Are you painting any time soon? Lori and who else? Well, we are, and I have learned about some cool tools to help choosing, and seeing, color.
First, you can pick a color from anywhere! There are apps that will let you turn any photo into a paint color choices. I used the Sherwin-Willams app ColorSnap, from the app store, to match:
The carpet in my office:
My scarf!
A pastel drawing:
How fun is this???? Try it!
But you don’t buy Sherwin-Williams? No problem! All paint colors are just formulas, or recipes. My hardware store will convert any name brand to theirs, and/or you can use an online tool, such as color-swatches, to do it yourself:
Then every paint company has an app and/or a website to let you see the color in your room. They all seem a little buggy to me, but I’ve had fun with Prestige ColorPic:
What are your favorite tools for this? Also, what can you find to color match?
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