I sent color charts an e-mail asking how to register the other day. I've been able to get in the last two days. Don't know if that had anything to do with why I'm not getting in again. For Grecian Green----Ace fresh olive 97.6 %, Coronado/Bruning Fernwood 92.6%, Kelly Moore Portage 92.6% There were no matches to SW or Behr. For Tree Moss Ace cypress sage 96.3%, Bm Killarny 96.2%, Pratt and Lambert sage gray 92.9%, SW Sage #2860 90.3%, Behr Rock Garden 6G1 86.6%

I too have had problems with the Ben exterior paint I laid down 3-4 years ago and can't recommend it. First off it bubbled in many spots. I chalked this up to poor surface prep and scraped and painted the bubbles as they happened. Problem solved, except 3-4 years on now and they're still happening. The next thing I noticed was that the color continued to darken over time. Fine I thought, I actually like it a bit darker. Following that I noticed that the low luster sheen disappeared and became flat. "Normal aging" I thought. The last straw was that last summer I had to do some touch up on the south side of the house and realized how wildly badly my saved paint no longer matched that which was on the house. The south side in particular has faded from deli mustard yellow (BM Turmeric) to having a pukie pink undertone. My trim color has changed as well from a dark leathery brown (BM Satchel) to having an annoying luminescent red undertone. BM has suggested that Tumeric in an outside application requires a tinted primer underneath it, but I bought this paint at the largest BM dealer in my city and nobody once mentioned that at purchase. I love the Benjamin Moore color stories interior colors but this Ben exterior line is a bust imho. I won't purchase again and will be looking to Sherwin Williams when I next do the outside. That'll be next summer at this rate. Hell the front of my house is so pink and splotchy with bubble patches that I wish I could do it this year.

I've been at this all summer and don't remember what the weather was like. It's Virginia in the summer. I would not have painted on an extremely humid day for my own comfort, or I would have done the painting inside with air conditioning. I always follow the instructions on the can and then some with regard to wait times. I don't remember what they felt like between coats. I have a small bench that I am going to use this paint on. The shutters won't get any wear once they are up. It will be interesting to see how the bench holds up.

I don’t quite know why Houzz sent me a link to this older thread but my update is this: Joan from For The Love of a House Blog knows what she’s doing. Her Ashwood was lovely in my master bedroom. Then, when we bought a new build house in 2013 I decided to try Titanium, also Ben Moore, also from her house. It read soft but tiny hint of green in my well-lit western exposure master bedroom. We paid an up charge to the builder to have a nice light taupe painted throughout the new house so my husband thought I was certifiable to be on a ladder repainting the Titanium over the new walls on the first day we had keys. Of course he was busy taking up all the carpet so he could lay wood floor the same day. The Titanium was wonderful. This past year we moved to the Deep South and I used her Gray Owl throughput the entire house we are in now. It’s my favorite and does read just a bit blue in some lights. (There May Be BM Stonington Gray in the kitchen and both baths. Just sayin’) And totally agree with 6009kitty on sample pots. Never paint without a sample on your wall. And I don’t mean a 12” square either. Light makes a lot of difference. Greenery out the window can change things too. Test it. Red