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Can I suggest that you paint some of your tester pot onto a white sheet of paperTake said sheet into B&Q and get them to make you a big 5litre pot matched up to your colour - their paint matching service is excellent
The B&Q service only matches your paint sample to the closest recipe they have for their existing paint range. This range is displayed on the hundreds of printed colour swatches they have the display. They cannot mix a recipe especially for your colour.
I cannot disagree more! The B&Q service only matches your paint sample to the closest recipe they have for their existing paint range. This range is displayed on the hundreds of printed colour swatches they have the display. They cannot mix a recipe especially for your colour.So you can do the same matching yourself by taking a sample in and comparing it to the printed cards. Only you can't because the printing of those cards all carry the usual disclaimer "printing processes vary and the colour on this card may differ from the colour of the paint". In some instances this does not matter and close is OK. But when you are matching an existing item that will be seen in close proximity even a subtle shift in shade will be jarring to the human eye which is very good at distinguishing tonal differences.I understand there are real and complex difficulties in colour matching and the science is actually quite interesting. But paint companies go to enormous lengths to develop, and protect their recipes for paint and spend a fortune ensuring that every batch that comes from their highly-controlled specially-built billion dollar factory environment is consistent in application and colour. To expect a £10,000 machine operated by B&Q staff to do likewise in the middle of a warehouse store is frankly ludicrous.B&Q even advise people when they go in NOT to buy two smaller cans of paint to do one room if you can buy one large can because the recipe they mix in can 1 can be noticeably different to the resulting mix in can 2!! Their advertising that they will match ANY colour is simply a lie.
I am sorry if my post angered you ...I was merely offering a potential solution...I used the b&q service and got a very satisfactory match to the brown I am using on my desert boards...and of course the advantage is that I have a great deal of paint now so the match pots are no longer necessary. It was cheaper in the long run
For wargaming purposes I’d say that the B&Q colour matching service and pricing are great.
I’ve had colour matched paints from B&Q no problem. Taken my sample in (usually Foundry paints on white card) and what I received in return was spot on.