I used to just eyeball paint samples, but a bad batch of 'seafoam' in my bathroom made me switch

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Honestly I still eyeball most paint colors. My living room is a gray I picked by holding a chip to the wall in the store. It looks perfect. The whole sample pot system feels like a marketing trick to make you spend more money. A bad batch sounds like a fluke, not a reason to change your whole process. I trust my own eyes over a tiny square of color any day.

the_shane1mo ago

My last paint chip looked totally different in daylight.

holly_flores791mo ago

Yeah I tried that once (with a blue, not a gray) and it turned out way brighter on the wall. Now I grab a sample pot, it's saved me a couple times.