Re: How do I find out what Pantone value a specific colour in Xara is?
indeed
which begs the question, how was the CMYK/RGB/HSV spec determined ? - if you arrived at this chioce by looking at colour on a screen, good luck with matching it exactly to a paint; a photograph is certainly going to be subject to lighting conditions when taken, so ditto
if it's a match the only 'safe' way I know [other than being told by whoever did the original], as keith suggested is to get samples, and paint them so you can physically compare them under your normal lighting conditions; even then to be 'precise' you need to be able to paint on the prepared surface that the new paint is intended for, another surface will tend to be subtly different; and just to hammer the point home, a couple of square inches is only going to give you an idea because once you paint the whole wall the room light reflections will have changed
I wouldn't sweat it to the nth degree; the proof of the pudding is in the eating, the proof of interior design is in the effect when it is finished; you might even find that having matched the colour exactly it still does not look right because it is in a different place and therefore reflecting light differently and a little variation might have balanced the effect better
and it's worth mentioning that even if you are not matching colour; you won't really know what it will look like until you've done it, unless you are an expert in these matters
I come from an artistic background; whilst I understand paint and additive and subtactive colour, I would still leave interior design to the professionaly trained eye, it's a different ballgame
if you are now saying - but it's only a DIY job I don't need to bother with all that, then ok, down to the paint shop and get some samples as suggested
after all you are only going to be able to get what they sell, diluted mixed whatever; if they are any good they will give advice on colour matching and which shades to start with; for that a print/photo may be ok, a specialist paint supplier should be used to it
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