Keefiedee wrote:
My 1650s Norfolk farmhouse is pink - as far as we can tell from an old
paint tin left behind by the previous owners, Sandtex Dusky Pink.
This is, of course, no longer listed. Enquiries in local DIY shops
and builder's merchants are rather confusing, but I gather
Weathershield can be mixed to order, but only certain colours. I see
from a Google search that Johnstone's do a dusky pink which might be a
fair match, but I can't even begin to understand their colour charts.
Can anyone give us any advice about how best to go about getting a
reasonable match - given that we haven't the time or the energy to
repaint the whole place at once!

A Johstones branch will colour match any of their competitors paints as
well. So there is a fair chance they will simply be able to look up your
original colour and mix it. Failing that they have extensive swatch
cards - again choose one that matches, and they will mix based on the
instructions on that. They also have scanning capabilities usually, and
can colour scan and match something if you have it printed etc.

Last time I needed an obscure colour, I only had a mixing stick that had
some of the previous colour on it. Took that in, and they matched a
swatch to it.

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Cheers,

John.

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