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Behr Paint Company (stylized as BEHR) is a supplier of architectural paint and exterior wood care products to the American and Canadian do-it-yourself markets. BEHR manufactures interior and exterior house paints, decorative finishes, primers, stains and surface preparation products sold exclusively at The Home Depot . [ 2 ]
In 1927, the German group Reichs-Ausschuß für Lieferbedingungen (Imperial Committee for Delivery and Quality Assurance) invented a collection of forty colours under the name of "RAL 840". [2] Prior to that date, manufacturers and customers had to exchange samples to describe a tint , whereas from then on they would rely on numbers.
The design world is already calling next year's color trends. So far, popular paint companies like Valspar, Benjamin Moore and more have revealed their picks for 2025 Color of the Year, with more ...
In the mid-1980s, Cipisa, a Spanish paint company was acquired and renamed PPG Ibérica and its CEO, Pere Nadal Carres, became CEO of PPG Ibérica. [citation needed] In 1990 PPG founded Transitions Optical as a joint venture with Essilor. [6] In October 2000, PPG Industries announced it had agreed to buy Courtaulds Aerospace for $512.5 million. [7]
PPG Industries announced an agreement to acquire Glidden from AkzoNobel for $1.05 billion on December 14, 2012. The transaction closed April 1, 2013. [1] Following the deal, PPG will be the second largest paint manufacturer in North America, behind Sherwin-Williams. [2]
[11] [12] Another use of PPG is as a surfactant, wetting agent and dispersant in leather finishing. [13] PPG is also employed as a reference and calibrant in mass spectrometry and HPLC. [14] [15] PPG and derivatives may be used as defoamers in drilling and other applications. [16] [17] It is also used as a primary ingredient in the making of ...
Historic paint analysis, or architectural paint research, is the scientific analysis of a broad range of architectural finishes, and is primarily used to determine the color and behavior of surface finishes at any given point in time. This helps us to understand the building's structural history and how its appearance has changed over time.
The Munsell color system, showing: a circle of hues at value 5 chroma 6; the neutral values from 0 to 10; and the chromas of purple-blue (5PB) at value 5. In colorimetry, the Munsell color system is a color space that specifies colors based on three properties of color: hue (basic color), value , and chroma (color intensity