Pro tip: I watched a guy in Pittsburgh fix a pothole with a paint can, and now I get why road painters matter
Saw a crew on Forbes Ave last week and one guy was staring at a color chart for like 10 minutes before touching anything. I figured he was stalling, but he said the mix for that stretch of road was 4 parts gray to 1 part tan so it matched the old asphalt. I always thought road paint was just whatever is cheapest, but he explained the wrong shade makes patched spots look worse and drivers swerve. Anyone else ever talk to a striping crew about how they pick colors?