I recently repainted my house, per HOA... all the houses in Phase 1 had to have it done.

Mine wasn't as bad as the others, but hey it is what it is.
I sent in an email with attached form that had Sherman Williams paint ship color numbers for everything, and pics of the paint chips. Waited 2 weeks for the approval... received an email, and a letter a week or so later.
Now, there was a house on the corner down the street from us that was painted an almost fluorescent
blue. I couldn't believe they got it approved, since all of our homes are pretty much unplugged as far as colors go. It sat there taped up for a week or two after it was painted... then,
*BOOM*, a more natural blue was applied. I think someone either got their paint messed up... or didn't get it approved before painting.
I spent more time typing this up than doing the paperwork for my HOA ...