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Post by finaledition on Jul 13, 2014 21:56:39 GMT
I brought home 2 sample paint colors and they looked great on one wall, but terrible on the opposite wall. Back to the paint store this morning for another and same thing. Sigh. How many paint color samples do you throw on the walls before you finally find the one?
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Post by chaosisapony on Jul 13, 2014 21:59:26 GMT
I just decide based on the little squares and have at it. I don't like to waste money buying a tiny can to try. So far I've always been happy with my choices.
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Post by cecelia on Jul 13, 2014 22:02:50 GMT
I've come to the conclusion that I don't see colors the way other people do. I'm horrible at picking out paint. I'm very lucky to have a great friend with a wonderful eye for color that helps me tremendously. She also picks my nail polish and tells me I need to add more blue to my wardrobe. It's not what you know, but who you know that matters.  Good luck finding the color that makes you happy. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2014 22:03:15 GMT
For some reason, this last time I had no less than 15 of those little jars with spots painted on the wall. Then they stayed there for weeks before I made the decision. I really love the color I went with. It is called Skinny Latte and I got it at Lowes.
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Post by gar on Jul 13, 2014 22:03:21 GMT
I hate that on the wall, they never look anything like I expected...not like the booklet picture, the pot label or the colour strips. Ughhh! I have spent a fortune on testers, sometimes 6,7,8 tries to get the colour I want. I wish I had an answer!
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Post by librarylady on Jul 13, 2014 22:06:07 GMT
We used Valspar paint. I think it was their website that had this feature.......
I took a photo of my room, uploaded it to their site and then I could test the colors with my furniture/set up etc.
Valspar is sold at Lowe's, if that matters to you. Perhaps at other locations, but that is who sells it here.
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Post by kckckc on Jul 13, 2014 22:06:48 GMT
I usually pick three samples. I've always chosen one of the three, but honestly I don't think I am too terribly picky about the color.
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Post by gar on Jul 13, 2014 22:18:12 GMT
We used Valspar paint. I think it was their website that had this feature....... I took a photo of my room, uploaded it to their site and then I could test the colors with my furniture/set up etc. Valspar is sold at Lowe's, if that matters to you. Perhaps at other locations, but that is who sells it here. But how colours appear on your screen are dependent on settings etc and aren't a very good guide to how the paint will actually look on your wall. |
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Post by mimima on Jul 13, 2014 22:19:37 GMT
I'm no help, our walls are still all white  |
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Post by carolynhasacat on Jul 13, 2014 22:30:23 GMT
I think certain colors are harder than others. Red and purple are very difficult to get right, grey and beige are more forgiving. I've had a lot of luck with grey-blue colors and greens, but no luck at all with reds/purples.
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Post by sharlag on Jul 13, 2014 22:43:05 GMT
I've come to the conclusion that I don't see colors the way other people do. I'm horrible at picking out paint. I'm very lucky to have a great friend with a wonderful eye for color that helps me tremendously. She also picks my nail polish and tells me I need to add more blue to my wardrobe. It's not what you know, but who you know that matters. Good luck finding the color that makes you happy. I'm terrible, too, Cecelia! I did have a good experience using the samples on the wall, but had 6 samples and several weeks of looking at it before I decided. |
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Post by finaledition on Jul 13, 2014 22:49:53 GMT
We used Valspar paint. I think it was their website that had this feature....... I took a photo of my room, uploaded it to their site and then I could test the colors with my furniture/set up etc. Valspar is sold at Lowe's, if that matters to you. Perhaps at other locations, but that is who sells it here. I googled and I think this is the sherwin Williams site. I installed the app, but the space I'm painting is too small to get a decent picture for the app to be much use. Neat. Idea though if I was starting from scratch. I'm doing a Jack and Jill bathroom. It's real tight. The long vanity is gray and the opposing wall has white board and batman so it's just the area above it. And then there is a tiny room with a tub and toilet. The room gets very little natural light, just some recessed lights above the vanity. But it just amazes me the difference in color from one side to the other. |
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Post by AN on Jul 13, 2014 22:51:43 GMT
Picking paint colors is the worst. I think I put 4 up on the walls.
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Post by maryland on Jul 13, 2014 22:52:58 GMT
I am so picky about paint! I only like the lightest color on the swatch. I usually get 3-5 "colors to go" at Home Depot and paint poster boards. Then I ask a friend who is good at picking paint colors to come over and help. She puts the posters on every wall and thinks about it. We live in Pgh., so the weather is usually gloomy, so I only pick colors on a gloomy day. To me, everything is beautiful on a sunny day, so I don't worry about it. But it needs to look nice on a gloomy day since that is our weather most of the time.
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Post by finaledition on Jul 13, 2014 22:53:22 GMT
I hate that on the wall, they never look anything like I expected...not like the booklet picture, the pot label or the colour strips. Ughhh! I have spent a fortune on testers, sometimes 6,7,8 tries to get the colour I want. I wish I had an answer! Yes, the 3 that I've come up with so far have been thru pins that caught my eye. Then I google that color and see more images of it. I think I'd love any of these 3 colors in other rooms, I just don't think I've found it. |
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Post by justjenpeas on Jul 13, 2014 23:31:07 GMT
Actually 26 paint samples, I was driving my husband crazy but I was doing the entire house and knew what I wanted but our lighting changed every color I picked at paint store. I used foam boards from the dollar store and would keep the foam boards up to see color in the day and night. It was worth it because I absolutely love the 2 colors I picked.
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Post by back to *pea*ality on Jul 13, 2014 23:43:59 GMT
I use the elements of the room, wood, fabric etc to determine paint color. Most of the time, you know what the color you want is - narrowing it down to the right tone is the hard part. If you have fabric pattern and a particular color in it you want to match a good paint store can do a custom match for you.
