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mopar head said

anybody buy from an online paint company whose colors actually match their sample colors?
http://www.tcpglobal.com/Brands_4/Restoration-Shop-Automotive-Paint/
Scroll down to the blues. I chose the costal highway blue and its brighter than their reflex blue
I notified and they asked for a pic of the paint dab and agreed that it looked way brighter than the sample and sent another can. How nice of them. Only problem it`s identical as the first color.#-o

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with some of the newer paint codes out now it is impossible to get a 100% paint match as some paint codes today can have a half doz or more alternates just in one paint code.
i was mixing paint for years also, trying to get a paint match for a partial or even a complete nowadays is a fricking nightmare, seems to me paint shops cant get a fricking color match even if there lives depended on it. you maybe able to find a paint shop or body shop that could tint the color for you there as you need or ask the online company to send you a bit of tinter/s to lighten or darken it to your needs.
when get color from any paint supplier here i usually must get some tinters also to get the correct shade as 90% of the time it never quite matches the color chip