Every time a painter would tell me he had a color issue, my first question was always "How did your spray out card look?" ... and of course, he hadn't done one - because he didn't want to take the time. It always takes less time to do a sprayout and check your match than it does to repaint the car.

On a different but related note - I always thought the best paint code for that goofy looking silver windshield surround would be whatever the paint code is for the rest of the car.