Predict color accurately before prototyping—simulate real-world material appearance under any lighting condition.
Color is more than visual—it’s functional, emotional, and brand-defining. In industries like automotive, architecture, and consumer goods, a small mismatch in color under specific lighting can lead to failed validations, extra costs, or lost time.
Beyond aesthetics, color accuracy is essential for quality control and production conformity. Meeting visual tolerances across batches, suppliers, and lighting conditions ensures that what passes digital validation remains consistent in the physical world.
Ocean™ solves this by delivering physically accurate color simulation based on how light truly behaves.
Ocean™ is an optical simulation software that enables you to simulate color appearance before any physical prototype is made, using science-based methods that account for how materials and light interact at a spectral level.
See how materials appear under multiple light sources such as daylight, LEDs, halogen and more
Predict color shifts, angle effects, and reflections
Reduce costly iterations with reliable digital validation
Achieve color consistency across materials and lighting scenarios
Most traditional rendering engines simulate light and colors using RGB (red, green, blue) – limiting accuracy in color prediction.
However this method doesn’t reflect how light truly behaves in the real world. Human color perception is influenced by the full spectrum of wavelengths in both the light source and the material’s behavior. This lack of spectral precision leads to inaccurate color simulations—an issue when visual appearance impacts not just aesthetics, but also product performance, perception, or compliance.
Ocean™ computes light transport over the full spectrum and not an approximation on narrow spectral bands (e.g., every 5–10 nm). This allows accurate modeling of:
Ocean™ integrates into your development workflows with:
Make informed decisions with accurate virtual prototyping.
Ocean™ delivers physically accurate, predictive images of your materials as they will appear under true lighting conditions. Reduce iterations, improve collaboration, and accelerate time-to-market.
Let us show you how Ocean™ can help you predict appearance, optimize design, and reduce physical prototyping.
