Discarded and mistint house paints are manifestations of culture as they are forgotten in basements, garages, and closets and left behind by previous owners. Mistint house paints are orphaned in hardware stores by customers unsatisfied with their original color choices or when the store fails to create the desired hue or finish. Disconnected from the original owners and their intentions, mistint house paints are imbued with invisible individual memory and comprise a visible cultural history. Process plays a central role in my work as I recontextualize materials through my collection and intervention. These lids expose remnants and the foundation of their previous lives. I collect discarded and mistint house paint to understand consumerist behavior and our cultural use of color. These repurposed objects focus on abandoned materials and lost hopes and dreams, critiquing the excessive waste of our contemporary consumerist ideology.