be an antique with a faded finish the sheets can be provided with color patterns according to the item to which the finish will be applied in other words in one embodiment a sheet has color patterns for unfinished furniture and another sheet has color patterns for furniture having a cherry finish or a maple finish etc the color professional applies 608 or attaches the sheet to the item conforming the sheet to the surface of the item as described above with reference to fig5 the color professional and or the customer then views 610 the item through the sheet and the color pattern 610 the customer or the color professional may then decide 612 if another layer of color pattern from another sheet is desirable one benefit of the present disclosure is the capability of simulating multiple coats of finish if a customer desires a darker oak finish for example another sheet having oak finish color patterns can be applied over the top of the first sheet returning to the method 600 if the customer wants to apply another layer the customer and or the color professional selects 614 another sheet applies 616 the new sheet over the original or first sheet and views 618 the item through the sheet and color pattern once the customer is satisfied and has selected a finish or a combination of finishes represented by the color patterns the method 600 ends 620 fig7 is a schematic block diagram illustrating another embodiment of a sheet 700 in the depicted embodiment the sheet 700 includes rows 702 a 702 b 702 c 702 d 702 e referred to collectively as.