A painted foam core board is a much better color reference than those tiny color strips you get from the paint store.
Not exact matches
I chose the color the same way I did in my kitchen, by
painting large
foam core boards and holding it up in the space.
Mathew recommended
painting a large sample on a piece of poster
board or
foam core and moving it around the room, seeing how it looks in the darkest corner and the brightest spot.
But before
painting on the towels, I first experimented on
foam core board that was on hand for photo shoots.
For artwork on a dime,
paint an old wooden picture frame, cut mat or
foam -
core board to fit the opening, and cover the
board with a scrap of pretty fabric.
The background in this photo is just a plain piece of
foam core board that I
painted using Hancock Grey, by Benjamin Moore.
By lacquering
foam -
core insulation
boards in exterior latex
paint, she was able to create bold, weatherproof features that personify Sony's living creature.