On Monday, September 8, 2014 9:48:09 PM UTC-4, Mayayana wrote:
| How do you match a paint color on drywall in a bedroom? Cut out of piece

of the wall and take it to the paint store? Is

| there such thing as a portable color analyzer?



A couple of points that haven't been mentioned:



1) When you take the wall sample to the store you'll

also need a store with a talented paint mixer. In

some stores they'll try to discourage you from getting

a computer match because they don't want to be

responsible. Even at a store where they will computer

match, the matching is no miracle, especially with

darker colors. To really get a good match usually

requires that the person mixing the paint be very

experienced.



2) After painting, be sure to save the can, even if

it's empty, so that next time you won't have to go

through all this trouble. It's worthwhile to keep a list

of all paints used. Even if you have to use a different

brand next time. Many companies have formulas for

other companies' paint colors.


It's also worth considering if it's worth the drama. If it's a typical
bedroom, is it that difficult to paint 4 walls? If the spot is someplace
that's not noticeable, you may get away with not painting the whole wall.
But if it's someplace visible, good chance to make it right you have to
paint a wall or most of a wall, ie up to some break point, anyway. At
which point with brushes, rollers wet, how much harder is it to just paint
the whole thing? With the matching thing, it's almost always multiple
trips back to the store too, until you get something that works.