We create the names of paint colors for a living - we've recently named over 500 colors and have named paint colors for many brands you have used in your home. Ask us anything!

What are your opinions on Titanium Hwite?

Edit: thanks for the gold, kind stranger!

Dee - "We love Bob Ross."

what qualifications do you need to become one?

what is the "name" of your job?

how much do you get paid?

Dee - "1. I have an English undergrad and a BS in Environmental Management - but I had a strong interest in color and color psychology. 2. Senior Color Marketing Manager. 3. Not enough."

Misty - "1. I have a BFA in Fine Arts with a focus in Graphic Design - My graphic and color experience has helped immensely. 2. Color Marketing Manager. 3. I love my job."

I create the names of jobs for a living - I've recently named over 500 jobs and have named jobs for many professionals you have used in your home. Ask me anything!

what qualifications do you need to become one?

what is the "name" of your job?

how much do you get paid?

I create the names of names for a living - I've recently named over 500 names and have named names for many names you have used in your name. Ask me anything!

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I create the loops of loops for a living - I've recently looped over 500 loops and have looped loops for many loops you have looped in your loop. Loop me anything!

What's your opinion on fruit?

Dee - "We love fruit. There are lots of fruit color names." Misty - "Melon Pink. Apple A Day. Apricot Cream. Banana Pudding. Banana Brulee. There are so many!"

Here are a couple mentioned -

Melon Pink:

http://www.ppgvoiceofcolor.com/digital-color/paint-colors/melon-pink-ppg1195-3

Apple A Day:

http://www.ppgvoiceofcolor.com/digital-color/paint-colors/apple-a-day-334-7

After 20+ years of wanting to do it I finally painted a wall in my house to look like a paint chart and spent hours agonising over the colours and their names: Golden Bark, Auburn Falls, Wholemeal Honey, Blue Diamond and Tarragon Glory. My favourites are the tarragon and Wholemeal as they amuse me. So, how often do you choose names that simply amuse you?

Dee- "Love the wall! Yes we do have colors that amuse us. There are my favorites: Funky Frog, Gobbledygook, Honey Bun!"

Misty - "Gone Giddy.(which is what happens after you name 500 colors)"

Could you name a shade of white "Walter"?

Dee - "I'd rather name a blue."

What was the most risqué name that was discussed and squashed and/or made it?

Dee - "One Horse Sized Duck."

What sort of vetting process must a color name go through before being approved? Where does one usually draw the line when it comes to vulgarity in names? For example, would "Poo-Poo Brown" be approved? Why or why not?

Dee - "When we name new colors our color names are are vetted through a legal process to avoid trademark issues. We are focused on finding names that are fun, visual, creative and appropriate to the color."

What's your favorite color?

Dee - "My favorite colors are Paradise Found, Zombie, & Plunge Pool from our collections, green if we're talking in general!"

Misty - "El Captain & Hunt Club Red from our collections- black if we are talking basic colors!"

Here are some links to the colors we mentioned if you want to see them online -

Hunt Club Red:

http://www.ppgvoiceofcolor.com/digital-color/paint-colors/hunt-club-red-ppg16-29

Zombie:

http://www.ppgvoiceofcolor.com/digital-color/paint-colors/zombie-ppg1010-7

Plunge Pool:

http://www.ppgvoiceofcolor.com/digital-color/paint-colors/plunge-pool-ppg1029-7

Paradise Found:

http://www.ppgpittsburghpaints.com/color/paint-colors/greens/paradise-found-ppg1135-5

Did you guys happen to come up with the name "Sautéed Mushroom"? It is a brownish color I used to paint my room.

Dee - "Yes we did! That is a great color for a room!"

Where do you get inspiration for the names? Is it fridge magnet poetry? Please tell me its fridge magnet poetry.

Dee - "Everywhere. It's everywhere."

Misty - "It's whatever the color sparks in our mind."

