Shoutout to the paint guy at the hardware store in Boise who told me my swatches were useless | Color Theory in Practice

Terry Lee · 2026-10-24T14:10:02.962027+00:00

I brought in six paint chips to match my living room and the guy pulled me over to the window and held them up in daylight. He said indoor bulb light made warm grays look green and I had been picking the wrong one for a week. We picked a swatch with a slight yellow base and it looked right at 7pm under the lamp too. Anyone else had a store worker catch a color mistake you totally missed?

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