From a decorating perspective, I have my non-crimson - mostly black and white - memorabilia on the crimson wall so that there's not any clashing crimson. So, I made one design decision, did a lot of research, and came up with what I think was an excellent solution.įirst, rather than painting the whole room crimson I painted one "accent" wall crimson and the rest gray. I was also very perplexed and annoyed at not being able to give them a common color identifier - from the very system that is used to ensure that their printed paint strip samples match their paint on the wall - and have them mix the paint.
I recently painted my office and ran into the same conundrum.
The color that a particular paint "formula" appears on a wall in a room is dependent upon the brand/type of paint purchased, the sheen of the paint, the base (paint, primer, bare sheetrock) upon which the paint is applied, the number of coats of paint applied, and - more than you'd think - the amount of direct sunlight as well as the light bulbs in the room.Īlso, if you compare your Alabama memorabilia, you'll find at least half a dozen or more different shades of "crimson" - none of which might actually match a properly printed PMS 201C sample. On top of that, paint is not paint is not paint. All three were noticeably different from each other as well as noticeably different from the printed sample after drying on the wall. I took a properly printed PMS 201C sample - printed on a high-quality, calibrated printer - to three different stores to get samples of different paints to try. Which means using a PPG store (assuming one's available), having them call the Tuscaloosa store to get the formula, hoping it gets properly translated over the phone, and hoping the tech mixes it properly.Īlso, the color matching at those places is not very good. You can't even give them RGB or CMYK values for them to use. However, you can't take that to your average, local paint store and have them mix up a batch of that. The official crimson color - which is supposed to be used on all printed logos - is Pantone 201C.