Acquisitions and Divestitures (Additional Information) (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended						12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013 Entity	Dec. 31, 2012 Entity	Dec. 31, 2011	Jun. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013 AkzoNobel NA Architectural coatings acquisition [Member]	Apr. 02, 2013 AkzoNobel NA Architectural coatings acquisition [Member]	May 31, 2013 Performance Coatings Segment	Dec. 31, 2012 Industrial Coatings Segment	Jan. 31, 2012 European coatings company Facility	Jan. 31, 2012 Colpisa	Dec. 31, 2013 Transitions Optical Business [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Transitions Optical Business [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent												51.00%
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life	10 years
Number of acquisitions made (in entities)	2	4
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	$ 983,000,000	$ 122,000,000	$ 31,000,000
Total purchase price, net of cash acquired	288,000,000					954,000,000	25,000,000	75,000,000	44,000,000	38,000,000
Acquisition cost in assumed debt	122,000,000
Amount held in escrow									26,000,000
Assumed debt liability									120,000,000
Cash	6,000,000					14,000,000			6,000,000
Number of manufacturing facilities									6
Loss related to the sales acquired inventory	8,000,000
Business Combination, Pro Forma Information, Revenue of Acquiree since Acquisition Date, Actual					1,200,000,000
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners											49.00%
Enterprise value of disposal group				3,400,000,000
Proceeds from separation of business	1,730,000,000
After-tax proceeds from divestiture of business	1,500,000,000
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Revenue											$ 825,000,000