Which one is correct

I think it is

To be matched with the existing ceiling colour

To be matched with the existing ceiling colour

Or: To be match to...

match verb [I or T]
If two colours, designs or objects match, they are similar or look attractive together:
Do you think these two colours match?
Does this shirt match these trousers?
a sofa with curtains to match

Do not say that one thing matches to or matches with another. Say that one thing matches another or two things match.

(Longman Dict

The paint in your apartment is 3 years old and you need to do some touch-ups. You have some left in the paint can but about to dry up. So you take what is left of the paint to a paint store to match/ to be matched. In this case, I would say, either is undernstood.

So you can say to the cleark, the "old paint has to be matched"


You bought a new sport coat but you no

GoodmanYou bought a new sport coat but you no trousers to match it with

'but you ??? no trousers to match it with ('with' is not needed. What is missing???)

Do not say that one thing matches to or matches with another. Say that one thing matches another or two things match.

(Longman Dictionary of Contempor

I havwe a correction on my mental lapse...
You bought a new sport coat but you[have] no trousers to match it with.

It being the coat....

But I disagree ...:In this sentence, I believe - You bought a new sport coat but you[have] no trousers to match it with- is correct.

<<Do not say that one thing matches to or matches with another.

GoodmanYou bought a new sport coat but you[have] no trousers to match it with

Do not say one thing matches with another.

You bought a new sport coat but you[have] no trousers to match it.

Say that one thing matches another or two things match

Yoong LiatDo not say that one thing matches to or matches with another. Say that one thing matches another or two things match.

Of course you can. Two items may match, but if they don't and they should, one may be matched to the other, by changing only one. So, "match the colour of the east and west wall

Liat,

I am almost positively sure that your level of understanding in certain aspect or otherwise misunderstanding could be due to the fact that you rely on the books too much which sometimes is open to self-interpretation. I am not an authority on linguistics, nor am I a grammarian. However, I’ve tried very hard to learn and apply my English in main-stream fashion. Just because that fact