A damaged leather panel needs recolouring, but the surrounding leather has aged naturally.
Do you match the original factory colour or its current appearance?
That's where restoration judgement matters.

A damaged leather panel needs recolouring, but the surrounding leather has aged naturally.
Do you match the original factory colour or its current appearance?
That's where restoration judgement matters.
Which would annoy you MORE after a repair?
Wrong colour
OR
Wrong texture?
Both matter — but which would your eye notice first?
Perfect colour match OR perfect grain match?
Ideally, you want BOTH.
But if you had to choose which mistake you'd notice first on a leather repair, which would it be?