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color matching paint shade in another brand?

14 years ago

has anyone had experience matching paint colors of one brand in a different brand? i want to match some benjamin moore shades in behr and was wondering how accurately this turns out. i'm moving and the bm brand is so pricey compared to behr. i was at home depot and they said they could color match since they have all the bm formulas and that it would come out the same color, but i just wanted to check with others' experiences. thanks.

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Faron79

14 years ago

OOOOOooohh...Red-B,
You're pretty evil...;-)...maybe that's why I luv ya!

Faron/RL Grays...hmmm...more like Polaris, Sweatshirt-gray, Pale Grey, or Weathered Stone (UL & TH groups).

(I couldn't find a "Stud Grey" however...;-))

Faron

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paintguy22
14 years ago
They actually should be telling you that they can get it close as possible. It's really hard to get an exact match.
mboston_gw
14 years ago
I have had them match other types to their paint. No problems with Valspar, Glidden but they did have some trouble with Sherwin Williams.

What I usually do is take the other brand's chip into them and buy one of their sample jars. Have them mix it to match the other companies' color and see how it matches. It will cost you about $5.00 but worth the headache. The sample jar may be a different finish but you will be able to see if the color is right.

They actually had trouble matching one of their Paint and Primer colors to their own Premium Plus paint and they really tried to get it right. When they couldn't, they gave us two more gallons of base and I chose another color.
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14 years ago
It depends how fussy you are.
Even though they may have the formulas in their computer, they won't get a perfect match.
I understand that BM uses their own colorants which are different than universal colorants
I've had SW match BM colors in their "colors to go" quarts for testing and the colors are off.
ummm
14 years ago
i had BM baby turtle mixed in behr, they put a dot of paint onto the paint chip, it was very very close (since i can't compare it to the actual BM paint, can't say if it's 100%) but i'm happy with the match to paint chip.
Faron79
14 years ago
Oy...
My "Favorite" subject....hahahahahhah...

Sometimes the "stored library" of matches is pretty good. Sometimes...not so much.

We're an ACE store (also with Ralph Lauren & C2 paint lines).
* I/we just purchased 2 new Datacolor PAINT(c) programs for dispensing.
(SEVERAL $100's)
* This included 1,000's of newer "Competitor fandecks" matches, scanned into the ACE/Colortrend colorant system.
* All the new Behr decks are in there too! Even C2's deck...but we're NOT touching that one (it won't match well...we've tried it)!!!
* BUT...these are only SCANNED matches of fandecks from a particular software vendor.
* There's NO WAY to tell how accurate a tinted color will be until the actual mixing/drydown is done.
* ~50% turn out "real good". The other 50% involves further tweaking.

Ahhhh, colormatching...no wonder I've got 2or3 gray hairs...
;-)

Faron
redbazel
14 years ago
What shade of Gray, Faron? Sandy Hook Gray, perhaps? Or maybe something more on the lines of F& B's Light Gray? Rockport? Or RL's Chester Gray?

Inquiring minds want to know...

Red

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