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QuestionWhat is a colorimeter?Juli Roland is a Color Specialist and the Founder of PaintColorHelp.com, one of the first companies in Dallas, Texas metro area that provides in-home color consultations and helps clients create paint color schemes. Juli has over 15 years of commercial and residential color consulting experience, including seven years as a custom-matcher in the paint industry. She earned her certification in color strategy from Camp Chroma and is a member of the Inter-Society Color Council. She has a BA in Advertising from Texas Tech University.A colorimeter is a device that "reads" the color on your wall and provides scientific data about the color, as well as which known paint colors are closest to what was just scanned.
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QuestionHow do you match a discontinued paint color?This answer was written by one of our trained team of researchers who validated it for accuracy and comprehensiveness.wikiHow Staff EditorStaff AnswerIf you know the brand and shade, you may be able to visit a local paint or hardware store and give them that information. They can make a match for you using a mixture of newer colors, or may even have some cans of the discontinued color in stock! You can also use a matching service like Myperfectcolor.com or Colorcharts.org.
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QuestionHow big of a paint chip do you need to get a match?This answer was written by one of our trained team of researchers who validated it for accuracy and comprehensiveness.wikiHow Staff EditorStaff AnswerIdeally, you should get a chip that’s at least 1 inch (2.5 cm) square. Using a big enough chip will make it easier for the paint store to use a color sensor (spectrophotometer) to analyze the chip.
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QuestionHow accurate is paint matching?This answer was written by one of our trained team of researchers who validated it for accuracy and comprehensiveness.wikiHow Staff EditorStaff AnswerIf you’re matching two different brands of paint, it’s going to be difficult to get a 100% accurate match. Spectrophotometer matching is about 90% accurate, which may mean that it will take some fiddling to get the exact shade you want.
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