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Posted by snickysnacker (My Page) on Wed, Mar 4, 09 at 12:40
| I found colorcharts.org (the actual web address is colorcharts.org/ccorg/) while browsing here on this site a while ago and I love it. You type in the paint color name and then this site tells you other paint brands that match it or are close to it. Now, I cant get onto it, what gives?? |
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RE: colorcharts.org- Cant get onto this site anymore
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| A while back they made it subscription only. :-( |
RE: colorcharts.org- Cant get onto this site anymore
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| Try easyrgb.com I really like it.... |
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Snickysnacker,
Is there a color you are trying to match?
For some strange reason, I'm still able to get in and I'd be happy to do a look up for you, |
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Do they match Farrow and Ball? Is so do you mind matching
F&B Fawn? Sorry to hijack!! |
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| For F&B Fawn MS Living-- Buckwheat 95.2%
Duron and SW --Relaxed Khaki 94.2%
P&L (Canada)-- Market Square Tavern shell 93.5%
Valspar--Burning Sand 93.1%
MS Living-- Georgia Beach 92.3% there was no BM match. |
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| Fawn Closest Matches: Duron Inc
SW 6149 Relaxed Khaki
TGHW-0RL5-LKE9 Score 94.2 Sherwin Williams
SW 6149 Relaxed Khaki
TGHW-0RL5-LKE9 Score: 94.2 Dutch Boy
Candlewood Hill 3I-4
5FNR-5GC5-RT15 Score: 94.1 PARA Paints
P892-4 Country Hearth
VPX4-7QCM-REX5 Score: 94.1 Pratt & Lambert
CW703 Market Square Ta...
28N0-PEC5-Q605 Score: 93.5 Martin Senour
CW703 Market Square Ta...
28N0-PEC5-Q605 Score: 93.5 Valspar Corporation
10007 Burning Sand ...
7F6R-3QGM-RJT5 Score: 93.1 |
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| Wow, thank you so much! I'll give them a try. TTod are those formula mixes? |
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| Could you do one more? Benjamin Moore Crown Point Sand. thanks! |
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| Could someone possibly look up matches for F & B Blue Gray and Light Blue? |
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| Benjamin Moore
0242 Laurel Canyon Beige
7E7L-NNAR-Q079 Score: 97.5
Behr
Camouflage C60-43
2NUL-3GGM-QTU5 Score: 94.6
Duron Inc
SW 6156 Ramie
7DF9-NGAR-RG75 Score: 94.5
Sherwin Williams
SW 6156 Ramie
7DF9-NGAR-RG75 Score: 94.5 Debbie Travis
N22A - Organic Field
8P3T-JEE8-QQT9 Score: 94.4
Canadian Tire
N22A - Organic Field
8P3T-JEE8-QQT9 Score: 94.4
NCS
S 2010-Y10R
31FA-9GA8-Q465 Score: 93.9
ICI Paints
4424 Straw 45YY 53/151
VCFR-6EGL-QA69 Score: 92.8 Glidden
Straw 45YY 53/151
VCFR-6EGL-QA69 Score: 92.8
ICI Paints
Bellcourt Castle 45YY ...
VCFR-6EGL-QA69 Score: 92.8
Color Your World
Straw 92.8% F&B Blue Gray
3 excellent matches Valspar Corporation
40018 Urban Loft
5BV4-BYG5-JHL5 Score: 96.9
C2
Russian Olive C2-8056
XE58-W1JM-K4Q9 Score: 95.2
California Paints
Antique Coin DE6270
1MWD-T7Q4-KGD9 Score: 93.8 13 Very Good matches for 'UTLQ-BYEM-KWP5'
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8401 - Song Of Nature
Y4L7-C1AL-J5G9 Score: 91.6
Color Systems Internat...
8401 - Song Of Nature
Y4L7-C1AL-J5G9 Score: 91.6
Coronado Paint Company
8401 - Song Of Nature
Y4L7-C1AL-J5G9 Score: 91.6
Bruning Paint Company
8401 - Song Of Nature
Y4L7-C1AL-J5G9 Score: 91.6 Rodda Paint Co.
8401 - Song Of Nature
Y4L7-C1AL-J5G9 Score: 91.6
Cloverdale Paint
8401 - Song Of Nature
Y4L7-C1AL-J5G9 Score: 91.6
Hallman Lindsay Qualit...
8401 - Song Of Nature
Y4L7-C1AL-J5G9 Score: 91.6
Kelly-Moore Paints
KM3892-2 Song of Nature
Y4L7-C1AL-J5G9 Score: 91.6 Pratt & Lambert
2228 Contemplation
T6MB-0YNM-K8C9 Score: 90.3
Pratt & Lambert
19-28 Contemplation
T6MB-0YNM-K8C9 Score: 90.3
Masterchem Industries,...
31D2-03 Quail Gray
85VR-AYG5-K1P5 Score: 88.2
Rona Inc.
