Have you ever lost a can of paint, forgotten the colour name, found that a paint colour is no longer on a colour chart, or even just taken over a paint job from someone else?
Then you'll understand the difficulty of trying to match a paint colour.
Resene has the answer with the Resene ColourHelper.
This astonishingly clever, innovative and useful tool can match a colour to a product from the Resene range.
It uses technology to capture a close match by taking readings of the colour, which are then analysed by the embedded microprocessor to determine an average colour based on those readings.
A final reading will be provided with a bar display to show the strength of the colour match.
So how accurate is it?
Technology is used to create the closest Resene hue possible, but it is possible that the sample you're reading has changed over time as paint colour can fade, and the helper can only read the colour as it is at the time of reading.
Help the accuracy by cleaning the surface first to ensure dirt doesn't alter the reading.
You can even use the helper to match colours that you see in magazines or the environment – it works just about anywhere.
This makes it great to check if your colour at home matches something you're looking at in a store.
It's even smart enough to tell you whether two colours work well together or not. Built-in software and mathematics will use readings of different colours to decide if they harmonise well together or not.
Colours are able to be recorded so you can see them anywhere, including loading the results onto your home computer for later consideration.
Sound good?
You can use the Resene ColourHelper for free at Resene ColorShops and resellers, or when a Resene representative visits on site.
If you need a precise colour match, simply bring in a sample of the colour you want to match to (around a NZ$2 coin size is sufficient) and it can be matched in store or sent to the Resene Colour Lab for an exact match.
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