Burnt Orange Paint

[Lone Star Horn 2007]

I am currently living in the Phoenix metro area. I have a small outdoor wooden bench  (it doesn't currently have the correct orange color) that has faded and needs to be repainted. I went online and found the Hex, RGB, CMYK, and Pantone codes for Burnt Orange.

I picked up a 32 oz can of Behr paint and I asked the guys at home depot to mix the paint for me. I gave them the different codes and they said that they couldn't do it with the codes, they needed the official Behr color code to get the burnt orange that I want.

I'm not tied to Home Depot, willing to go to Lowes or anywhere else. I just want to repaint my bench in the correct colors. I tried looking on the Behr website and they don't have burnt orange on their color list. I don't care what brand of paint either.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[WithoutAClue 14909]

try a real paint store like Sherwin Williams or Benjamin Moore and see if they can work from the codes.

[Deej 76080]

Just don't ask UT what they use.

[Grumpy Camel 2]

I’m sure any paint store could match the Pantone code.  
 

I actually took a burnt orange Christmas ornament to Home Depot and had them color match to it.  Turned out pretty well.

[Mole 4265]

8 hours ago, WithoutAClue said:

try a real paint store like Sherwin Williams or Benjamin Moore and see if they can work from the codes.

It’s been a while, but I worked in a few real paint stores during college. Back then, if someone asked for a Pantone color or anything else, we usually didn’t have formulas for those in most paints. We’d have to dig out the Pantone or whatever deck and match it anyway. We mostly only had formulas for our company’s colors and sometimes those were iffy in certain kinds of paint. 
 

The few related things that I remember:

1. Just because it looks burnt orange on your screen doesn’t mean it will look burnt orange on your bench. Try to at least look at the color deck. 

2. It never really looks like the card either. There are too many variables (sheen, lighting, etc.). It’ll be good enough for outdoor furniture, but probably not good enough for half of this board.

3. If we had to match, we’d never match in a quart. A gallon was the minimum for a match. If someone wanted less than a gallon, they’d have to find something close that was in our deck.

4. Good matches took time. The computer scanners took a beating and were pretty inconsistent, especially for colors with as much colorant as burnt orange would take. You also wouldn’t be a priority, since the overwhelming majority of the business would be professional painters. Give it most of a day or so and you’ll get a better match. Matching well is a skill beyond just running the machines. It’s not highly skilled work by any means, but it takes some practice and knowledge to do it well.

Things may have changed since I worked in a paint store, but I bet the same crusty salesmen are working there, so it probably hasn’t changed that much.

[George 487]

Sherwin Williams has it. 

[MonkeyDoughnut 9944]

Real paint store can match pantone ... searches showing people have said Sherwin Williams Pennywise color is pretty close.

[EE2B 1560]

Real paint store can match pantone ... searches showing people have said Sherwin Williams Pennywise color is pretty close.

It’s only right that the color is named after a clown since we have a clown for a coach.

[PantsTent 1995]

Yeah, go with whichever standard color looks closest to you.  It will still be closer than most shit at DKR or FEC.

Some of the deck stains are pretty damn close as well for outdoor wood.