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Yes, to the first part and I very much doubt it for the second. Some kits come with colour codes for the paint required but they are normally a generic colour. I.E Panzer grey-it may not give the specific makers code so you have to go with your gut and what paint you have, Vallejo etc.\ said:Will this chart only be as good as my printer tho? Can I not buy one made by them and have it sent in the post?
I will add some to my next order and I will have them in next week, they will be free but I will still have to charge for postage\ said:Can I not buy one made by them and have it sent in the post?
Do Ravell do one as well John?\ said:I will add some to my next order and I will have them in next week, they will be free but I will still have to charge for postage
No, I asked the Revell rep if he could send me some when I first took on their paints but he said it's not something they print, apparently due to colour variants from print to paint\ said:Do Ravell do one as well John?
I rest my case\ said:No, I asked the Revell rep if he could send me some when I first took on their paints but he said it's not something they print, apparently due to colour variants from print to paint
I absolutely agree John. Paint colour will vary for so many reasons; thinning ratios, background, number of coats are just three.\ said:I rest my case
Absolutely, for decorating, thay can be a guide, if a poor one, for artists and, to be fair, modellers, they are next to useless. When I switched from using paint, to making digital art, I bought a Pantone Swatch, it cost me £80, years ago, but I figured that with a 4 colour printer, it would be very useful. All it taught me was how limited it was in use, and that colours I was able to mix with my brand of paint always seemed to sit inbetween two pantone colours! They live in two completely different worlds. Paint, as we know it, is made up from pigments, binders and mediums. Different manufacturers have different suppliers of pigments. When Rowney ceased to make Cryla Flow, I lost colours that were part of my personal palette, try as I might, I couldn't replicate them with Winsor & Newton or Liquitex etc. The only way to learn about paint is to use it, and that goes for what colour it is too! These paint charts have been made on a computer, using, most likely the pantone sytem, or something similar. They will have been generated at 300-600 pixels per inch, then compressed to go onto websites, thus rendering them all but useless. Some folks will dowload a PDF, which may be high resolution (min 300 PPI), but to print them, you'll need a high quality printer with at least 4 separate colour inks, and using top quality, high resolution photo paper. Given all this, I'd still maintain that they can only be a rough guide. Add to this the poor quality control I'm experiencing with modern paints, you can see why I give praise to Jim (grumpa) and others for using simple paints, and learning about them through use, not theory. I supect that this is also true of folks using enamels, they tend to be dyed in the wool users, and consequently, through a lot of use, know their medium!\ said:I absolutely agree John. Paint colour will vary for so many reasons; thinning ratios, background, number of coats are just three.
Paint charts are merely a guide. If the colour one wants has to conform to an accepted standard, such as RLM or RAL, then look online at the brand(s) who are judged the most accurate.
But even getting the paint to be 100% accurate is not the full story. Different scales, weathering etc will all alter the colour. Nothing's better than the Mark One Eyeball
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