Aniline dye online color chart

[newood2]

How true is the color on real wood to the manufacturer's online color chart?
Anyone ever get a finished color that does not match the chart, and if you do, is it way off or just a tinge off.
I know the monitor and printer does play a part on what tint you see on line.
Do you say oh well, that's not what I expected but I like it, anyway.
Considering two things:
(1) Your stuck with the color.
(2) Even if you test it on a piece of scrap first, if it's the wrong color you just don't run down to the corner store and get a different color, you have to get it online and it's expensive.
Howie

[scmhogg]

Howie,

The swatches I've seen, on line, seem to reflect the color you receive. You also have a lot of flexibility. Different dilutions or strengths make a big difference. Multiple coats, significantly darken the color. You can also mix colors either in powder or liquid state.

You will want to set a side a large scrap of the same wood to test on. One other thing to keep in mind is, that a gloss finish will darken and intensify the color. So, if a specific color or shade is important to you, you really have to go through the entire finishing process on your test piece, before you start. One other thing, label your jars and keep notes on your sample. Mix, strength, number of coats, cover coat.

LOML has been testing for a specific green for a box I am making, for weeks. I have red-green colorblindness, so I could give a sh*t.

Your best bet is to buy two or three colors that make up the shade you want. The little bottles of powder last forever. I have used my black and red for over 15 years and they are still half full.

Steve

[cabinetman]

Adding to what Steve said, aniline dyes can be water or alcohol (methanol) soluable. The strength of your mix may be close to the color of the chart. How it comes out on your wood will depend on the wood. Different pieces of the same species may look differently. So, making samples is a good idea, and to get a close similarity in the whole project may take toning to those pieces to get an acceptable shade.
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[gerti]

Computer monitors vary widely in color representation. Unless your monitor is calibrated and the source image was properly prepared and contains a color profile, it'll never be anything more then a rough approximation.

[jziegler]

Computer monitors vary widely in color representation. Unless your monitor is calibrated and the source image was properly prepared and contains a color profile, it'll never be anything more then a rough approximation.

Sounds like you're a color geek. But, it's true. Every monitor I have looks very different, and my one at work changes a lot.

Jim

[pecker]

You can get get a package of 7 colors from Constantines.com for around $20. If you're mainly trying to achieve natural wood shades, this allows you to mix a bunch of them to get something you like. It also contains black. It doesn't contain toy colors like green or blue, though.
http://www.constantines.com/index.as...OD&ProdID=2002