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On 21 Aug, 17:04, 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!

Keith

I'd second finding a local trade place used by professionals and
seeking their advice.
Is there anything usable in the tin, or on the label, or that can be
chipped from a wall to allow them to scan and match?
My impression is that when they make up or match a specific colour,
they combine the necesary volume of the primary colours according to
the volume of paint you need. That is then added and mixed to the tin
of white base paint.
Does that need to be a special base, or if they added it to a tin of
white paint of your chosen make, would that work? They should know.

In any event, if the source sample is from the tin or contents it will
be different to the weathered paint. A weathered sample should give a
close match.

Until the new paint weathers, anyway ...


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geoff