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Sunday, September 03, 2006

Fan Decks and Paint Companies

QUESTION
I have a question regarding picking out a color fan deck:

There are many color fan decks on the market and in your color trends ebook you
recommend the fan deck from Devoe. In interior design classes they reccommend
the pantone colors though.

If I am going to do color consultations I would like to give the client a color
chip or color number/description in order to reproduce. Is that possible by
working with a Devoe fan deck or any other fan deck or does it need to be
pantone colors?

ANSWER
The Devoe fan deck with the two color keys is no longer available.

I would pick a fan deck of a popular paint most likely near your client's home: Behr is rated #1 at Home Depot. You can go with them, Dunn Edwards, Glidden, etc. They're all good and the fan decks are pretty similar. Pantone color system is great, but then you still have the problem of matching their swatch to actual paint colors. Tricky.

You can swing thru a Home Depot or other paint section and take a couple of small swatches from every color to have to give out as samples. I'd only try to work with one company, however, otherwise it can really become a nightmare to keep up.