.... are they always wrong?

We've got 4 patches now on our house walls, and every single one is a
heck of a lot lighter than the ones on the chart. Hue and saturation
look about right.

I don't suppose any of the paint manufacturers have anything in place to
say "I like the hue, but it's too light - what's the next darker one?"

Andy

"Vir Campestris" wrote in message
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... are they always wrong?

We've got 4 patches now on our house walls, and every single one is a heck
of a lot lighter than the ones on the chart. Hue and saturation look about
right.

I don't suppose any of the paint manufacturers have anything in place to
say "I like the hue, but it's too light - what's the next darker one?"

Most of the sheds can mix any colour you want with a Dulux paint mixing
machine.
Some can match a sample you bring in too

On 27/05/2015 08:09, harryagain wrote:
"Vir Campestris" wrote in message
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... are they always wrong?

We've got 4 patches now on our house walls, and every single one is a heck
of a lot lighter than the ones on the chart. Hue and saturation look about
right.

I don't suppose any of the paint manufacturers have anything in place to
say "I like the hue, but it's too light - what's the next darker one?"

Most of the sheds can mix any colour you want with a Dulux paint mixing
machine.
Some can match a sample you bring in too



The last Dulux machine I experienced couldn't even match one of their
own discontinued shades where the details were still on their system.
Not even close

On Wednesday, 27 May 2015 08:47:30 UTC+1, stuart noble wrote:
On 27/05/2015 08:09, harryagain wrote:
"Vir Campestris" wrote in message
news
... are they always wrong?

We've got 4 patches now on our house walls, and every single one is a heck
of a lot lighter than the ones on the chart. Hue and saturation look about
right.

I don't suppose any of the paint manufacturers have anything in place to
say "I like the hue, but it's too light - what's the next darker one?"

Most of the sheds can mix any colour you want with a Dulux paint mixing
machine.
Some can match a sample you bring in too

The last Dulux machine I experienced couldn't even match one of their
own discontinued shades where the details were still on their system.
Not even close

I just had a batch of broken white colour matched by Dulux, it was spot on. Paint can change colour over time, unevenly, making a match impossible, but they confirmed that this hadn't. I cleaned the samples first of course, that reduces colour variation a fair bit.


NT