Originally Posted by
ghostrider
Please be sure to read the disclaimer before using that site to make purchasing decisions. It reads: "Please note: While the matching uses official swatches, there is some room for error due to dye lots and monitor variation. Please use responsibly. "
http://www.play-crafts.com/blog/tools/
Think about it. That would include variations made by your camera, your computer monitor and their computer monitor. How often do the colors in your digital photos exactly match the colors of what you photographed? And then uploaded and downloaded to different computers before they are compared to fabric swatches? Not reliable in my opinion. She's matching the photo as she sees it, nothing more, nothing less. Anyone with a color card can do that.
Fiestaware has their own color chart. Why not just find one of those and take that to the quilt shop??
Well obviously the program would have to run to match the colours in the pictures that were uploaded. Computer programs can do a lot, but they still have their faults. This is a tool that I thought might help. I did not say that it was the only solution. I have also used it when I have a picture with colours that I love and would like to match, for example, a picture of the tulips in my front yard.
With regards to the disclaimer about dye lots, that is completely out of her control. Dye lots vary because of the manufacturer.
Also, she herself is not matching the photo. The computer program is.
Last edited by beaniekins; 09-26-2015 at 09:20 AM.