The computer measures and pours the colors into the bucket. How do you know that the paint mixer will pour out the exact amount of each color?Īctually, everything's automated, so no room for human error.
We call this a prescription, because it calculates the exact amount of various pigments it will take to make a color match. There's a digital memory - sort of like the information that would make a photograph, but we don't print anything out.
It takes a very sophisticated reading of each wavelength of light reflected off the object.Įxactly. There's a port on one end that shines a light on the object, or whatever sample you bring us. It's a device about the size of a shoebox that's hooked up to a computer. But now, if you want to get a more exact match, that's where the spectrophotometer comes in.Ī spectrophotometer. How can I get a perfect match?'Ĭarl Minchew, Director of Color Technology for Benjamin Moore: The old-fashioned way is to bring a Tiffany box to a paint retailer and find a similar color from the wall of color cards. Media Platforms Design Team 'I want to paint my dresser Tiffany blue, but I can't find the exact color anywhere.
