of europe founded 1987 headquarters vermont united states products paint website http www.finepaintsofeurope.com fine paints of europe located in the u.s. state of vermont is the sole north american importer of paints and varnishes manufactured in the netherlands by wijzonol bouwverven b.v. in recent years the company has developed and retailed premium paint palettes by the american designers susan sargent and martha stewart and by pantone . as sole licensee of pantone paints the company offers a range of international color palettes including the natural color system a 1 750 color palette developed by the scandinavian color institute and ral a color space system developed in 1927 by the reichsausschu f r lieferbedingungen und g tesicherung state commission for delivery terms and quality assurance . the ral color system has over 1 900 colors . when founded in 1987 most of the company s products were destined for application in the restoration of historic properties . today the company s products are sold for commercial and residential application . in 2013 john f lahey followed his father and founder as president of the company . references edit butterfiled suzanne and jacqueline goewey . color palettes . clarkson potter publishers 1998 . isbn 0 609 60144 x. lange bente . the colours of copenhagen . the royal danish academy of fine arts school of architecture publishers 1997 . isbn 87 87136 17 1 . external links edit the fine paints of europe website interview president lahey on fine paints color system pantone paints manufactured by fine paints of europe scandinavian color institute website reichsausschu f r lieferbedingungen ral color website brief history of fine paints of europe retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fine paints of europe & oldid 717431426 categories paint manufacturerscompanies based in vermont navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 27 april 2016 at 17 24 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view