31D2-03 Quail Gray
85VR-AYG5-K1P5 Score: 88.2 American Pride Paints
153-4 Prairie Path
06LK-C7EL-K5A9 Score: 88.0 LIGHT BLUE 1 Excellent matches for '41HT-BRCR-K4G9'
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36234
5PRV-TFGR-J4R5 Score: 95.4 5 Very Good matches for '41HT-BRCR-K4G9'
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Dusty Miller 50GY 45/037
1HDP-Y1A5-JQJ5 Score: 87.2
Engelhard Corporation
Cordoba 3524-T
6J9J-TFC8-JGK9 Score: 86.7
Duron Inc
SW 7058 Magnetic Gray
T60Y-UFE5-K0R9 Score: 86.3
Sherwin Williams
SW 7058 Magnetic Gray
T60Y-UFE5-K0R9 Score: 86.3 Dutch Boy
Crashing Waves 9I-4
7A4H-YYQQ-KVA5 Score: 86.2
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| I don't know if those are the formulations - it's just how it is listed on colorcharts. I do not subscribe so to be honest (I really am not trying to be difficult) I try not to abuse using colorcharts.org. I had it 'taken away' from me the last time that I posted a bunch of matches for a lot of people. I periodically 'pop in' but I won't abuse it for the masses and I'll leave it at that. If somebody does subscribe and would like to share matches for everyone that'd be great. I'm sure you understand where I'm coming from. I can share w/ you what I had written down for Light Blue from awhile ago. I have SW & BM near me and that's what I prefer to use so some of the colors are color matches of color matches if you follow my line of thought. Light Blue: BM Imperial Gray #1571
SW Magnetic Grey #7058 |
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| Thank you for posting and I totally understand! |
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| Thanks, ttodd. I understand. I was going to get samples of the F & B, and I've ordered from their Web site before, but now I can't seem to order online. When I get to the log in prompt, it tells me I've got the wrong password, but I know it's right. There's no option to just order without having an account. Like you, I would prefer BM or SW as they are easily accessible. Does anyone know how much the subscription is for Colorcharts.org? |
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| Forgot to say thanks, Chloe45! |
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| Colorcharts must check-in on Gardenweb or something because that how I got shut-down last time. I'm going to try on last time to subscribe because I think that they are a valuable resource. It's a shame that people were actually downloading their entire site and then using it commercially. They ruined it for the masses. Thanks for understanding and Chloe - if you do subscribe can you tell us how you got them to reply back to you? More than 1 person her has tried. Thanks! |
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| Is there no other website for this? I found a Glidden paint chip that I think I really like, but I don't want to use Glidden paint. I generally use Valspar, though I recently helped a friend with Killz paint from Walmart, and it was pretty good stuff! I'm looking for a match to Inkberry, 73RB 08/259. Any help would be greatly appreciated. :-) |
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| To those interested in registering with Colorcharts.org, here is the email I received from them regarding how to become a user. If you do a lot of painting, $40 isn't too bad; you could recoup that after only a few gallons of less expensive paint! "Unfortunately the colorcharts.org site will not be back up or open to the general public. We were getting hacked by several commercial entities so it became necessary to stop it before our digital paint color databases were stolen. This is purely a case where a few have ruined a very good resource for many. From this point forward our fandeck databases will only be available from within our CBN Selector paint visualization/fandeck management software or our CBN Formulator software. If you are currently using either of these programs you already have full access to the databases and the same search and query functionality within the software. When using our software you will be able to download entire fandeck collections into our software on your computer which will also allow you to use and query all the fandecks previously available at colorcharts.org. Because our digital fandeck collections will now be resident within our software on your computer you will also have full access when off-line or when you are mobile on a laptop. I don’t know if you are aware of the value of our databases but each color chip in the database was scanned using a high end scientific spectrophotometer at a cost of about 10$ each. There are more than 300,000 color listed so this gives you an idea of the value of the databases you were accessing. The above fact is also the key to making our CBN Selector software the only true WYSIWYG paint color visualization system on the market today. Everyone else’s paint color visualizer’s contains a warning statement that the color is only a close representation and should not be relied upon. Calibrate your monitor, use high quality accurate data and you can manage colors from additive color to subtractive color just as easily as any graphic artist. Printing ink and paint colorant have a lot of similarities, they are both pigment ground up in a clear carrier. You already know that all desktop graphic artists manage color from additive color to subtractive color and do color correction on their desktops with spectacular results. Why would you think the same is not available to you when managing paint colors? To become a registered user all you need to do is buy a 1 year user’s license of our CBN Selector software which will allow you full downloadable access to our databases for $39.95. I guess there are 2 ways to look at this, $39.95 for a one year subscription to a continuously updated very accurate paint manufacturer’s colors database with the CBN Selector being provided freely to manage the information or $39.95 for the software. I do feel badly for those that can’t or do not want to purchase a license/subscription to our software/databases but we were not left with any other options. I should mention our digital fandecks are in our own proprietary .cbn format which is derived from and contain the original color curve spectral reflectance data and therefore can only be used from within our software. It is because of the high quality and accuracy of .cbn codes we can also use them for paint color formulation purposes. CBN codes are not exportable to any other software formats. Ken CBN, Technical Support Team kturpin@cbnsystem.com" |
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| Parhelia, there is only one match and it is from Engelhard corporation and only a 85% match I've never heard of that paint. |
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| parhelia, if you have a paint chip, you can take it to a BM dealer (and I'm sure others do this too) they will colour match it for you. Some companies, like f&b, use completely different bases for their paints than other companies, so the colour may be similar but the depth and intensity is likely to be quite different. |
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| Thanks for all the responses! I am dissappointed that the company had to change their format. I really loved that site. I was wondering what color was close to RH Flax, if any one wants to check it for me. If not, no problem, thanks for taking the time to answer my original post! |
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| here you go. Have fun since I'm not anywhere closer to choosing a paint for my kitchen. Too amny choices. LOL 1 Identical matches for 'TYL6-D9LQ-D9R9' Restoration Hardware
Flax
TYL6-D9LQ-D9R9
Score: 100.0
1 Excellent matches for 'TYL6-D9LQ-D9R9' Benjamin Moore
Taupe
2B40-B9LR-DMR9
Score: 92.7
14 Very Good matches for 'TYL6-D9LQ-D9R9' BASF Building Systems
463-N Dark Almond
30CL-W7NQ-CMF9
Score: 90.4
BASF Wall Systems, Inc.
