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Comments (34)Wow, looks like Mr. Shaw and myperfectcolor is owed an apology - big time. ctlane - sure, I can explain why looking at the darkest color doesn't work. Even when it looks as though a strip of color is a nice, even, orderly stepping down (or up) from darkest to lightest, you have to consider how many factors change to arrive at those 5 or 7 colors on the strip. It's not just a backing down or reducing in the amount of colorants. That's why 'letting down' a color is so different from 'cutting' formulas. In the process of letting down the formula from darkest to lightest, various characteristics in the actual colors can shift - maybe ever so slightly. Viewing color in the context of a strip chip skews the reality of each individual color. When you take a color off the strip, out of that context and into the context of a three-dimensional room and unique inherent light, that new context will very likely enhance different parts of that color's character thus 'giving' it a different undertone than it appeared to have while on the strip next to the other paint colors. When you are working with the darker colors, the darkest color on the strip indicating undertone has a better chance of holding true. Most people don't choose to use the darker colors on the strip. We mostly choose the midtones to lighter colors - the range on the strip where colorant + base combinations become more complicated. This area is where there isn't one colorant in the mix that will unquestionably dominate taking the lead over all the other colorants to define an undeniable undertone. Those more complex, less direct, colors don't have such clear-cut undertones. Their undertones can only be established in the context of a room and among the other elements....See MorePaint Formula Conversion Help
Comments (17)However, I love the color he made, which is now not a Sherwin Williams color. How do I convert the colorant numbers which are done as 384th OZ to Sherwin Williams 32 64 128. I don't think you have to. You have the color. Paint a sample board. Nice, neat sample. Two full coats. Let the first coat dry before you apply the second. You should be able to take that sample anywhere and have the colorist match it - they may scan/measure it, they may do it by eye, may be a combo of both. Again, while I know the formulas, I don't do anything with them. The chemistry and the math make my head spin. But I suspect the math isn't the only obstacle here. Even if you figure out the math, you're trying to convert Behr colorants into Sherwin-Williams colorants. And the colorants are not the same. In other words, even if you do figure out the math, the math doesn't apply to Sherwin-Williams colorants the same as it does to the Behr product - bases and colorants. Apples and oranges....See MoreTrying to find a Kelly Moore paint color formula ASAP!
Comments (5)Benjamin Moore has a lot of white shades -- not sure if they come in exterior colors. In the examples from this Houzz post, I like the "halo" -- barely a hint of gray in the white ... something far better in a white than a yellow or pink hue. [https://www.houzz.com/discussions/what-white-for-kitchen-cabinets-dsvw-vd~5004910[(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/what-white-for-kitchen-cabinets-dsvw-vd~5004910)...See MoreWhere can I find a "formula" for a paint palette for my house?
Comments (15)Similar to mine also -- in my small house I have Behr Navajo White on the walls (in living, dining, upper hall and one bedroom) which is a soft yellow or yellow-beige, depending on the room and time of day; one bedroom is a Glidden soft sage green; another is a deeper, more caramel-y yellow. I have sage green curtains in the living and dining and a terracotta- ish (tends more coral -- has more pink than a terracotta pot), yellow and tan rug; The sofa is a greenish brown or brownish green. The floors are natural red oak. The colors all produce a warm but calm effect and since they aren't really vivid, they read fairly neutral and flow together. I have other small color accents as well -- in artwork, lamp, pillows. For major colors I think the 4 that I have are the max that can work --IMO. I've not read Maria Killam but have seen multiple positive mentions here, so I would check out her blog for sure....See MoreVertise
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