Paint Color Approximating a Heath Tile Color? Help!
I'll be honest, I don't really want to paint most of my kitchen, I'd prefer to tile. But my budget is dead, so paint it is. I found the perfect tile color and I've been vainly searching for a paint color that is even close (or pulls one of the colors from the tile) and failing.
This is the Dew color from the Heath Ceramic collection.
It's the perfect balance between warmth and crispness and goes perfectly with my soapstone and cherry cabinets.
I know the problem is this tile is actually more like a pointilism, it's a mixture of multiple dots of color rather than one shade. This picture from their website doesn't do it justice but I will take any suggestions! I've started the paint blotting swatches and it's already driving me batty!
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7 years agojml248
7 years agoWell I went to our local BM supplier with the toddler in tow (such fun) and I think I found a color out of the full spectrum choices which is a warmer green without getting too muddy or yellow. Not quite what I had in mind but I think without actually buying the tile it's probably going to be fairly difficult to replicate.
Powermiffin, that's a good point about the tile color. I was also toying with using the tile we used in the bathroom which is this wonderful greige depending on the light.
Its BM estate sale, it has these wonderful earthy undertones. In a perfect world it would be lighter/less saturated.
Excuse the mess our bath is doubling as our kitchen at the moment.
we will have the same cabs and soapstone in the kitchen. That's the time I was debating about using, but I also didn't want the the kitchen to be too Matchy matchup. I might be able to swing that tile, as it was between 7-8/sq foot vs 30+ for the Heath tile.
Annie Deighnaugh
7 years agoYou're not going to get it exact as you know, so you just want to pick a color from the tile that blends. Of course, what I'm seeing over the screen is far from what RL looks like. These are all BM unless otherwise marked. Of these, I'd go to the PPG place and see if they can't add some white to lighten the zebra grass...I think that'd be the closest.
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