@Arthur P. Bloom posted:Premise #1: They are toys.
Premise #2: They are expensive toys.
Premise #3: Even the buyers of toys, and expensive ones, deserve accuracy.
Premise #4: It takes just as much effort to get it wrong as it does to get it right. We can forgive (and probably not even perceive) paint that is a few ångströms off, but those examples in this thread are horrendous mistakes.
Premise #5: In this electronic age, I am sure that there must be systems that can scan, digitize, assign codes, and reproduce any color in creation. I can take a paint chip or a piece of wallpaper to my local hardware guys, who are not rocket surgeons, and I can get paint that is absolutely spot on. They have a scanner and mixer that does this accurately every time. Lionel has more money than I do, so I would expect that they can do it, and better, too.
I wish I could give you 10,000 "likes" for this post. This is absolutely spot on, especially #4. I'm had a very successful career adhering to just this premise. 
George
