I can't believe the names for paint colors the manufacturers dream up. I did a job today using a specified color by the name of "Burnt Custard". You may think I sniffed too much fumes but let me tell you that as I stirred that paint it was all I could do to stop myself from sticking my finger in it and and giving it a lick. I would love a job giving names to paint colors, just let the imagination go wild. Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
ok...whats UMBER...OR PHTHALO OR OCHRE sounds nasty...
Posted by david drane (Member # 507) on :
Sounds better than calling it s#^*t Posted by Mark Matyjakowski (Member # 294) on :
That's the reason I'm one of those freaks that actually likes PMS numbers. When a client gives me a number, or picks one, I have a much better shot at matching it then if they give me the name of a fruit.
Posted by Ian Stewart-Koster (Member # 3500) on :
Dave, 'Burnt Custard' reminds me of my brother-in-law who coined the name 'Stewed Custard' for me when I was going out with his sister- later to become my wife! With a surname like S-K, I get lots of variations, 'Caustic Soda' was another that a client gave me some years ago. ( He paid well, too). Best wishes
Posted by Ray Rheaume (Member # 3794) on :
David, Just when you thought it was safe to go in the paint box.....here comes "Rat Fink Green"
Rapid
Posted by Richard Bustamante (Member # 370) on :
Yea! I keep hearing Bob Ross using a color named; a lizzard crimson.
Have you seen the "Frog Juice" colors? Lilly pad green Frog toungue pink
-Rich
Posted by Kissymatina (Member # 2028) on :
Rapid, do you remember heaing Jay Z at mass mayhem? Scary blue & slime green.
Posted by Ray Rheaume (Member # 3794) on :
Chris, Yup, I do remember that. At the recent panel picnic here in NH, I was cleaning up the paint bench and accidently spilled some rubine red into a can of violet. After mixing it up I got a great process purple color. I thru a piece of masking tape on it and labeled it "Picnic Purple".
Rapid
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
richard...its ALIZARIN CRIMSON, hahahahahahaha
Posted by Ray Rheaume (Member # 3794) on :
and don't forget the timeless classic....
MAUVE
a color that sounds as dull as it looks
Posted by Bruce Bowers (Member # 892) on :
Who could ever forget Bill Alexanders "Magic Vhite"... Happy, happy clouds... Fire it in...
Posted by Michael Boone (Member # 308) on :
MAUVE IS NOT A COLOR....!!!!! It's a state of mind........
Posted by Gail & Dave Beattie (Member # 572) on :
no, beige is a state of mind!
I often say I don't care what sort of life you want to live but heaven save me from living a beige one
i want passion in every aspect of my world, passion in my work, my family, i want to live in a life that is an adventure.... not beige
when I moved north to my dream existance and found myself living in a beige house i cringed
devo said that with everything else we had to do (building wise) that i wasn't to even consider painting the inside of the house for 12 mths i lasted 4!
and to my credit it was only one small return wall to the kitchen... but now it's loverly bright blue
i figure i can live with that till my year is up
cheers gail
Posted by Jon Butterworth (Member # 227) on :
There's a Calon Vinyl color called "imitation gold" ... we always refer to it as "baby poo yellow" .... a little more descriptive
Gail ... after seeing the color of your house in Maitland ... anything is possible. The "blue" hits you head on as you round the corner of the road! Beige is beautiful, as long as its covered in "sepia" murals hahahahhaa
Posted by Ray Rheaume (Member # 3794) on :
Hahaha Jon.
Every once in a while mother nature does a little mixing of her own.
Prior to buying it, my first car, a 1968 Mercury Montego convertable had been painted with what I would now geuss was latex yellow paint. It had sat for a year under a huge tree and was filmed over with pitch when I bought it.
My dad and I used to debate whether it was "Pi** Yellow" or "Puke Green".
I miss the car, but not the color.
Rapid
[ July 28, 2003, 07:02 AM: Message edited by: Ray Rheaume ]
Posted by W. R. Pickett (Member # 3842) on :
Customer; "Hey! I told you to paint it beige and you painted it TAUPE! (then) Hey! I asked for the taupe to be changed and you went and used SAND! (then) Hey you dummmy! I specifically requested NO to sand and you deliberately used BUFF! (then) Hey! I requested you doff the buff and you had to and ruin it with BEIGE instead!!!"
Me: "Grrrr!"
Posted by david drane (Member # 507) on :
Back in the 60's there was a certain style we used to use that involved a not too bright yellow with a heavy outline & shade done in green that we used on plant nurseries or fruit markets etc. that we coined the term "egg & lettuce" color scheme for. Remember Crystal Mint Green and another one of my favorites Royal Purple. Chocolate Brown was another one you felt like putting your finger in while you were stirring. Another color I had to use recently was called Blizzard. It was simply off white to a blue shade but the name was appropriate. I remember a signwriters wife talking about having PMS one day and I just had to ask her if she was feeling blue.
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