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Paint match for Ikea Axstad Gray? Can't get cabinet in time to bring!

3 years ago

Hi there! Does anyone have a paint match for the Axstad Dark Gray? I am in a time crunch and need to make a decision before a door is delivered to my house. Thanks so much!

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jeri

3 years ago

I have an Axstad Gray Door and a Color Muse! Thanks to Lori Sawaya, I know how to get the LCH numbers for the door. Then you put that information into EasyRGB and select "Match".

Below is the result I received. You can go to EasyRGB and enter the values yourself and choose the brand of paint you want! It looks like Benjamin Moore HC-166 KENDALL CHARCOAL is a close match! :-)

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Lori A. Sawaya
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
@jeri

Nailed it. Only thing I'd throw in for good measure (pun intended) is to make sure the settings on your Color Muse app are set to Illuminant D65 and 2° observer.

Because those are the architectural coatings industry standards that everyone follows for measuring color.
HU-266460001 thanked Lori A. Sawaya
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jeri
3 years ago
Thank you for telling me that! I’ll make sure and run this again. Thank you for the very important tip!
jeri
3 years ago
Yes. I think it was set correctly thanks to watching your video on this. :-)
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Lori A. Sawaya
3 years ago
There's some controversy about D50 and D65. Honestly, for an architectural color application it doesn't make *that* much difference in the data values. But might as well use correct setting if you can.
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Any chance you have the axstad blue color paint?
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I do! 😀. I’m not home at the moment, but I will post the results in the morning.
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