When it comes to judging paint, never ever just go by
the swatch card.
Go Up One Once you've determined the basic color you want (grey, green, white, etc), and you find your eyes drawn to a specific swatch in that color family, maybe go up one lighter on
the swatch card.
I'm currently on the prowl for a pretty light blue for my daughters shared room — I'm off to pick up
a swatch card of this now!
You don't need a color
swatch card at all, and they mix the exact pigment codes that Sherwin Williams would.
Do you just go to Home Depot with the color
swatch card from Sherwin Williams and try to have them match it?
Custom color swatches can be fully branded and are available in a 4» x 4» double - layered
swatch card, along with spectral data and dye formulations.
Pantone Color
Swatch Card is the leading cotton color standard for designers and product developers in apparel, textiles, and soft home.
Made on double layered fabric to the most exacting color specifications, the Pantone
swatch card includes full spectral data and a UV protected pouch for assured color accuracy in production.
Pantone
Swatch Cards are dyed within a dE 0.5 tolerance, the most accurate color standard available
The Lace and Sequin
Swatch Cards include the full collection of colors.
Chiffon and Tulle
Swatch cards are sent as color stories (similar colors are grouped together, not individual swatches).
If you want to color mix, i'd recommend look at the designer color
swatch cards FIRST and then once you're sure they can do the dresses in the different colors you want, look at the styles they offer to see if you like anything.
Pop to your local DIY store and collect paint
swatch cards in festive colours.
Not exact matches
Use a paint
swatch chart for an easy pink ombre effect to create a perfect background on your homemade
card for small wooden angels.
Swatch Chart (I typed mine and printed it on a piece of
card stock, punched holes next to each color, then added a bit of the corresponding yarn... easy peasy!
The Chalk Paint ® colour
card uses real paint
swatches to give you an accurate colour sample, with a history of each colour.
® colour
card uses real paint
swatches to give you an accurate colour sample, with a history of each colour.
Also, the small
swatches on a
card often look very different when they are made up in a gown.
McGee & Co. does not accept returns or exchanges on the following items: custom upholstery, fabric
swatches, furniture, art, sale items, or items purchased at warehouse sales or pop - up shops, or gift
cards.
In the bottom drawer of her desk, between
swatches of silk and old business
cards for Spencer Interiors, she has two photos of James Dean, one of a deeply wistful Jeremy Irons in Brideshead, arm in arm with the boy holding the teddy bear, a sepia print of Rudolph Valentino in 1923, without burnoose or eyeliner, B. D. Wong's glossies as Song Liling and as his own lithe, androgynous self, and Robert Mapplethorpe slipping sweetly out of his jeans in 1972.
I had to choose a paint color in a hurry for the entire downstairs before moving in (during another 40 % off sale), and my method of doing that was just picking from a bunch of paint
card swatches in a matter of a few minutes.
An album of frames displays fabric, wallpaper and painted
card swatches for an individual co-ordinated look.
The Chalk Paint ® colour
card uses real paint
swatches to give you an accurate color sample, with a history of each color.
Click here for our colour
card, which uses real paint
swatches to give you an accurate colour sample.
*** My best advice is to paint
swatches on large pieces of
card stock and test out several options before fully committing!