DEC colours

On Mon, 2004-11-15 at 13:16 -0500, Joe R. wrote: Been there, done that. The systems they use for colour matching aren't that precise - not enough to do an exact job. I went to five or so different paint specialists a while ago, and they all say the same thing. Yep, you can get close - and certainly close enough that you won't notice any difference indoors, but it isn't an exact match. Place two items together in good light where one's been sprayed with the matched paint and you'll probably be able to tell. I believe the innacuracy is in the mixing process rather than the analysis phase; the larger quantity of paint you order the closer the match gets. Plus I'm not sure what the situation is in the US, but over here the specialists can legally only sell to licenced people (of course the people you actually talk to tend to bend the rules a little) cheers Jules