Wall color for a bathroom that is so very brown (not a neutral!)
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HELP! Need paint color to go with Tan/Brown granite in bathroom
Comments (3)Both of my bathrooms are green. The master has tan granite-looking countertops and the walls are painted BM Aura in Metropolitan. Very spa-like. My daughter's bathroom is painted BM Quiet Moments. That color is very nice, as well....See MoreVery small bathroom colors .......
Comments (21)Christy, either because I'm a congenital dunce, or I've lost brain cells painting all day (probably both), I couldn't come up with any pics when I searched "cburch". Did I do that right? Without seeing it...first off, I love the idea of the suede finish on the walls. I've never used it, but I like it a lot. Does it handle moisture and drips well, and is it scrubbable? I think I can picture your lay-out. I had a hall bath like that in a previous house. Hubby used the MBR bath, I used the one in the hall, and it was closest to the public spaces, so guests used it, too. I chose to paint it one or two (don't remember) "chips" lighter than the predominant color in our living room, so the house seem tied together for guests, etc. So, I like your idea of choosing either one of the other colors you've used, or one of the colors from a color card you've used. That feels cohesive, to me. It sounds like you have some really pretty colors in the house to work from. Of them...This is just my own opinion, but I would personally avoid the taupe family in a small room without windows. Taupe is beautiful in the right setting, but (again, JMO) can get muddy if natural light is low. The yellow/gold tones will be warm and cozy on dreary or cold (if you live in the North) winter mornings. That's nice, but remember they'll make the walls advance. Something related to the sage you've used elsewhere will make the walls recede, green being a cool color, so you may like that since the room seems small to you. Something sagey will also look nice with the silver/nickel tone fixtures you're thinking of and the off-white ceramics. I would just go lighter on the sage color card, rather than darker (again, only my personal preference). If you want something different, another family I think would go nicely with your yellow/gold/sages would be something in a terra cotta. But maybe, since you're having a hard time deciding, you would do better to approach this from the other direction. Pick out either a shower curtain first, one that makes you swoon, or towels and a bath rug in delicious colors, or pretty ceramic or pottery accessories that you just love. Take the paint cards with the colors that appear in your house and go shopping for one or more of those things first. Find something that works with the rest of your house palette. If you do it that way, you should then be able to find something among your house colors (or one or two steps up or down) that you'll just know is right. I know what you mean re not replacing the towel bars. First of all, once they have the towels on them, they don't show much, anyway. Plus...it's always a bear to find the studs ;-). Be sure to let us know what you decide! redbazel--Smiling sympathetically at your hubby's little "goof", which I think in this case turned out to be fortuitous. :-D I really like the "feel" of that bath; seems welcoming and cocoon-y, yet......See MorePaint color for north bathroom with brown and white tile?
Comments (2)Northern light has a blue tint. Northern light also tends to wash out pale colors, so you are better off with more color. Use warm colors with gold, orange or red tints. An article by Benjamin Moore Paints recommended Wheeling Neutral as a color for northern light. Below is their color visualizer photo of this color. My photo program says the color has a gold tint. The window trim is Mountain Peak White which also has a gold tint. Regardless, of what anyone recommends you should buy samples to paint on foamboard. That way you can move the boards around the room to see how they look in light and shadow. Don't forget to view the colors under interior lights. IMO, bathrooms are best lit with warm white bulbs. Daylight bulbs give off blue light and are harsh to skin tones....See MoreNeutralize Pink Undertones in White Quartz (Bathroom)
Comments (4)I don't think the counter looks pink, in the picture; the walls look yellowy. I would start there. It may seem crazy, but you may actually want to look at whites/offwhites from the red color family ... right now, I suspect you're seeing pink because you are seeing the contrast from the yellow color family walls and the counter. Lightbulbs will generally either lean yellow or blue, though evenually can get to an orangey light, though the bigger factor may be how much of the spectrum, you're getting. Lower end bulbs won't give true colors; look for bulbs with a high CRI (color rendering index) value to give you truer colors. The true tell of whether it's your lightbulbs or the environment (surrounding colors) is whether your perception of the colors changes between lightbulb light and natural light. If it doesn't look right in natural (window) light, then lightbulbs alone won't fix it, unless you have the lights on all the time....See MoreRelated Professionals
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