Abstract: An improved system and method for displaying a sample representing an appearance of a surface of an object. The method may include providing laminations having a flexible magnetic layer and a flexible paint sample layer. The laminations are selectively placed on the ferromagnetic body with the magnetic layer adjacent to the body such that the lamination is detachably attached to the body while the paint sample layer is displayed thereon. The lamination can be placed on flat and/or curved portions of the body. When placed on curved portions, the lamination flexibly bends thereon and assumes the shape of the curved portion. The system and method are also applicable in a variety of other contexts to provide sample appearances of various aspects of an object.