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What does this color look like to you / anyone with a nicely calibrated monitor?

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morkus64

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http://www.sherwin-williams.com/do_it_yourself/paint_colors/ideas/color/SW7681_tea_light/

So, I have the paint sample of this, but it looks absolutely nothing like the sample online. I'm wondering if it's them or me. I would assume that Sherwin Williams has someone come and professionally match the color, but it seems way off on every monitor I've tried.

If anyone out there knows their screen is well calibrated, could you try to describe the color to me? It's supposed to be (according to the paint sample) just a very slight soft orange color, more yellow than red, about the color of a standard office file folder. It's called tealight, and the actual sample looks like those really common light beige tealights.

TIA!
 
Yeah, it's about the same color as an office folder. Of course, it depends on your office folder. I've seen some lighter and some darker than that color.
 
It looks like this color...

SW7681.gif
 
I was going to say it looks like a band-aid.

Dell U2211H e-IPS monitor Calibrated with Spyder 3
 
Quasmo said:
I was going to say it looks like a band-aid.

Dell U2211H e-IPS monitor Calibrated with Spyder 3
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Yes, that's exactly what it looks like to me! A band aid! Which is way more orange than it's supposed to be. Did Sherwin Williams not calibrate, or WTF?
 
morkus64 said:
Yes, that's exactly what it looks like to me! A band aid! Which is way more orange than it's supposed to be. Did Sherwin Williams not calibrate, or WTF?
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I would say that it is less orange than a band-aid. but it's close, it is definitely lighter than a band-aid.
 
Compared to pantone calibrated CRT display it isn't the color of an office folder, that would be manilla which has less red.
 
Slightly darker than a manila folder from my screen.

Oh,.. wait,... the brightness setting a bit low,.. let me turn it u,...

AAAAAGGGHHHH!!! MY EYES!!!!!!

AAAAA!!!

O.O

-.-

O.O

,... where is everybody?!
 
xanis said:
Looks like a manila folder with more orange.
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Definitely more orange/brown than a manila folder. I got a couple in my desk here. The sample looks more like my skin or a band-aid than a folder. Needs a lot more yellow!!

Not that my monitor is calibrated or anything ...
 
Thank you all - I think this confirms that either we all have terribly calibrated monitors, or Sherwin Williams does not calibrate theirs. I think I might suck it up and buy a Spyder 3 Express (or other recommendations for a similar price?) and then figure out the correct color myself.
 
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