Re: Neutral gray paint for color environment and accurate color viewing conditions
Re: Neutral gray paint for color environment and accurate color viewing conditions
- Subject: Re: Neutral gray paint for color environment and accurate color viewing conditions
- From: "dpascale" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:36:57 -0500
Hello Steve,
Here is a compendium of answers. The Pittsburg recipe is in there.
Danny Pascale
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From: Chris Murphy <email@hidden>
To: coloru <email@hidden>
SendDate: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 14:15:05 -0500
Subject: gray paint
Sherwin-Williams 2129 Zircom is apparently no longer available and seemed to
be one of the more popular formulations for gray wall paint. Does anyone
have a suggestion for something else?
Chris Murphy
Color Remedies (TM)
New York, NY
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From: Robin Myers <email@hidden>
To: email@hidden
SendDate: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 13:50:10 -0800
Subject: Re: gray paint
After checking my spectral database, I find the following paints which may
be useful:
Glidden
00NN 62/000
00NN 53/000
00NN 45/000
Robin Myers
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From: Bret Hesler <email@hidden>
To: <email@hidden>
SendDate: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:51:13 -0500
Subject: Re: Gray paint
This is from a document I downloaded from Gretag Macbeth
(SPL tech bulletin logo 1203.doc):
Surround Recommendations:
N-7 Paint Formula
Recommended for interior walls
Behr Paint available at Home Depot
Base Premium Plus Interior Flat (1500A) pastel base
Formula
Colorant OZ 48 96
B Lamp black 0 15 1
I Brown oxide 0 3 1
T Medium Yellow 0 1 1
Recommended for the metal walls of a SpectraLight booth
Polyurethane
Sherwin Williams
Tel: 201-933-3800
Formula F63VXA3082-4350
Bret Hesler
L.P. Thebault Company
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From: "Calabria, Anthony" <email@hidden>
To: <email@hidden>
CC: email@hidden
SendDate: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:01:08 -0500
Subject: RE: gray paint (Chris Murphy)
Chris,
Try either Benjamin Moore 1459 (Metro Gray) or 2112-60 (Cement Gray) in
product 215 (flat finish). Both have a CIE L* around 80 and are quite
neutral.
Anthony
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From: Daniel Vezina <email@hidden>
To: "email@hidden" <email@hidden>
SendDate: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 23:02:59 -0500
Subject: Re:Gray Paint
GretaMacbeth published a recipe a few years ago for those that want to make
viewing booth. This gray is similar to what you can find in small GTI
viewing booth. Probably not as perfect as you wish but maybe it's a good
starting point, especially for large surface if you're tight on the budget.
I used it for my own studio and I find it OK (but you may have more strict
requirements than me).
The recipe is this one:
Brand: Pittsburgh Paint
Serie: Manor Hall
Recipe :
B1Y30
C26
M16
I went to a Pittsburgh dealer and give the recipe to them. They mixed it for
me with this info. It is not a std Pittsburgh color, it is a custom mix from
Greta. They choose the right base to mix for me. I think they used a neutral
base for pastel colors.
Good luck!
Daniel Vezina
Technical Director
www.numart.ca
Les productions Numart Inc.
PQ, Canada
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From: "Calabria, Anthony" <email@hidden>
To: <email@hidden>
SendDate: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:40:07 -0500
Subject: RE: gray paint (Chris Murphy)
Chris,
Try either Benjamin Moore 1459 (Metro Gray) or 2112-60 (Cement Gray) in
product 215 (flat finish). Both have a CIE L* around 80 and are quite
neutral.
Anthony
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From: PixelPusherz <email@hidden>
To: email@hidden
SendDate: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:40:30 -0500
Subject: Re: gray paint
Yes, I had this same problem when I requested it (and its Zircon, not
Zircom). But the resourceful chap I spoke with managed to look up the
formula, even though it was not a current color. Here's the formula that got
printed on the sticker I have:
Colorant 32 64 128
R2 Maroon 1 - 1
Y3 Deep Gold 3 1 1
B1 Black 15 - -
SInce I don't mix paint for a living I have no idea what these numbers mean,
but the color is quite pleasing! Otherwise I'd just take a ColorChecker
chart to a paint store (one that real professional painters use) and have
them match one of the neutral patches on the bottom. The Zircon is pretty
damn close to Munsell N8. If I had to do it again I probably would have
chosen something closer to N6.5 or N5.
Hope this helps!
Eric Bullock
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Miller" <email@hidden>
To: <email@hidden>
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 10:54 AM
Subject: Neutral gray paint for color environment and accurate color viewing
conditions
I am setting up a new color area and need to paint the walls of the room
neutral gray. I know there's a paint from Graphlite (Munsell Neutral Gray
Paint (N8/P). I have read somewhere, can't remember where maybe here, that
there is a pittsburg paint formula that will achieve the proper neutral
gray
color for viewing accurate color. Does anyone here have that formula?
Thanks!
Steve
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