Coming soon · for small clothing brands
Turn a flat sketch into a factory-ready colorway
Colorways your factory gets right, the first time.
Color every part of a garment, keep your own codes and lab dips with each part, see it on a real model, and send your factory one link to confirm every color.
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One hoodie, three colorways
Every part named, every color on the sheet
This is what your factory gets: the colorway on a real model, the flat sketch, and every part with its color. In Colorsea each part also carries your Pantone or mill code and its lab-dip status.
- HoodJet
- Hood liningBone
- BodyJet
- CuffsJet
- WaistbandJet
- DrawcordBone
- ThreadJet
- Main labelJet
- HoodDeep Sea
- Hood liningSeafoam
- BodyDeep Sea
- CuffsNavy
- WaistbandNavy
- DrawcordBone
- ThreadDeep Sea
- Main labelJet
- HoodSand
- Hood liningBone
- BodyBone
- CuffsRust
- WaistbandRust
- DrawcordRust
- ThreadSand
- Main labelJet
The problem
Same hoodie. Two very different emails.
hoodie_colours_FINAL_v3 (2).xlsx
| Part | Color | Code |
|---|---|---|
| Body | navy (see pic) | ?? |
| Hood lining | same as last time | TBC |
| Cuffs + rib | match body? | |
| Drawcord | cream / bone | ask mill |
| Thread |
Re: Re: Fwd: colours?? The navy in the photo looks purple on our screen. Which one is correct? Please also confirm the drawcord.
colorsea.fit/s/factory-link
- Bodyyour code · confirmed
- Hood liningmatches body · confirmed
- Cuffs and ribmatches body · confirmed
- Drawcordyour code · query: lab dip?
- Threadmatches body · confirmed
Factory reply, on the sheet: Drawcord: please send a lab dip before bulk. Everything else confirmed.
What you'll be able to do
From flat sketch to factory, in one place
- 01
Color every part
Start from a flat with every part named: body, hood lining, cuffs, rib, drawcord, thread, labels. Link trims to the main fabric so they change together.
- 02
Keep your own codes
Add Pantone TCX or TPX references, mill codes or your own standards, and track each lab dip from requested to approved.
- 03
See it on a model
Try each colorway on a real model photo before you pay for a sample, and catch the combinations that don't work.
- 04
Send one link
Your factory confirms every code or raises a query, part by part. Export a PDF or CSV for your tech pack.
Guides
Get your colors right before you sample
How to Make a Tech Pack: A Guide for Small Clothing Brands
Learn how to make a tech pack a factory can quote and sample from: flats, BOM, color callouts per part, measurements, versions, and the sample approval loop.
Read the guide →What Is a Colorway? How Brands Name, Spec and Send Them
What a colorway means in clothing and sneakers, plus how to name colorways, spec every part, plan around per-color MOQs and send them to your factory.
Read the guide →Why Your Factory Got the Color Wrong (and 7 Fixes That Work)
Sample or bulk came back the wrong shade? Learn why factory colors miss, how lab dip approval works, and 7 practical fixes to get it right next time.
Read the guide →Questions
Good to know
What is Colorsea?
Colorsea is a colorway and tech pack tool for small clothing brands. You color every part of a garment, keep your own color codes and lab-dip status with each part, see each colorway on a real model, and send your factory one link where they confirm every code or raise a query.
When does Colorsea open?
We are letting brands in from the waitlist in small groups so we can help each one set up their first styles. Join with your email and we will write once, when your place comes up.
What will it cost?
There will be a free plan to try it properly. The planned price for a brand is 19 US dollars a month, with a studio plan for designers who work with several brands. Waitlist members hear about pricing first.
Does Colorsea include Pantone colors?
No. You enter the codes from your own swatch books or mill cards, and Colorsea keeps them with each part. On-screen color is a guide; your approved physical standard and lab dips are the final word.
Does my factory need an account?
No. They open the link you send, see every colorway part by part, and confirm each code or raise a query. You see their answers on your sheet.
Which garments can I use?
Hoodies, crewnecks, T-shirts, joggers, six-panel caps and sports jerseys are ready today, each with every part named. You can also describe a new garment and have a flat drawn for it.
your next colorway,