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Keeping track of paint colors

Here’s a tip that your customers will thank you for. Before placing the light-switch plate back on the wall after painting a room, I write on the back of the plate the brand of the paint and the color code. It takes the guesswork out of matching colors down the line, and my customers really appreciate the extra attention.

Jack Fleming, via email
From Fine Homebuilding 185, pp. 32 March 1, 2007