If you’re thinking that this tool is only for designers or decorators, think again. There are plenty of scenarios where this tool is super useful. In a matter of seconds, it’ll tell you the closest paint color match name across a variety of popular brands like Behr, Benjamin Moore, Farrow and Ball, Sherwin-Williams, Valspar and more. Then go back to your app on your phone and hit the “get reading” button. Just download the ColorReader app to your phone, hold the reader up to whatever you want to “read,” and press the “on” button. If you’re not familiar with it, it’s a small “reader” that, when held up to a piece of fabric, art, or anything saturated with color, will “read” said color.
I finally realized how to take the pain out of the paint and fabric color matching process, thanks to a tool called ColorReader (psst, you can snag one on Amazon with free two-day Prime shipping right here).
Paint and Fabric Color Matching Made Easy
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Not only was this method inefficient, but I often ended up being disappointed with the final paint job. My old school process looked like this: I’d take the fabric I wanted to match to my local home improvement store (or snap a photo of an area rug since, let’s be real, nobody is hauling a giant area rug with them to the paint counter at Home Depot) and stand by the swatches, guessing as to what color was close to the one I wanted and hoping/praying that the paint shade depicted on the swatch was the same color I’d see on my living room walls later that day. Sound familiar? Maybe you’ve been there too. In the past when I’ve wanted to find a paint color that coordinates with something else in my home that I love, it’s been a painstaking process full of trial and error. Old School Paint and Fabric Color Matching: A Guessing Game Spoiler alert: This process just got a whole lot easier thanks to a handy dandy tool I recently discovered. Have you ever found a throw pillow or a piece of wall art you loved, and wondered how to find a paint color that coordinates with it? Well, it’s your lucky day because today’s post is all about how to match paint and fabric colors….and how to take the headache and guesswork out of that process. Thanks so much to Datacolor for providing me with a ColorReader for this post! As always, all opinions shared here are mine.