Colorwheel may very well have a quality top tier but if the only way he can sell it is to "poo-poo" other brands and grades then that's a red flag. Red flag that he's full of it, has ulterior motives, or both.

I agree with fun ^

Thanks! That was my gut feeling, too. DH was defending him, though. He said GC just knows his stuff. But my secret weapon is THS. When we are in meetings & I let some of my secret THS knowledge slip in here & there, GC is like, "Whoa, you really know a lot about this process." Well, I am not buying snake oil for several hundred thousand $$$. No poop I am gonna know my stuff.

Ugh. I wish I could GC this house. At least the innards.

funcolors:
If you were going to paint the interior of you new home today, which paint would you chose?

Thanks!

Thank you!

I live in Florida and have had some experience with Colorwheel. They cater to painters and the bulk of their business is bottom line builder's grade paint. They do however have better grades than the builders basic and you may want to talk to the painter about those.

That line about touchup struck a nerve with me making me think about the builders grade stuff. High in pigment, low in binder, super flat that does touchup well. It's not washable and easily burnishes.

All paint manufacturers that I am aware of sell products ranging from builders grade to top end (including BM). My suggestion is to be more concerned with the grade of paint you are getting and not so much who is making it.

This is going to be in a $800kish home. The builder builds homes in the $500k range & up to multi-million dollar homes. I don't think he would put low grade anything in the homes. He does seem to have tunnel vision with certain items, though. We are getting a lot of items just above cost through DH's work, so it's not like he has anything to gain from telling us to stick with a certain product for many of these items, as he will have nothing to do with the ordering & buying process. I will do some more research. Thanks!

Most places really solicit Sherwin Williams paint, it's supposed to be among the best out there. This website colors-4life.com has a lot of information, and telecasts about paint brands.

Here is a link that might be useful: Color Wheel Chart

The information on the Color Wheel Chart link has issues. Specifically, their info about tertiary colors is incorrect. For starters, tertiary colors from a classic color theory point of view, most certainly have names. Just like all other hues and color names, tertiary color names aren't perfectly consistent but are always in the same, general neighborhood. For example these are color names that typically qualify as tertiary: brown, brick, slate, Raw Sienna, French Blue, Red Earth, etc.

Approximately 80-90% of the color information in existence, books, online, color/design classes, have it all wrong when it comes to tertiary colors. The proliferation of misinformation about intermediate and tertiary colors began in the 1940's. It's snowballed from there.

This link is just one of many with incorrect color info.

The fact that people do not understand tertiary colors is a major contributor and the core reason behind just about every struggle with choosing paint colors. Because a vast number of paint colors that are appropriate and best fits for the built environment are tertiary and quaternary colors.

... and one more thing. WTF happened to yellow and "green orange" is as ridiculous as greenish red or green with a red undertone. Methinks that link is a waste of 1's and 0's.

This post was edited by funcolors on Sat, Jan 5, 13 at 22:36