1. A paint color matching system for matching a color standard using paint base colors, comprising: an input device for entering an initial paint recipe for said color standard that includes one or more paint bases each having a weight; a neural network that includes an input layer that having a plurality of input nodes that are associated with said paint bases, an output layer having a plurality of output nodes representing output color attribute components, and first weighted connections between said input nodes of said input layer with said output nodes of said output layer, wherein said first weighted connections determine the contribution of said paint bases at said input layer to each of said output color attribute components; and a color comparator for comparing input color attribute components associated with said color standard with said output color attribute components.