Getting the Colours Right
Let face it, I am a typical man and colours don’t really interest me much.
I like to limit myself to the standards of White, Black, Brown, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet.
I’m even not too sure about Indigo and Violet. . . What’s wrong with just saying Purple?
Don’t start on talking about colours like Aquamarine and Avocado as I will quickly get lost. . . and that’s before we mention the 100 different types of white, or ’50 shades of Grey!
The average project home builder has about the same sense of colour as me so if you want a particular colour here are some things you need to do:
- Find out if the builder has a standard paint supplier or will allow the use of any paint manufacturer as early as possible.
- Get that paint manufacturers colour charts and pick the colours and finishes (gloss, satin, matt etc) you want before the colour selection.
- Make sure the full description of the colours are handed over preferably with copies of the colour cards stapled to the documents for reference.
- Check the colours are correctly described in the contract documents.
- Check the final finishes against the cards at the PCI inspection.
Did you finish up with a colour you hate on your house? Or just the wrong shade of white?
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More about selecting finishes including 24 pages of Check Lists in the‘Selection / Pre-Start Guide’