I am hoping that somebody can help on this. I would like to paint one of my garge walls in Rosso Corsa, but I have been unable o find the correct " color code", to get the paint mixed. How can I get this done? Thanks
Easiest way to go to Home Depot with a sample of something, like your key chain Fob. They will scan it and mix it to the best that can be done. Red is tough because it's a primary color. There's not a lot you can do aside from start with a very intense red pigment in the first place (which usually means a higher cost).
Extraordinary timing!!!! I need the same thing! I'm painting a Rossa Corsa stripe in my new garage remodel and wondered the same thing. So I just take those codes to Home Depot and ask for a quart? Is that really all there is to it? Jedi
I cant know for sure about Home Depot in US. But in Europe just one of these coordinates are more than enough to Home Depot similar stores. So I think Home Depot will perform it too.
From my limited experience with painting red walls, achieving uniform cover of the wall with red is extraordinarily difficult (some areas of the wall absorbed more pigment than others, multiple coats only exacerbated the disparity, primer did not help). I aborted.
With any strong color that's a big risk. What I do is use "Kilz" cover-up primer, and do 2 coats of the Oil Based version of the product. Then use only the most expensive paint rollers. I had considered doing a red wall in my new garage but decided to just do a Wainscote trim board "strip" all the way around at about 3.5' from the floor. Jedi
UPDATE: Well, thanks for your efforts Miguel... I took the numbers to Home Depot & Lowes (both national home center chains here in the US) and they just had blank stares and had no idea what the numbers meant. So then I went to Rodda Paint, a national paint-only store. That guy said they look like automotive paint codes, but he said there's no such thing as a "generic paint code" for latex wall paint. He said it's manufacturer specific and goes by weights of each colorant in a coding system unique to that manufacturer. So the only way to match the paint is with the optical analyzer or by matching color sample cards (which is where I was already, so it's all good). But thank you so much for trying! Jedi
Im sorry Jedi they cant understood the coordinates on the three technical schemes. Probably they can reach it by chart. For example Pantone 485 is a 95% match for Ferrari rosso corsa. Maybe this helps more! All the best
Thank you - but trust me - they had NO IDEA how to use that data. Maybe it's a difference between EU mixing tech and US mixing tech. But it's no big deal - I have a "color sample" that's so close to my car color to paint my stripe that I'm not worried. I do thank you for trying though. Our paint people are just not on the same page as your paint people. Jedi
Yes, LOL. Youre right. US people are much more practical. We make everything difficult. But this is not the case. For example RGB (112; 0; 0) it means 83.14% Red, 0% Green and 0% Blue. Its basic math on coloristic strength. Anyway, hope you can reach to a good match. All the Best Jedi.
Yes LOL! I explained that to them. "Do red at 83.14% and no other color" and they looked at me like I was crazy. I even had to explain what RGB means but got nowhere. But we are talking about retail paint sellers - they aren't "technicians" - they SELL PAINT, and the sell it the way they were taught and how the paint reps tell them to do it, and trying to explain RGB % to them is just not going to work. But I'll do fine Miguel - it's just a wood strip on my wall - "close enough" is close enough. Jedi
I spent way too much time trying to get this done. I put up 40 samples on the wall - that's a real number. I talked to folks at the paint store - at length. Here's the problem in getting a match. Wall paint is latex paint - it is water based - automotive paint is oil based. It's a fundamental problem. You can get something that looks kinda close - but unless you use automotive paint - crazy expensive - you won't get a match. You end up with pink or orange hues a lot.
My brother (partner) and I being the Ferrari nuts we are, paint our clients tech rooms Ferrari red or as close as we can get. We use a pre-mixed paint at Home Depot named pure red in gloss. We use the Kilz primer tinted red and two coats of paint. It comes out even, smooth and nice. It may not be an exact match to Rossa Corsa but its close enough! Cheers, Rb Image Unavailable, Please Login
Looks very nice. That's what I'm doing as well - I got about 35 color samples and just picked one that's "frickin' close enough!" - it's just a stripe around the room for heaven's sake... I'm not trying to paint the car with Latex LOL! Sometimes "close enough is close enough" Jedi
When I was in highschool I had 2 of my bedroom walls color matched to Giallo Modena and 2 matched to Rosso Corsa. My friends called it the ketchup and mustard room.
This site is interesting: Rosso corsa color Because there's a section on paints for ready made colours. As other posters have mentioned, you can use the codes above - but also pre-mixed brand paints are an option although not 100%. I'm not even sure rosso corsa is a "standard" colour so it might have varied over time?
