ᐅ Which paint color fan decks should you buy, and which are unnecessary?

Another post gave me the idea to buy a color fan deck since we will be purchasing a new house soon. I have noticed that there is quite a wide selection and they are not so cheap that I would want to buy several right away.

Which color fan deck is most commonly used in the construction industry, and can you recommend one? Which ones have you had good experiences with?

Or is it unnecessary because the colors never really match anyway?

Why buy?
Paint sample cards are available for free at hardware stores, and at a professional paint supplier, you can borrow these items with a deposit.

Müllerin schrieb:

Why buy?
DIY stores offer free color charts, and at specialist paint suppliers, you can borrow these items with a deposit.

DIY stores all have their own individual numbers and color charts.
Only RAL colors are fixed.

Pinkiponk schrieb:

Which color swatch book is most commonly used in the construction industry, and can you recommend one? Which ones have you had good experiences with?

Take a look next door: https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/farbunterschied-zwischen-Fenster-und-Fensterbank.33129/#post-362546

Pinkiponk schrieb:

Or is it unnecessary because the colors never really match anyway?

ypg schrieb:

Only RAL is fixed.

... or also there (in the same thread, post #11: https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/farbunterschied-zwischen-Fenster-und-Fensterbank.33129/page-2#post-362845

Not every manufacturer offers every shade—custom mixed colors from individual orders are more difficult to manage in quality control.

Pinkiponk schrieb:

since we will be buying a new house soon.

What use is a color swatch book for a purchased house?

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11ant schrieb:

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What use is a color fan for a purchased house?

By "buying" a house, I mean that we are purchasing a prefabricated house. When it comes to a solid construction house, I would say we are "building" a house. I learned this distinction from one of the forum members here and think it’s quite clever.

Pinkiponk schrieb:

For a solid construction house, I would say you "build" a house.

OK – so at a car dealership, you also "build" a solid car? Both are built. And both are also purchased – when from the developer or general contractor.