Desperately Seeking Charleston Green Paint Formula

I am a Carolina girl gardening in Saudi Arabia and have come across some great wrought iron gates and window covers. They're in dire need of a paint job and I would really like to have them painted 'Charleston Green.' However, after much looking on the internet I haven't been able to come up with the formula for mixing this color. One source says it is made by mixing yellow and black....another says green and black. No one gives the proportions of each color to mix. Please....does anyone have the formula for 'Charleston Green'?!!!!!

Wiki says it was made by mixing black with a little yellow. Have you tried that? The paint should look black except in very strong sunlight.

Here is what my computer says.

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Now wiki said :
Red 35/ green 43/ blue 43
Hue 120 degrees
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Since black is actually all 3 colors not an absence of any, I would think the RGB combo would =black, so adding yellow should work with the blue to make it slightly greener

if you take a pic of the color you want to lowes they can match any color you want

I don't think they have a Lowes in Saudi Arabia....but you never know...

Is it legal to send paint to Saudi Arabia? Could you get it mailed to you?

lol i didnt even look where they where from lol

Wow! Thanks for all your posts! Somehow I don't feel 8000 miles away anymore! Unfortunately, Lowes is a pipe dream for us....how we wish! I will try mixing according to your directions, although I find it confusing, but maybe the paint store here can figure it out! Thanks bunches!

>>>Somehow I don't feel 8000 miles away anymore!

Try your paint charts "Oglethorpe green or Savannah green".
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mgsuzette, this link may help you.

http://www.answers.com/topic/charleston-green?cat=technology
Charleston green
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Charleston green is a very dark green color, nearly indistinguishable from black, commonly applied to exteriors and outdoor furniture in Charleston, South Carolina.

Charleston Green
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Displayed at right is the color Charleston green.

The color Charleston green originated after the American Civil War, when the North provided black paint to the South for use in its reconstruction. Charlestonians mixed the black with a little bit of yellow and created Charleston green.

The (paint manufacturer) Duron/Sherwin Williams color number for "historic charleston green" is DCR099--the color sample at right was taken from this color swatch, which is on the website accessible below called Colors of Historic Charleston on the "see also" list.. This is the color that is black unless the sun hits it just right, and then the color registers a deep, forest green. From Rustoleum it is 214086 but still looks black on color cards.

See also
Rustoleum paint catalog
Colors of Historic Charleston - Color Palette

Another site that might help:
http://www.bobvila.com/BVTV/HomeAgain/BTS-1108-HistoricCharleston.html
.....The Historic Charleston Collection (paints) was developed under the auspices of the Historic Charleston Foundation, a group dedicated to the preservation and protection of the historical character of Charleston and the South Carolina Lowcountry. Sales of these paints benefit the foundation and its efforts. Foundation conservators undertook the color research and analysis and authenticated the colors. The collection features about 120 colors that have been used in Charleston over the past 300 years. Almost all are available for both interior and exterior use.......

...I have a question, totally unrelated to the above subject and hope you can help me.

In Cairo, Egypt, braclets and necklaces of extremely fragrant jasmine flowers are sold to drivers when they stop (???) at traffic lights. Just the wafting of the chain of flowers into the car for a few moments is enough to fragrance the air! A marvelous treat for all, driver and passengers. I wonder if the same is done in Saudi? If so, do you know the botanical name of the plant? I believe it may be a Jasmine Sambac, if so, which one? I plant mainly for fragrance and butterflies and though I do have Jasmine Sambacs, none have the wonderfully strong wafting fragrance of the garlands in Cairo.

Thanks.

Bedouin said it all, mgsuzette! The CHF has done their homework on this, and Duron/Sherwin Williams has built the authentic product. It's readily available here in Charleston, but how to get it to Saudi Arabia??? I'd be glad to send you a gallon of it, but only if I can be assured it reaches you unaltered...

It would be really expensive to export it from the US (at least $30-$40 or more) and I doubt UPS would take it as paint is a hazardous material. Why not contact a paint manufacturer in SA, try www.paintco.net.

They're in SA and if they don't already manufacture it, they might be able to find a company that does.

I hear ya, Dragonfly! But we're talking a Carolina Girl here...$30 or $40 for a Carolina Girl just palls...

Haven't seen her posting again, maybe she managed to get a reasonable facsimile of the color. That $30 to $40 shipping estimate was just the tip of the iceberg as far as fees and other charges go. And the way freight gets thrown about, it probably would have spilled anyway.

....or confiscated!!!!....

Stono, have you been talking to my husband???????

Uh oh. Maybe it was him I was talking with...