ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Megan Morgan

Megan Morgan studied Fine Arts with a focus on color theory and has spent fifteen years completing hundreds of real paint projects across residential and commercial spaces. She writes about color reviews, side-by-side shade comparisons, and the practical science behind buying decisions, covering LRV, undertones, sheen levels, and how lighting shifts a color from the strip to the wall. Her work is built on testing, not trends. When a color looks right in theory but fails in a real room, she documents exactly why.
Megan Morgan studied Fine Arts with a focus on color theory and has spent fifteen years completing hundreds of real paint projects across residential and commercial spaces. She writes about color reviews, side-by-side shade comparisons, and the practical science behind buying decisions, covering LRV, undertones, sheen levels, and how lighting shifts a color from the strip to the wall. Her work is built on testing, not trends. When a color looks right in theory but fails in a real room, she documents exactly why.

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