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BRENT in 10-uh-C · 05-13-2010, 06:27 PM

First off, the chips are about as accurate as you will find however understand this, ...it IS the standard by which the bar is being set. Also, there is a 3rd Revision to the book that uses grey as a background to assist the human eye with tinting.

PPG purchased Ditzler many years ago and has formulated the colors to their Ditzler chips. They can give their jobber the formula for a given line however very little emphasis has been made by them on the water-bourne paints yet. IMO, all the other paint companies who say they have the formula would really be chancy since they do not have the original formula/chip to compare to.

05-13-2010, 06:27 PM	#3
BRENT in 10-uh-C Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Eastern Tennessee Posts: 11,519	Re: Are color chips true to color First off, the chips are about as accurate as you will find however understand this, ...it IS the standard by which the bar is being set. Also, there is a 3rd Revision to the book that uses grey as a background to assist the human eye with tinting. PPG purchased Ditzler many years ago and has formulated the colors to their Ditzler chips. They can give their jobber the formula for a given line however very little emphasis has been made by them on the water-bourne paints yet. IMO, all the other paint companies who say they have the formula would really be chancy since they do not have the original formula/chip to compare to. __________________ . BRENT in 10-uh-C . www.model-a-ford.com ...(...Finally Updated!! ) .