Exit or Disposal Activities (Details) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) branch store	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)
Summary of activity and remaining liabilities associated with qualified exit costs
Balance at December 31, 2014	$ 8,516
Provisions in Cost of goods sold or SG&A	7,488	$ 10,229
Actual expenditures charged to accrual	(5,822)	$ (8,726)
Balance at September 30, 2015	$ 10,182
Paint Stores Group [Member]
Exit or Disposal Activities (Textual) [Abstract]
Stores closed | store	23
Global Finishes Group [Member]
Exit or Disposal Activities (Textual) [Abstract]
Stores closed | branch	3
Latin America Coatings Group [Member]
Exit or Disposal Activities (Textual) [Abstract]
Stores closed | store	2
Severance and related costs [Member] | Paint Stores Group [Member] | Facilities Shut Down in 2013 [Member]
Summary of activity and remaining liabilities associated with qualified exit costs
Balance at December 31, 2014	$ 654
Actual expenditures charged to accrual	(632)
Balance at September 30, 2015	22
Severance and related costs [Member] | Consumer Group [Member] | Facilities Shutdown in 2014 [Member]
Summary of activity and remaining liabilities associated with qualified exit costs
Balance at December 31, 2014	2,732
Provisions in Cost of goods sold or SG&A	1,223
Actual expenditures charged to accrual	(3,386)
Balance at September 30, 2015	569
Severance and related costs [Member] | Global Finishes Group [Member] | Exit of Business in 2015 [Member]
Summary of activity and remaining liabilities associated with qualified exit costs
Provisions in Cost of goods sold or SG&A	$ 1,257
Actual expenditures charged to accrual
Balance at September 30, 2015	$ 1,257
Severance and related costs [Member] | Global Finishes Group [Member] | Exit of Business in 2014 [Member]
Summary of activity and remaining liabilities associated with qualified exit costs
Balance at December 31, 2014	104
Provisions in Cost of goods sold or SG&A	$ 326
Actual expenditures charged to accrual
Balance at September 30, 2015	$ 430
Severance and related costs [Member] | Global Finishes Group [Member] | Stores Shut Down in 2013 [Member]
Summary of activity and remaining liabilities associated with qualified exit costs
Balance at December 31, 2014	28
Actual expenditures charged to accrual	(28)
Other qualified exit costs [Member] | Facilities Shutdown Prior to 2013 [Member]
Summary of activity and remaining liabilities associated with qualified exit costs
Balance at December 31, 2014	1,652
Actual expenditures charged to accrual	(170)
Balance at September 30, 2015	1,482
Other qualified exit costs [Member] | Paint Stores Group [Member] | Stores Shut Down in 2015 [Member]
Summary of activity and remaining liabilities associated with qualified exit costs
Provisions in Cost of goods sold or SG&A	$ 25
Actual expenditures charged to accrual
Balance at September 30, 2015	$ 25
Other qualified exit costs [Member] | Paint Stores Group [Member] | Stores Shutdown In 2014 [Member]
Summary of activity and remaining liabilities associated with qualified exit costs
Balance at December 31, 2014	280
Provisions in Cost of goods sold or SG&A	142
Actual expenditures charged to accrual	(168)
Balance at September 30, 2015	254
Other qualified exit costs [Member] | Paint Stores Group [Member] | Facilities Shut Down in 2013 [Member]
Summary of activity and remaining liabilities associated with qualified exit costs
Balance at December 31, 2014	1,205
Actual expenditures charged to accrual	(273)
Balance at September 30, 2015	932
Other qualified exit costs [Member] | Consumer Group [Member] | Facilities Shutdown in 2014 [Member]
Summary of activity and remaining liabilities associated with qualified exit costs
Balance at December 31, 2014	$ 781
Provisions in Cost of goods sold or SG&A
Actual expenditures charged to accrual	$ (601)
Balance at September 30, 2015	180
Other qualified exit costs [Member] | Global Finishes Group [Member] | Exit of Business in 2015 [Member]
Summary of activity and remaining liabilities associated with qualified exit costs
Provisions in Cost of goods sold or SG&A	$ 4,515
Actual expenditures charged to accrual
Balance at September 30, 2015	$ 4,515
Other qualified exit costs [Member] | Global Finishes Group [Member] | Exit of Business in 2014 [Member]
Summary of activity and remaining liabilities associated with qualified exit costs
Balance at December 31, 2014	$ 1,080
Provisions in Cost of goods sold or SG&A
Actual expenditures charged to accrual	$ (564)
Balance at September 30, 2015	$ 516