How to Match a Paint Color in Your House

So you want to paint a wall the exact same color or perhaps precisely match another wall in the room or elsewhere in the house. But you don't have the old can of paint. Thanks to modern technology, you can still get that perfect match.

Bucket
Dish soap
Rag
Utility knife

Instructions

- 1
  Pour some warm water into a bucket and mix in a squirt of dish soap.
- 2
  Dip a rag into the soapy water and clean a small section of the wall with the paint color you want to match. Do this in an inconspicuous area, such as behind a couch. Rinse the spot with a dampened rag and allow to dry.
- 3
  Cut a small, square patch from the wall with the utility knife. Just score the drywall and peel up a patch about 2 square inches.
- 4
  Take the color patch to a home improvement or paint store that has a spectrophotometer. An associate will put it into the device, which will analyze the color and provide an exact match.

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