MM wrote:

I don't want to have to repaint an entire wall because of one or two
hairline cracks.

I believe I am right in saying that the Dulux paint matching service
only matches to the closest Dulux colour.

How hard is it to tint a colour to get an exact match? Or a match as
near as dammit so that only close inspection would reveal a
difference.

The colour is currently building industry standard magnolia, matt
emulsion.

MM

Its easy to get a close match most times _if_ you do it right.
Appreciate that paint changes tint over time, and gets unevenly dirty.
The eye may not notice it, but its there, so unless paint has just been
applied it wont be the same exact colour all over.

The Golden Rule in paint matching is to clean the existing paintwork.
Only then can you get a chip off thats the right colour, and only then
can you have an existing paintwork thats at least close to consistent
colour all over.
Now with a decent colour matching service you'll _usually_ get a decent
match.

To make the match appear even better, if your workpiece is divided into
areas, eg by alcoves, corners etc, paint the whole section. The eye
will not notice small variations when they occur on a corner.


If mixing your own,
a) its not easy to get it spot on, and it does need to be spot on.
b) always fill little chips and holes with something either identical
or a tiny bit duller, never with anything even a trace brighter.
c) underfill rather than overfill chips. when your face is 5" away,
overfill looks ok, underfill looks bad, but when youre stood up
normally its the other way round.


NT