I'm sure most of you can answer "yes" and "yes" to both of those questions. Well, in case you haven't already heard, Sherwin Williams created a website designed to help pick out paint colors for you! Genius!
The website is http://letschipit.com/ will let you turn any picture online into a color palette.
There is an instruction video (which I did not watch), and you can see there is a tool you can drag to your tool bar (or right click and add to your "Favorites" if you use Internet Explorer) and it will place a little "Chip It!" tool onto your internet bar (much like the "Pin It" button for Pinterest).
Once you have the Chip It! icon on your toolbar, pull up a favorite picture on the internet... I used one I saved Pinterest... and with the picture pulled up, click the "Chip It!" button on your toolbar. Your page will then look like this...
Once you hover your mouse over the picture you want to use, a little Chip It! button will appear for you to click...
Ta Da! Shop away for your paint!
Here is another Navy room that I love...
...but it is a slightly different navy than the first room...
Chip It! suggests the color "Dark Night" for this second room, and when comparing it with the "Bunglehouse Blue" in the first room, I think Dark Night seems more like a true Navy color. It's a bit deeper with less gray undertones to it.
It's nice that you can compare similar colors with this tool! The website will also let you create an account and save your color palettes online.
And of course, you don't have purchase your paint at Sherwin Williams. You can grab their paint chips and take them to any other store to color-match for you. We do this at Menards most of the time.
So what do you think? Helpful? Fun? Try if for yourself!
Note: All opinions are 100% mine. I was not paid to advertise/comment on this website tool.
