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