Job Description for Color Matching
Workers in the color matching field are often referred to as color specialists or color technicians. They are employed in a variety of color matching industries, from hair to photographs to paint.
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Basics
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Color matching specialists in the hair industry offer advice, and color hair for customers and clients. Those in the paint industry match and mix colors of paint for commercial and industrial manufacturers. Those in the photo industry add highlights of color, or even the restoration of, pictures.
Skills
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Color matching specialists must have a strong eye for which colors look good when mixed together, or placed alongside each other, and how to use colors to make whatever is being colored more appealing. They should be highly creative, analytical and in some ways, daring.
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Qualifications
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Education requirements for color matching specialists vary by industry. A color matching specialist for hair might need a diploma from beauty school, while those in other industries might only need certification, or even just an impressive portfolio, to land a job.
Earnings
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Fine artists earned a median annual salary of $42,650 in May 2008, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. BeautySchool.edu reports that hair color specialists could earn up to $46,000 per year.
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