paint chip

Wall shade specimen

A paint chip is a small sample card showing a specific color, used for selecting paint.

Hardware stores display racks of paint chips for customers to take home and compare against their walls or furniture.

Paint chip also refers to a flake of dried paint that has peeled or broken off a surface: Lead paint chips are hazardous to children.

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lead · lead poisoning · wall · palette · hardware store · home improvement · hue · shade · tint · color palette · primer · latex · acrylic · renovation · match · strip · color match · weathered

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scale/completeness

paint chippaint can

Container for liquid coating

paint bucket

surface condition

paint chipfresh coat of paint

fragment vs. intact surface

paint chipfresh paint

Recently applied pigment

smooth finish

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G