A buyer reading the Perseus range sees one more color sitting beside red and blue. The product feed shows something different. Heat Vision runs on two separate outlines at once, and the same price sits under both of them.
That structure is the cheapest expansion a brand can buy. No tool moves, no approval file moves, and the cost lands on print and stock instead.
The vision tag runs across outlines, and the price runs with it
A product page in the feed can carry two series tags at once. Heat Vision under Perseus carries perseus-series and vision-series. The first tag names the outline. The second names the finish, so one finish can land on any outline the brand sells.
Prices read on 24 October 2026 put the three vision models inside a narrow band. Hyperion Vision lists at USD 89.95, Heat Vision at USD 99.95 and Double Vision at USD 119.95.
That band holds across outlines. Heat Vision lists at USD 99.95 on Perseus and on Scorpeus. Double Vision lists at USD 119.95 on Perseus, Scorpeus and Hyperion.
A brand adding a colorway usually starts from the shape and adds a premium above it. The feed runs the other way round. The finish sets the step, and the outline takes its place on that step.
The same three names appear on a second shape, word for word
The two Heat Vision pages carry Ignite Blaze Red, Charge Surge Green and Flash JOOLA Yellow. Spelling, order and count match on both pages.
Each name carries two parts. The first word in each one describes a light. Blaze Red, Surge Green and JOOLA Yellow describe the shade under it. A brand that names colors this way writes the shelf copy into the item name.
Double Vision drops the light word and keeps the shade. Blaze Red, Bolt Blue and Surge Green sit on Perseus, Scorpeus and Hyperion with no change between them.
Three colors across three outlines is nine item numbers on one price. Nothing in that count needs a second tool.
Item numbers sit in blocks per shade, and the outline takes the next one
The numbers show how the range is filed. Blaze Red runs 600273 on Perseus and 600275 on Scorpeus. The same shade under Double Vision runs 600279, 600281 and 600283 across three outlines.
Surge Green holds a block further up. Heat Vision uses 600377 and 600381, and Double Vision uses 600391, 600395 and 600399. Bolt Blue sits at 600389, 600393 and 600397.
Read the numbers as a filing system rather than a sequence. Each shade owns a block. Each outline takes the next free number inside that block.
The color is the primary key, and the outline is the variant. Most factories load an item list the other way round.
That order matters when a range grows. A third outline costs one number per shade rather than a new block. A warehouse can pick three outlines of one shade from adjacent numbers. The count behind those item numbers covers what that does to a first order.
Astral names four colors without using a single color word
Astral lists at USD 79.95 with four variants: Dawn, Seaside, Spirit and Watermelon. None of the four is a shade name. The page carries no size option either.
The naming ladder shows once the three vision models sit side by side. The entry model sells a mood. Heat Vision sells a light plus a shade. Double Vision sells a shade alone. The price climbs from USD 79.95 to USD 119.95 as the name gets more literal.
One of the four Astral colors shows as unavailable on the read date. A four color line on one outline is four item numbers, four cartons and four minimums. The tail color runs dry first.
A factory minimum of 200 pcs per variant turns four colors into 800 pcs. The first carton leaves after that bill is settled.
A new shade needs a print file, an item number and nothing else
The tool follows the outline and the core thickness. A shade sits over both, so it never reaches the press.
The model name is what a test house reads. A shade that keeps the model name keeps the file. A shade under a new name starts one. When a new name forces a new file sets out the clause.
The business channel is a third layer. It follows the tags rather than the shade. Two shapes carry the business tags on Heat Vision. None of the three carries them on Double Vision. The same paint therefore sits in two channels at one price. Why one build carries a business channel tag covers what that tag changes in retail search.
One artwork file does not fit two outlines
A shade crosses to a second outline. The artwork stays where it was made. The two outlines differ in width and in how the edge curves. The graphic needs a new layout for each one.
Two measurements set that layout. The artwork runs to the cut line, 3.2 mm past the visible edge. It stops 2 mm short of the guard bond. The first number covers the strip that disappears under the edge guard. The second keeps ink out of the strip where the guard is glued. Ink on that strip gives the adhesive nothing to hold.
The overprint tolerance changes with the edge. A graphic inside a flat area holds about 0.3 mm. A graphic that runs past an edge holds about 0.8 mm. You pay the wider figure on the shape with more curve.
The shade moves at the third run, not the first
The first run is matched against the sample under a lamp. The second run pulls ink from the same can and tracks the first with no effort.
The third run is where a color program starts to slide. The can is empty. A new can arrives with its own batch of pigment. The same formula lands a little warmer or a little cooler than the sample.
Nobody sees it in the can. You see it when two paddles from different runs sit on one shelf.
The drift is a lamp problem as much as an ink problem. A shade that matches under daylight can pull toward blue under a shop lamp. The gap widens on light shades. The test we run before a run is signed off sits in how a shade is checked under three lamps.
We keep a signed sample from run one. One paddle from every run is compared against it under the same lamp. A color program ships as one mixed batch rather than three. Buyers skip the third step most often.
What the price band cannot tell you
The band shows what a brand charges for a finish. It says nothing about what the finish does to the face under load.
Run three rarely matches run one to the eye. Pigment batches differ. A controlled comparison under a lamp is the closest anyone gets. A supplier that promises an exact match across a year of production is describing a hope rather than a process.
A printed face also covers part of the texture that creates spin. Our wear figure of 46.83 RPM over 100 shots is measured on the unprinted face. A graphic over the hitting area covers that texture rather than sitting inside it. Where a printed face starts to wear covers what that means for a colored model.
One more thing stays out of reach. A shade reads differently on a narrow outline than on a wide one. The same ink covers less area and sits beside more edge guard. Two paddles can carry one color name and still look a half step apart on a table.
A color count is a stock decision before it is a design decision
Picking a shade takes an afternoon. That choice stays with you for a season. Three colors on two outlines is six item numbers, six cartons and six minimums. The stock bill arrives before the artwork does.
The tool line on that quote reads the same. The bill lands in stock rather than in tooling. The arithmetic sits in what a minimum does to a color count.
Our own limit is the shape rather than the paint. The footprint we hold under the limit keeps 2.54 mm spare. A second color on that footprint adds a print file rather than a new press.
A first quote starts from the color count rather than the artwork. Reach the desk that sizes a first run, which answers within 24 hours.
FAQ
Is Heat Vision a Perseus paddle or a separate model?
It is a finish sold on more than one outline. The Perseus page and the Scorpeus page carry the same three color names at the same listed price, and each page sits inside its own series tag.
Why do Perseus and Scorpeus cost the same in Heat Vision?
The step follows the finish rather than the outline. Both list at USD 99.95 on the read date, the same way Double Vision holds USD 119.95 across three outlines.
Does a new color need a new mold?
No. A mold follows the outline and the core thickness. A color change adds a print file, an item number and a carton, and leaves the tool where it is.
Does a new color need a new certification file?
Only when the model name changes. A shade under an existing name keeps the existing file, and a shade under a new name starts a new one.
How many units does a color add to a first order?
One minimum per variant. At 200 pcs, three colors on one outline means 600 pcs, and three colors on two outlines means 1,200 pcs.
Why is one Astral color unavailable?
The feed shows Seaside out of stock on the read date while the other three ship. A tail color in a four color line runs dry first, because it carries the same minimum and sells at a lower rate.
Can one artwork file cover two outlines?
No. Each outline needs its own layout, because the width and the edge curve change where the graphic lands. The bleed and the ink free strip have to be reset for each one.