WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT PAINT COLOR MATCHING
I created a really cool silver leaf look on some closet doors using paint (check out my Hometalk posts for tutorial) and I was looking to find just the right paint color for the walls to complement the faux silver leaf.
One color I really liked that was recommended to me is the brand color used by Tiffany.com. So I headed over to Home Depot and asked them to color match the color from my cell phone. They told me they can't do that. Basically, they said that due to phone screen resolutions, I probably won’t get an accurate color match. So I thought I’d go home and print the color sample. Well, I was then told that that doesn’t work either, unless you have a super high resolution professional printer. Apparently, depending on the pixels it is again likely that the color matching won't be accurate. They did ask if I could bring in a Tiffany box to use for the color match, at which point I just laughed figuring that if I had a few extra Tiffany boxes laying around the house, I’d be sending my butler out for the samples.
One color I really liked that was recommended to me is the brand color used by Tiffany.com. So I headed over to Home Depot and asked them to color match the color from my cell phone. They told me they can't do that. Basically, they said that due to phone screen resolutions, I probably won’t get an accurate color match. So I thought I’d go home and print the color sample. Well, I was then told that that doesn’t work either, unless you have a super high resolution professional printer. Apparently, depending on the pixels it is again likely that the color matching won't be accurate. They did ask if I could bring in a Tiffany box to use for the color match, at which point I just laughed figuring that if I had a few extra Tiffany boxes laying around the house, I’d be sending my butler out for the samples.
On the image above, the Tiffany color is on the left.
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I love the faux silver leaf design! I do agree the Tiffany color works great with silver - so elegant and classy!
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I laughed at the Tiffany box part. The color is STUNNING! I can't wait to see it all together!
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@Miriam I haha, thanks Miriam!
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