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hello youtube
quick video on how to match colours
i have some painter fan decks here, colour chips and some colour charts
I generally try to use the biggest colour chips possible
This is a typical painter fan deck
most painters will have one of these with them
It is harder to match off a small colour chip
than off a larger one
colour charts are also quite small colour chips
When you look at the colour chart like this
your eyes will actually be put off by the other colours
they will make the colours look different
you can not just hold it on the wall and hope to match it
you must isolate the individual colours
so you cannot see the other ones
and then hold the colour one at a time
against the wall
It is the same process with a painter fan deck
you then must seperate or isolate the other colours
and compare it to the wall
do this in an area of the home with good natural light
not too bright and not too dark
these are the best ones to use
i get these from my local paint shop in australia
they are wattyl colour chips
Of these i will pick about ten
i will then hold the ten to the wall
and then i throw out the chips which are obviously not right
and i keep the ones which are close in a seperate pile on the floor
i'll keep doing this five or six times
until i have a pile of about tensimilar colours to choose from
im just taking out the ones that are the worst match
im now left with three very similar colours now
i do this again with another pile
now we have a pile left which are all fairly similar colours
too much red in that one
too much beige in that one
too much creame
too dark
too dark again
too light
out of those four that are left
too much red
too much blue
two left
either of these colours would be an acceptable colour match
This is the colour match for the wall, it is called Natural Silver
Different paint shops have different colours.
when you ask for a colour match at the paint shop
you have to make sure you tell them the brand of colour chip you matched to
There could be several colours with the same name
and they will very likely be completely different colours
Sometimes the same paint shop will have both an old and a new colour formulation