“It was very much intended to match those paint swatches you get from a DIY store,” said Mr Barnfield.
“It’s intended to match that, but with a difference where each of the colours has a local reference on there.”
After his Birmingham colour palette won much online love, he was inundated with requests from people wanting something similar where they lived.
“What I’ve always tried to do and encourage is to have local references that are lesser known, that aren’t the obvious touristy-type landmarks.
“So for example on the Birmingham one, it’s got Mr Egg yellow. And I think you’ve got to be a certain age to get that… it’s a late-night café that people staggered into after the clubs.”
