CaptainKickback
Lieutenant Junior Grade
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I'm having trouble getting several shades of grey gel coat for my project boat. I am hoping someone can tell me why I see blue in every shade of grey they mix.
I know there are brown based grays, green based grays, blue based grays, and black based grays. I want a black based gray. Yet I see blue in every off the shelf gray and all four mixes I've had still show blue in them. The last two were better and Mrs Kickback didn't see any blue in them. I told her it was there. Had me believing I was crazy, but I also realized my eye is not that great with color. Today, we put our roll of vinyl and some vinyl samples from a boat seat manufacturer up against our color board and the blue immediately popped out.
I had told the company mixing it I wanted a black based gray. No blue.
Does anyone have experience with mixing colors, especially medium to dark grays and can tell me, is getting the blue out is impossible?
Sea ya...
I know there are brown based grays, green based grays, blue based grays, and black based grays. I want a black based gray. Yet I see blue in every off the shelf gray and all four mixes I've had still show blue in them. The last two were better and Mrs Kickback didn't see any blue in them. I told her it was there. Had me believing I was crazy, but I also realized my eye is not that great with color. Today, we put our roll of vinyl and some vinyl samples from a boat seat manufacturer up against our color board and the blue immediately popped out.
I had told the company mixing it I wanted a black based gray. No blue.
Does anyone have experience with mixing colors, especially medium to dark grays and can tell me, is getting the blue out is impossible?
Sea ya...