I had that problem with a quilt for my daughter. Their bedroom is green. She told me to colors she wanted in the quilt and the name of the paint color. Since it had been a few years since they painted the bdrm I couldn't find the color. My recollection of it was a yellow-green. When we went down there for Christmas I discovered the green is more sage than yellow-green. So back to the drawing board on the greens. I'll have to replace the ones I had with new ones nearer the color of their bdrm. I"m just glad I hadn't gotten any further than picking the colors.