paint chips
Tiny pigment flakes
Paint chips are small fragments of dried paint that flake off walls, furniture, or other painted surfaces, often due to age or poor adhesion.
In older buildings, lead paint chips pose a health hazard, especially to children who may eat them.
Paint chips also refers to the small sample cards showing color options: She collected paint chips from the hardware store to find the perfect shade for the bedroom.
- peelingComing off in strips
- flakingShedding in layers
- swatchMaterial sample piece
- sampleSubset for study
- colorVisual hue property
color matching · lead · lead poisoning · wall · primer · latex · cracking · weathered · hazard · palette · renovation · home improvement · scraping · dust · toxic · old · house · layer
- Paint termsswatches, color palettes, palettes, color codes, primers
- surface deteriorationpeeling, crumbling, scaling, cracking, rust
- hardware storehammer, saw, screwdriver, wrench, pliers
- coloringcoloring book, dye, colorize, coloring books, coloring page
- evidenceevidence, evidence bag, circumstantial evidence, proof, admissible
- mood boardsmood boards, boards, collage, inspiration, palette