A method for producing a color recommendation for at least a part of a structure to be painted which comprises the steps of: selecting, at a user terminal and from a first database on a remote server containing at least one image of structural archetypes stored in electronic format on a storage device, an archetype image that closely matches the structure to be painted, selecting, at the user terminal, a color(s) from a second database located at the remote server containing at least one color stored in electronic format on storage device; applying the color(s) at the remote server to the image to produce a color scheme; displaying, on a display unit of the user terminal, of the at least part of a structure with the color applied; and providing information from which paint corresponding to the color(s) in the color scheme can be identified.