Color Consultation in Metro Detroit

Pick colors with someone who has painted 3,000+ homes here. Your free estimate includes a professional color consultation, with test patches on your own walls.

What a consultation with us looks like

The gray that looked warm in the store

In December, Metro Detroit gets about nine hours of daylight, most of it overcast. Colors read cooler and darker than they did under showroom lights.

Blue-undertone grays are the usual casualty. They go icy in a north-facing room from October through March. We test on the wall, morning and late afternoon, before you commit a whole house to a swatch.

Interior: undertones against your floors and trim.
Exterior: siding, brick and roof color together, in full sun and shade.
Cabinets: finish and sheen that survive a kitchen.

From first call to final color

Step 1: Initial Consultation

You tell us the rooms and the deadline. We respond within 1 hour during business hours.

Step 2: Surface inspection and prep planning

What needs repair before color even matters.

Step 3: Color selection and test patches

The consultation itself, on your walls.

Step 4: Thorough preparation.

Patching, sanding, priming.

Step 5: Professional finish application.

Step 6: Final walkthrough and cleanup.

Nothing is done until you've walked it with us.

Narrow home office with warm wood shelving and white walls
Living room with a dark green accent wall, orange chairs and a fireplace

Serving Oakland and Macomb counties

Royal Oak, Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Troy and Rochester Hills get our fastest response.

We also paint in Ann Arbor, Brighton, Canton, Clawson, Ferndale, Grosse Pointe, Oakland Township, Plymouth, Southfield and West Bloomfield.

Color consultation questions

Is the color consultation really free?

Yes. It’s part of every free estimate. You get a professional color schedule whether or not you book the painting with us.

No. Bring inspiration photos if you have them. Most people arrive with a Pinterest board and leave with two finalists tested on the wall.

Yes. Custom color matching is one of our standard services. We match to a sample, not to a memory of it.

Usually 45 to 90 minutes, depending on how many rooms or elevations are on the list.

Yes, both. The color schedule names the brand, the color code and the sheen for every surface.

Ready to stop second-guessing swatches?

Ellison Painting has 4.9 stars across 500+ Google reviews and 3,000+ completed projects across Metro Detroit. Call (248) 617-8725 for a free estimate with color consultation included, and you’ll hear back within one hour during business hours. That’s the EASY BUTTON.