is mixed and sprayed onto sample bodies of the actual item. This is where the code meets the process, and it is the step that decides whether the result is achievable.
The sprayed panel is read against the reference rather than judged by eye alone. What comes back from this step is a decision, not a promise: either the match is achievable on this model and this finish, or it is not, and we say so before tooling.
The match is locked when you sign the sample, not before. Until then it is a proposal. This is the same rule the sample process follows everywhere else on the site: the approved sample is the specification, and production is made against it.
Where a match needs a new spray setup or a new print screen, that setup is quoted as a separate line, because the same work is then reused in the production run rather than repeated. It is stated in the quotation before you commit.
Finishes Compared
A fine-grained matte coat that feels warm rather than cold in the hand, and does not hold fingerprints. The usual choice for a premium range.
Feel in the hand
Metallic flake suspended in the powder coat, so the surface catches light without becoming a mirror.
How it catches light
An even satin coat matched to any Pantone reference — the most forgiving finish to hold consistent across a long run.
Holding a colour steady across a long run
Full-coverage artwork wrapped onto the body: marble, camo, woodgrain or a photograph. The route to a pattern the shop next door is not selling.
Carrying a pattern or a photograph
Vacuum metallising for iridescent and mirrored effects. Reads as the most expensive finish in a line-up, and costs like it.
A mirrored or iridescent effect
The stainless itself, polished, with no coating at all. Nothing to chip and nothing to peel.
Nothing added to the steel at all
No price column, and no wear rating, on purpose. A wear figure is issued per test method against a per-item sample, not per finish name, so a number printed here would be a guess about a test we have not run. Send the item and the use, and the figure comes back with the sample.
Colour Effects
Full-length blend
Full-length blend
A range that reads as one object
Pantone matched
Pantone matched
Brand colour accuracy above all
Soft fade
Soft fade
Depth without looking printed
Twisted blend
Twisted blend
A pattern that survives being handled
Satin metal flake
Satin metal flake
Metal that does not read as chrome
Flecked over a fade
Flecked over a fade
Breaking up a large flat surface
Warm metallic
Warm metallic
Warmth against a cool body
Deep gloss
Deep gloss
The deepest colour the process will give
Plated transition
Plated transition
A plated transition between two tones
All-over etched pattern
All-over etched pattern
An all-over texture, not a logo
The minimum is counted per colour, and it is the colour that starts a new count — not the finish, and not the effect. Two bodies in the same colour with different finishes are one count; one body in a gradient and one in a solid are two. That is the published minimum rule, and it is why a launch that is really one colour is cheaper to run than it looks.
The Rule
| If the colour is… | The finish that serves it | Because |
|---|---|---|
| A brand colour that has to match | Spray Coating | It is the most forgiving finish to hold consistent across a long run, which is exactly what a brand colour needs. |
| A gradient, or anything with a fade in it | Spray Coating, or a plated transition for a metallic one | A gradient is a controlled fade; a finish that hides surface variation gives it somewhere to sit. |
| A pattern, a photograph or a texture | Water Transfer Print | Full-coverage artwork wrapped onto the body. A flat print cannot reach a curve or a taper. |
| A mirror or an iridescent shift | Electroplating | Vacuum metallising is what produces the effect; no pigment route gives it. |
| A colour that should feel expensive in the hand | Soft-Touch Rubber Paint | A fine-grained matte coat that feels warm rather than cold, and does not hold fingerprints. |
| Nothing at all beyond the steel | Mirror Polish | The stainless polished, with no coating. Nothing to chip and nothing to peel. |
This is a pairing rule, not a specification. Send the colour reference and the item, and the finish is recommended against the model rather than against this table.
On The Floor
Questions
On a coated steel body the match is agreed by sprayed sample and read against the reference in daylight, not judged from a screen. Some references are achievable on some models and not on others, and we tell you which before tooling rather than after.
Yes, and it is the only thing that does. The minimum is counted per colour per model: changing the body colour, the lid colour or the item number starts a new count, while changing the finish does not. A mixed set can be assembled from several colours or models as long as each one reaches its own minimum.
Everything we put in contact with liquid is released against the models we actually make, and the test reports are issued against the actual product and model number rather than a similar one. The food-contact standards the reports are written to are listed on the certifications page, and we map which ones apply to the market you are shipping into.
Standard sampling is 3 to 7 days once the specification is confirmed. A match that needs a new spray setup or a new screen is quoted as separate setup work, because that work is reused in production rather than repeated.
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