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Post by Alexxussss on Jul 14, 2014 1:13:53 GMT
When we bought our new house I'd pick a color family (say blue) and use fun-tack (that blue sticky stuff that looks like gum) to stick paint chips all over the wall. I'd step back to examine them and then easily removed the ones I didn't like. After narrowing it down, I'd put duplicates on another wall (same room) and examine them throughout the day/night. Whenever I saw one I didn't like, I pulled it off. After a day or two I had the color picked! It's a bit of work, but saved time of painting and repainting over & over. Good luck! |
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Post by jayfab on Jul 14, 2014 1:24:00 GMT
When we bought our new house I'd pick a color family (say blue) and use fun-tack (that blue sticky stuff that looks like gum) to stick paint chips all over the wall. I'd step back to examine them and then easily removed the ones I didn't like. After narrowing it down, I'd put duplicates on another wall (same room) and examine them throughout the day/night. Whenever I saw one I didn't like, I pulled it off. After a day or two I had the color picked! It's a bit of work, but saved time of painting and repainting over & over. Good luck! Good idea! I've been wanting to paint my bedroom for a year and keep changing my mind. I am so going to try this idea. |
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Post by gmcwife1 on Jul 14, 2014 1:24:13 GMT
I think I got lucky, all the paint on my walls are my first choice, no samples, just the swatch  I knew what color I wanted in the living room and the first time I picked it was on our last rental. It was too peachy but I still left it up until we moved out and repainted it back to white. So that would have been my 'sample' The other rooms are different shades of blue so they were pretty easy. The kitchen yellow is a little brighter than I wanted, but not so much that I didn't like it. |
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Post by quinlove on Jul 14, 2014 2:20:33 GMT
Oh dear , I go through sample after sample. I was either Home Depots best or worst customer!
When I recently had my bedroom painted, I ended up having them combine two custom colors!! But I love it.
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Post by The Birdhouse Lady on Jul 14, 2014 2:23:32 GMT
What type of color are you looking for?? There are a lot of us on here that have done a lot of painting. Maybe we could give you specific colors to look at instead of every color that the store has to offer.
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Post by bebe on Jul 14, 2014 2:28:46 GMT
It has taken me "forever" to pick a color for an extra bedroom. LOL--My husband was so tired of the little samples--I have finally decided on a soft gray. I am putting twin beds in this extra room (I love how they look in a room) and it will be decorated with a sort of masculine with blues and grays--my grandsons will sleep in this room, when they visit--the other extra bedroom is already done in pink and green, my granddaughter sleeps here when she stays over.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2014 3:17:43 GMT
The long vanity is gray and the opposing wall has white board and batman so it's just the area above it.
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Having a gray vanity on one side and a white board (batman?) on the other are going to cause color casts to their respective walls. No paint is going to look the same on both walls.
You'll want to consider how mirrors, art, towels or other accessories are going to cover the space on each side and choose a paint that you like for the side that is going to be the most exposed.
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Post by finaledition on Jul 14, 2014 4:18:40 GMT
What type of color are you looking for?? There are a lot of us on here that have done a lot of painting. Maybe we could give you specific colors to look at instead of every color that the store has to offer. So you know how you just want to do one little project and then that leads to another and then another? Well, yeah, that's this stupid bathroom. The area in front of the vanity had carpet so we removed that and added a tile. It seemed neutral enough, but boy it really made my (much despised) natural maple cabinets look orange and the baseboards were ripped up, so why not have the board and battan (Voltagain, not batman! darn autocorrect). So this is it. I want to slap some paint, get some towels, a shower curtain and a couple pictures and call it done. This bathroom is used by two kids (it's a Jack and Jill)so it just needs to be good enough. They are 15 and 6- girl and boy so it needs to be gender neutral and not little kid. First here is the tile floor, I really like it, has shades of beige and gray. The vanity and tall linen closet are a medium gray. Countertop- white tile (not a fan, but I'm done with just one more thing) Second is a picture of the paint in two areas. All are BM-Palladian blue, classic gray, and gray mist. Like I said I love all the colors on the board and battan side. I don't think the Palladian blue is going to work as it does not tie into my 6 year old's room colors at all. And on the sink wall it looks more baby blue which I don't like at all. So I'm leaning toward a neutral color, just don't want it to compete against the gray vanity. The other two "greys" really are more greige. I can definitely work with that. But when they are on the wall above the counter, you literally can not seem them. It looks like I barely put on paint and I did 3 coats). |
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Post by scrapsuzy on Jul 14, 2014 8:45:58 GMT
The problem with looking at the colors on a website, even with uploading your own pics, is you don't get to see them in the different lightings of your space, and that can be a huge thing. My dh and I own an independent paint store, selling mostly Benjamin Moore paint. And I still have a terrible time picking colors! Fortunately, he is able to tell me better how it's going to look in our home. And since he is the one who paints, too, he is also willing to repaint something if it doesn't turn out like I thought it would. He's only had to do that twice in 22 years. Most of our colors end up being very customized, because we add a little this or that to it, to get just what we want. |
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Post by BarbaraUK on Jul 14, 2014 9:45:10 GMT
I can relate to that! I'm sometimes surrounded by swatches and tester pots until I can find the exact colour for the wall! I have been known to send one of the kids out to buy more whilst I'm deciding!! |
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Post by anniebygaslight on Jul 14, 2014 9:53:04 GMT
I'm dead boring and stick to mainly Magnolia.
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Post by BarbaraUK on Jul 14, 2014 9:57:54 GMT
I'm dead boring and stick to mainly Magnolia. I'm fast beginning to think this is the way to go!  |
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