Dee - "It could be from pop culture. Nature, Food, Everything."

Misty - "Sometimes it just pops in our heads after 4 hours."

Dee - "And fridge magnet poetry."

I recently painted my kitchen (at my wife's behest) Intellectual Gray. Who would name a color something so silly? And do you likewise have any regrets about a name you created?

Dee - "I regret naming any colors that don't give someone the impression of the color - a name that doesn't align with the color that it is. Or something gross. Like the color Teeny Bikini - to me that color would be teal with white, but in reality it is Yellow."

Misty - "I regret picking long color names. When you are actually trying to fit it into materials it gets hard and I get mad at myself. Like Flowering Raspberry and Enchanting Eggplant. Too long."

Have you ever seen Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind?There's a monologue from one of the main characters about how there must be a job out there that names colors. Curiosity quenched. Thanks!

Dee - "We love that movie. That is a kaleidoscope of colors." Misty - "I would put it up there with Little Miss Sunshine."

Has there been a paint you've named selfishly, in the sense that it reflected your personal likes/fandoms? For instance, if I could call a color "Master Chief Green," I would totally do it. Anything like that?

Dee - "Zombie because my son loves Zombies so he named it."

Misty - "El Captain because I love Yosemite. Even though there are colors that have my name in them I have not influenced those names."

What color is that damn dress?

Dee - "White and Gold. Or in Voice of color terms, Tropical Siesta & Delicate White."

Misty - "Black and Blue. Thanks for sparking this debate again. The colors would be Suddenly Sapphire & Black Magic in our palette."

White Gold Dress Palette: http://www.ppgvoiceofcolor.com/digital-color/paint-colors/tropical-siesta-ppg1107-5

http://www.ppgvoiceofcolor.com/digital-color/paint-colors/delicate-white-518-1

Black Blue Dress Palette:

http://www.ppgvoiceofcolor.com/digital-color/paint-colors/suddenly-sapphire-249-7

http://www.ppgvoiceofcolor.com/digital-color/paint-colors/black-magic-518-7

I mix paint at a hardware store and have noticed that different brands will use the same name for the same colour. Is this by design or are certain colours not copyrighted?

Dee - "Colors are not copyrighted." Misty - "It happens sometimes!"

What would you name the unclicked hyperlink blue here on reddit?

Misty - "Lost Hope."

What are your thoughts about the PANTONE color system?

Dee - "Great for fashion, makeup, and graphic design.'

Misty - "Agreed."

Do you think that there could be a reddish orange color named "Mom's Spaghetti?"

Dee - "Oh great idea. You could lose yourself in trying to select that color."

Is there a database of all names used before to prevent replication? Is there a website indexing everything so curious people can look?

Dee - "Yes, there is! There is a huge database that goes back more than 50 years of all paint color names."

Where is this database? Is it publicly accessible?

Dee - "It is in our R&D lab."

Is it really as easy as it sounds?

Misty - "No! It is not. Because we do not ever reuse a name so it becomes increasingly difficult to create new color names. This is why we like talking and getting new ideas from the public."

Dee - "Sometimes the name comes to you right away. But other times if you have a hundred greys to name it is hard to find relevant and significant names."

Do you have any other job responsibilities other than naming colors?

Dee & Misty - "Naming colors is about 10% of developing a new color marketing program or collection launch. We design the color cards, color brochures, design the rooms in the images, prefect the images, the chip rack, and so much more."

What's the best name that you have personally created?

Dee - "Ghost Ship, it has emotion with it. It feels emotional to me and I like words that have emotion to it."

Have you accidentally renamed a color? (Especially one named by someone else)
Edit: partially answered by other question

How do you name colors that change depending on the viewing angle?

Do you look at the colors in multiple lighting situations (incandescent, fluorescent, etc) before naming it?

Dee - "We absolutely look at colors in multiple lighting situations and recommend everyone does as well. Different angles will pull into surrounding colors differently, so these may be unique to each home."

