Paint colour browsing and matching tool for Australian brands

emdao · Feb 10, 2026 1:33 pm

Hi everyone! I built a tool to match colours across Australian brands (Haymes, Porter's Paints, Dulux, Wattyl, Resene, Taubmans, Tint, Laminex, Polytec) because I would find sample pot colours almost right, but a bit too saturated, too dark, slightly wrong undertone. It's hard to browse similar colours or tweak them to find a match.

After collecting a ridiculous amount of almost-right colours, I built samplepot.net to solve this. You can search for colours and see equivalents across brands, adjust them to be lighter/less saturated/different undertones, get palettes recommendations for different styles. It's gotten really nice feedback from DIYers and designers and wanted to share with this forum.

P.S. Still recommend sample pots (screens vary), but this helps you get more targeted ones. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅

Manhattan52 · Feb 17, 2026 6:58 pm

This is just brilliant. Your website is fantastic. Love that you can see the colours in homes. You have done such a great job on this. Will definitely be using it.

Notyourteddyguy · Feb 19, 2026 9:23 pm

This is actually such a handy idea. I’ve definitely been in that spot where the colour is almost right but just slightly too warm or too dark and then you’re back to buying more sample pots. Being able to compare across Dulux, Haymes, Resene and the rest in one place would save a heap of time, especially when you’re trying to match cabinetry to wall colours. Love that you’ve included the tweak options too, because undertones are what always catch people out. I’ll have a play around with it before our next reno decision. Nice work putting this together.

SaveH2O · Feb 20, 2026 7:08 am

emdao

Hi everyone! I built a tool to match colours across Australian brands (Haymes, Porter's Paints, Dulux, Wattyl, Resene, Taubmans, Tint, Laminex, Polytec) because I would find sample pot colours almost right, but a bit too saturated, too dark, slightly wrong undertone.

Very impressive work and congratulations on having your thread made a forum sticky. Well deserved.