Exterior paint color problems

8 years ago

last modified: 8 years ago

We are building a lake house, but we are having an issue with the exterior paint color. I attached a picture to show how differently my BM gloucester sage color looked than a picture i found online. My house is on left and the other is the same exact color on someone else's house. I know surroundings matter and internet pics are inconclusive, but I'm shocked it can account for this large of a discrepancy. Here's a list of info or possible things that could have caused it. Feel free to pick what you think caused it or add your own suggestion.

I bought all the paint from Benjamin Moore. It's there almost top of the line paint. Unfortunately, it did have to sit in my non air conditioned house for 5 weeks due to weather holding up painter. Could this alter color?
Could it be from painter adding things to paint, as i know some do?
Surroundings? I know different light reflecting off of surroundings can change color, but this much?
Paint store incorrectly mixed...??

I'm going up there this weekend, and I'm going to paint an area with a new gallon of the exact color that I know hasn't been touched by painter or affected potentially by heat and should be correctly mixed to see if it matches the house or not. Unfortunately, it's 1.5 hours away, so I will have to hold off until then. Any thoughts or suggestions with more knowledge than myself is greatly appreciated.

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gm_tx
8 years ago
I can't speak to the paint changing color due to sitting for 5 weeks, or an additive; however, the difference in the photos really just looks like a difference in lighting and surroundings to me.

I googled that color and there are lots of subtle variations shown, in different environments, different trim, interior vs exterior, etc.

It's a beautiful color, and looks great with your dark window trim and wood door!
dentalsudents
Original Author
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
That's the most ironic thing. Everyone in my family likes it even though they do agree it looks surprisingly different than my sample board. Unfortunately, I really don't. I have only seen it once in one light, so maybe it will grow on me or go more brown in different lights. The crazy thing is I had a 3x3 board that I painted and let it sit outside my house for 2 months. I saw it at every time of day, and I never got that color... It always showed much more brown. We shall see when I paint a spot on my house with a newly mixed gallon of it. Thanks!
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dentalsudents
Original Author
8 years ago
Any other thoughts?
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HALLETT & Co.
8 years ago
You have dark trim which makes it appear lighter, your sample photo has white trim which makes it darker. You also don’t know if the internet picture may have been lightly photoshopped.
kendog2
5 years ago
I know this is an old thread. Just wondering how your house color turned out. If the photo you posted shows the accurate color of your house, it is nothing like Gloucester Sage. I just painted a building that color. It is much darker like the photo on the right. Did you check whether it matched the paint chip?

Paint does not change from storage. I have kept paint for years without any color variation. I think that whoever mixed it must have made an error. Did you end up changing the color or leaving it as-is?