If my username was a colour, what colour would it be?

Misty - "Gray. A gorgeous metallic gray."

Would you consider sub contracting us redditors to name colors for you?

Dee - "Yes you guys are awesome! Next time we color card we will totally reach out to you guys. We love you guys."

Misty- "Stay tuned..."

What would you say is the most difficult color you had to name?

Misty - "I would say muted greens I struggle with." Dee - "Beiges. People love beiges and there are tons of beiges and they are a struggle to differentiate."

Are any of you guys' colors inspired by Pittsburgh at all, since that's where you are HQ'd?

FYI, I live in the burgh. The PPG building is kind of a landmark building my husband and I use to know where we are while we learn the city!

Dee - "City Street, Deconstruction, Black Magic, and Yukon Gold!"

If Misty Yeomans was a color, what color would Misty Yeomans be?

Misty - "It would definitely be red."

What are some of the strangest name suggestions you've heard and put forth?

Misty - "Kenny's Kiss - It's vibrant pink. And Mincemeat."

Dee - "Squished Caterpillar, a suggestion from when we did an I Named A Paint Color contest."

What colour is your office?

Dee - "Mine used to be Fuschia Flock and Sweet Annie. Now it's an officle and I have almost every inch of it covered in colorful graphics."

Misty - "Hunt Club Red!"

Fuchsia Flock

http://www.ppgvoiceofcolor.com/digital-color/paint-colors/fuchsia-flock-ppg1182-7

Sweet Annie:

http://www.ppgvoiceofcolor.com/digital-color/paint-colors/sweet-annie-ppg1113-5

Is alleteration looked down upon when naming paint?

Dee - "No I like it. I think it's catchy."

How can one best decide on the right shade for one's home? Often paint that looks good on a chip looks awful when spread much wider.

Hi /U/8237489237 We answered your question here on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BB4HFq66bE

Future interior designer here. I was going over a collection swatches yesterday (from a different company) and noticed an alarming amount of "(adjective) taupe" names that I almost went cross eyed from it. How do you avoid getting burnt out from naming so many neutrals?

P.S. Who ever named Ostrich Feather and Knight's Armor is awesome and deserves a high five.

Dee - "Neutrals are the hardest. There is such a fine line between the neutrals."

Misty - "This is when we reach out to the public and other members of the PPG teams."

Dee - "We have consumer groups that get together to get some fresh color names for neutrals - and kids! Kids are so quick and creative with helping to name things in a refreshing way."

My dad once told me that the red paint used in Disney stores is copyrighted and they are forced to use it. And that it also costs something like 400 bucks a can.

Don't suppose you know if there's any truth to this?

Dee - "Most brands do have a specific color specified for marketing and branding consistency purposes. We don't know the story on the pricing you mentioned."

Have you ever named a color after someone you know? How did they feel about it?

Dee - "We used to have a color named Flapjack - it's beige the color of pancakes and was named after my son who loves pancakes/flapjacks."

Is the naming process done in a committee? Individually? How does it work?

Dee - "It is a committee - for sure."

Outside of the normal 'spectrum' of paint's colors and effects, what fun projects gave you worked on? Like odor, luminescence, glow-in-the-dark, thermochromic, and the like.

Dee - "Our product team is always looking into fun, innovative products but we always get to focus on the most important thing - COLOR!"

Can I name one please?

Dee - "Check out our Facebook - when we have a palette to name we involve the public! We'd love your help! https://www.facebook.com/voiceofcolor"

What is your most memorable moment while on the job?

Dee - "The Global Color Meeting! Because we get 25 different color experts from Automotive to Aerospace to discuss upcoming color trends for the next year!"

Why? Why why why why? Sounds like a pretty dumb profession

Dee - "Are you not impacted by colors in your every day life? Do colors not influence your purchase decision? Color is a vital decision maker - part science, part psychology, part art."