AC-531 Pacific Grey
01VA-W9N8-CWA5
Score: 90.0
Home Hardware
6J1-7 Innovation
V8V1-F7L8-C1Q5
Score: 88.4
Davis Colors
MC 60 (4 boxes)
7RLM-UYQR-C5F5
Score: 88.1 Betonel Ltee
9114-F - Hazelnut crunch
2FV6-AYJ4-C9J9
Score: 87.9
Mills Paint
9114-F - Hazelnut crunch
2FV6-AYJ4-C9J9
Score: 87.9
Sico Inc.
6186-63 Cotton Duck
XV4J-BYN4-DHA9
Score: 86.8
Rona Inc.
6186-63 Cotton Duck
XV4J-BYN4-DHA9
Score: 86.8 Disney
C1-5 Pridelands
X6DD-XYAR-C9H9
Score: 86.5
General Paint
Hymnos CL 2836A
3Q51-CYJQ-CDR5
Score: 85.8
Frazee Industries (PPI)
Hymnos CL 2836A
3Q51-CYJQ-CDR5
Score: 85.8
Kwal-Howells Paint
Hymnos CL 2836A
3Q51-CYJQ-CDR5
Score: 85.8 Parker Paint Mfg Co Inc
Hymnos CL 2836A
3Q51-CYJQ-CDR5
Score: 85.8
Color Wheel Paints & C...
Hymnos CL 2836A
3Q51-CYJQ-CDR5
Score: 85.8
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| Um. Wow. What it takes to move about the worlds of additive and subtractive, in and out, over and under, back and forth is complicated. I would hotly contest the WYSIWYG comment and what graphic artists have to do relative to printing and the comparison color charts is making to paint colors. A major component to printing/ printing inks is the color of the paper, the substrate. Paper comes in different colors and even different "whiteness" -- it matters to how the printed colors look. It's a completely different ball game with paint because paint is all about stuff like the titanium dioxide (Ti02) and opacity and coverage - the objective is to *repaint*, to completely negate the color of the substrate. Not *include* it, or use it, to build upon to get to the final appearance of color desired. Not to mention the disimilar dimensions - paint world is 3D, graphics world is not and the differences that brings are lengthy and complicated as well. Maybe the statements in that email just need reworked a little or I need to reread with different eyes. I dunno, but please... Use color charts with caution. It's good for a lot of things, handy for a lot of color investigating, pondering, playing - I love their Color By Number software. Totally worth the cost, IMO. But... spectral curves be darned if your color doesn't have a complete and spot on 100% match in another brand, then it's not the same color. Period. Get chips. Compare. Use actual paint chips for color matching from brand to brand. |
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| Hi all, no need to worry! www.myperfectcolor.com has over 100 brands of colors they have matched for you to view on your screen just like colorcharts.org. Not only can you view any color matched to any brand, they also send you a small mini can made with Benjamin Moore paint to test any one of the colors to make sure you like it before you buy it. MyPerfectColor.com is a third generation paint company based out of NJ and they are the best resource for finding and testing colors in the world. I am sorry to see Colorcharts.org Close there free services but MyPerfectColor is much more robust and consumer friendly site with an actual paint store behind it with experience dating back to 1924. There site is Free, Free, Free and with such additions as designer corner now you can read amazing blogs about color also. Good luck ColorLuver |
Here is a link that might be useful: MyPerfectColor
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| How are you guys getting these matches if cbn no longer works? I can't even get them to answer my emails. I feel like I'm "screwed" out of the $39.95 I paid to purchase it properly. |
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