Some of the work that Papers and Paints does with colour. Colours can be measured on site and paint made to match.

1. Some of the Work that we do with Colour

2. On 1 st January 2007 Papers and Paints were granted a Royal Warrant of Appointment to Her Majesty The Queen By Appointment to Her Majesty The Queen Architectural Paint Specialists Papers and Paints Ltd London

9. Colour Matching We are often asked to reproduce obsolete colours

10. 1930’s colours reproduced for specific projects

11. 1930’s colours reproduced for specific projects

13. 1950’s colours reproduced for specific projects

15. Example of colour schedule produced after a colour survey

16. Colour Measurement We are frequently asked to match the existing paint colour on an object. Here a sentry box at Kensington Palace is being measured with a spectrophotometer

17. Colour Measurement Over the last fifteen years we have measured and stored several hundred thousand paint colours with the spectrophotometer. These are stored on a PC and close matches can be found for most new colours

18. Colour Measurement Apsley House Gate piers painted to match Portland stone

25. Spencer House A colour survey was carried out and colours matched Colour Survey

26. Colour Measurement Wilton House

27. Colour Measurement Wilton House Little Smoking Room A fragment of the wall surface on a paint matched to the overall colour of the stippled finish

28. Colour Survey Wilton House Wyatt Cloisters Each web of the vaulted ceiling had been painted in a different colour when John Fowler supervised the decoration in the 1960s. We carried out a survey in order to be able to reproduce the colours

29. All Saints, Margaret Street Old paint on organ pipes measured and matched Colour Measurement

30. Carlton Club Colour Measurement

31. Carlton Club Old colours matched Colour Measurement

32. City of Bath Numerous examples of Bath stone measured to match in paint Colour Measurement

33. Hampton Court Palace Colour Measurement

34. Hove – Private House 1890s painted scheme measured and matched Colour Measurement

35. Home House A survey of the colours was carried out Colour Survey

36. Home House A maintenance schedule was prepared Colour Survey

38. Newhailes, East Lothian A colour survey was made of the building Colour Survey

39. Carlton House Terrace Foreign Secretary’s Residence Colours have been matched for repair work Colour Measurement

40. 6 Fitzroy Square Georgian Group Headquarters Colour Measurement

41. 6 Fitzroy Square The Portland stone was measured to produce a paint for the ground floor façade Colour Measurement

42. London Oratory Colour Measurement

43. Soane Museum Various rooms have been measured and the paint matched Colour Measurement

44. St Yeghiche's Armenian Church Colour Measurement

45. Kensington Palace Numerous colours measured and matched over the years Colour Measurement

47. Colour Measurement Kensington Palace Orangery A wooden plinth had been built to prevent the base of the statue being damaged. We were asked to produce a textured paint in a colour to match the Portland stone base

48. Colour Measurement Kensington Palace, Orangery The walls and panelling were measured in order to produce matching paint colours.

49. Colour Measurement Stourhead Wiltshire The National Trust sent us the colour reflectance data of a ceiling in one of the rooms and we were able to match the colour without visiting the site

50. Colour Measurement Kingston Lacy Dorset The National Trust sent us the colour reflectance data of the walls in the Library and we were able to match the colour without visiting the site

51. Colour Measurement Mount Stewart County Down The National Trust sent us the colour reflectance data of the staircase wall and we were able to match the colour without visiting the site

57. Colour Measurement Kew Palace

60. Colour Measurement Foreign Office Not only did we identify the original colour of the external ironwork, but we have also matched paint in various locations