How To Find A Paint Color From A Picture

Last calendar week, we talked nigh the procedure of choosing a paint colour for a piece of article of furniture. You saw the many dissimilar blue options for a refinished desk and how I finally landed on the blue that was perfect for that particular desk. (You can run into that post HERE.). Today, I desire to show you how I searched for color inspiration and the tool I now apply to friction match a pigment color from a picture.

Imagine you're scrolling through Pinterest, Instagram, or a blog mail service. You see a beautifully painted piece of furniture and think…

"That's it! That's the color I've been searching for!"

You read through the mail service and pray the blogger mentioned the name of the color they used. But they didn't. Or, if they exercise mention it, the color is from a paint line that isn't readily available to you.

And so what exercise yous do?

Head to the paint store, choose a pile of paint chips, and try to match the color? Mayhap. But there's an easier mode…

Download the Sherwin-Williams ColorSnap Visualizer app on your phone which allows yous to explore colors and match colors to those in a photo.

Hither'southward how information technology works… Have a photo of whatever room (or screenshot one you see online) and ColorSnap will piece of work its magic. Instantly, you'll see color matches for upwardly to eight colors in the room. If you'd like to match a unlike color in the photo, just drag the color circle effectually the photo.

You could likewise employ ColorSnap to color friction match artwork or a wall color in your own habitation. Just snap a photo and ColorSnap to match it.

Here's a photo of Thrifty Decor Chick's living room. I really honey the neutral colors she uses throughout her home. She does mention the verbal colors she uses on her blog then I know these results are not an exact friction match, but they are actually close.

Call up, the colors you come across on screen are not always the colors y'all encounter in real life. Merely it'southward the colour on-screen that you're attracted to and then a niggling variation from the actual color is okay.

If a blogger mentions a paint colour from the paint line they're using, but in that location's not a local retailer for nearby for that particular paint line, you can colour match it to a Sherwin-Williams color using ColorSnap.

At present dorsum to colour matching painted furniture. Here's a photo I found online from Paint It Beautiful and my original inspiration for the desk I mentioned earlier. Isn't it gorgeous! It'due south how I chose the color Languid Blue.

Paint it Beautiful. – Fusion Mineral Pigment

Although I ultimately painted my desk Polo Blueish and topped information technology with blackness glaze, the concluding color photographed more than like a gray steel. If you liked the photographed color version, then Forged Steel would be a close match.