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Comments (19)Thank you, thank you, thank you! You've def. helped me weed out the no-go's and I'm going to order samples today. My3dogs - the color is Jonesboro Cream. It does tend to lean towards green on my monitor too, IRL I wish it would go green just a hair more but it's pretty much a warm tan. It's often lumped into an orange category as an undertone. Can't say I see that though. If I were to repaint (which I AM NOT :O)!) to get it perfect I would do it SW Wool Skein. Roobear - what can I say?! Thank you so much! Your visual was so wonderfully helpful! Yaya - I hear what you're saying about the tea stain and it's funny that you mention that because I was just wondering the same thing this past week about tea staining upholstery fabric. Once the sample of #7 arrives I will try to tea stain it if it appears too white. Has anyone tea dyed fabric and then used it to upholster something or make a pillow? Aren't those cabinets wonderful?!...See MoreLooking for a medium blue-gray with slight purple tinge -- help!
Comments (13)DE has some gorgeous colors and they also list the Munsell Code for their chips -- sweeet! So if you're shopping there you need to know how to take advantage of that information because when you're splittin color hairs like you kinda are, the info can help... First Snow and December Sky both have the PB notation which indicates they are a purple-blue. Just what you're looking for. Munsell notations are: First Snow 4.61PB / 9.0 / 2.1 December Sky 3.24 PB / 8.2 / 0.7 First number: The Hue scale is ten steps or integers. So you can see that December Sky at 3.24PB is not as purple-blue as First Snow coming in at 4.61PB. December Sky is at the beginning *steps* at 3.24 coming out of blue into purple-blue and First Snow is almost smack in the middle of being a PB at 4.61. When you look at the chips you can see that edge of blue in December Sky. Second Number: Next is Munsell Value which speaks to whiteness to blackness. This is a grayscale value ranging from 0 for black to 10 for white. For these two colors the Munsell value is close, with December Sky being more grayed 8.2 and First Snow less grayed or toned at 9.0. (This is not like LRV lightness darkness. LRV is a different *part* of color from Munsell Value) Third Number: Last is chroma. This is where the color is. The chroma scale starts at 0 for neutral colors and really has no end number because you can go all the way to fluorescent colors and who knows what else. Easier to understand this number with these two colors as example especially when you consider that December Sky is a DEW color which means Dunn Edwards Whites. December Sky has a Munsell notation of 0.7 which means there is little chroma or color - just what you'd expect for a "white". First Snow has a chromatic notation of 2.1 so we can tell that it has more color to it than December Sky. I'll list some other colors from ICI/Dulux as options if the two DE colors do not work. The ICI notations or color numbers are kinda similar but are still very different from Munsell notations but I won't go into that. :~D ÂCloud Motif 10BB 73/026 ÂStar Glow 30BB 72/034 ÂMoonlight Blue 30BB 72/045 ÂBlue Haze 30BB 72/028 ÂMing Dynasty White 49BB 76/037 ÂEvening Light 50BB 72/045 ÂWhistle Stop 50BB 72/032 Hope you find one that works....See MoreChoosing finishes! Why is this so hard??!?!?
Comments (18)zippity1 The fact is that the labor and equipment required to apply a "paint" to cabinets (not actual paint, but baked on catalyzed conversion varnish is more expensive. The wood may or may not be cheaper depending upon the species (painted cabinets are still made of wood, no? - my painted cabs are made of alder with the exception of the center door panel). I've had 4 places quote my cabinets and every single one of them came back at least 10% higher for paint. One was 50% higher. Like I said, "painted" can mean a lot of things. Painting an MDF cabinet door by spraying it, in place, which I have seen in on HGTV and DIY network for example, will result in a less than durable finish. Hand-painting also. A factory applied "paint" (which is not paint) is certainly more expensive than stained. Every day of the week. Every RTA cabinet maker I've looked into charges more for painted. It's a HUGE red flag that they are saying to the Katie that painting is cheaper. HUGE. What kind of "paint" is that?...See MoreI am looking for a light grey kitchen cabinet color.
Comments (3)Are you having the island custom made and painted? What is the lighting in the kitchen? I see a yellow, can you change the bulbs to 4000K? For a natural white. Then you can paint some large swatches on Sheetrock or poster paper large enough for you to see the color, in the morning, afternoon, and night. Live with them a while and that will let you know which way to go. Some greys look green, purple, etc. Of course come back and show us your samples. The backsplash I think you can do better. It looks a little common and more cookie cutter than something unique. Once we deal with the island and the lighting you can select a few samples of backsplash you like with an interesting pattern, color, design and we can continue to help....See MoreRelated Professionals
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