So it turns out you can train a neural network
[http://lewisandquark.tumblr.com/post/160776374467/new-paint-colors-invented-by-neural-network]
to generate paint colors if you give it a list of 7,700 Sherwin-Williams paint
colors
[https://images.sherwin-williams.com/content_images/sw-pdf-sherwin-williams-color.pdf]
as input. How a neural network basically works is
![Paint colors designed by neural network, Part 2](/content/images/size/w795/image/fetch/w_1200-c_limit-f_jpg-q_auto:good-fl_progressive:steep/https-3A-2F-2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-2Fpublic-2Fimages-2Ffcad1c33-5612-4420-97eb-fccdd3ede4c8_295x195.png)