If you're going to cut the tint formula in half and again in half you should get the actual colorant amounts of the original color and what they mix for you. I've found often colors that move lighter on a sample card are often proportional reductions of a darker formula. But the paint manufacturer will not lighten the formula for a gallon beyond what they can divide it to be able to mix a quart. This is based on what they can measure on their tint dispenser. So if you want a lighter color than is offered try requesting the quart amount in a gallon. It's not going to be something BM or SW offers normally. But it could give you what you want for your use.

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When colors are mixed to match the exterior of cars the parts are mixed by weight. A lot more precision is required with generally more different types of components when trying for a near exact match.

The only worse way to select colors than on a computer screen is over the telephone.

amen brotha..JUST NEED A PUSH ...this house is kicking my ars!

Hello Trish,

I would not break up the wall and ceiling color in the vaulted space. Paint the walls and ceiling sample #2. Paint walls only paint sample #2 in the rest of the space with ceilings in white.

That was one thing I was sort of waffling on as well ,,,as my beams are not finished yet. When they're done they will resemble your lower photo, with corbels and a support member up the first 78" and we are putting mortise pegs in them ..

My issue with the paint colors is that there are mostly cabinets and appliances in the kitchen along the octagon wall so not really much wall space except the little nook with all of the windows ,.,wondering where to break it up and roll the Lving room color into it ,..I was actually thinking of doing ceiling the lighter color that Flo suggested (PPG Delicate White) and then use the Pal Oak (Middle sample) for the walls then run the ceiling color into the kitchen to brighten it up a bit ..there will be a huge island in center as well as one dividing the living area from kitchen ,,so plenty of distractions.JUST WONDERING IF IT'LL BE TOO WHITE!

I don't decorate with a ton of "Stuff"- (Hate dusting) so Im trying to keep the great room pretty clean but not" modern" looking. I want people to come in and feel comfortable nothing sterile feeling......We have a 100 year old red Persian rug that was purchased at an estate sale recently, and plan to purchase some Chesterfield type sofa and chairs to make it a more masculine decor In there ..the fire place wall will be pretty dark so I have to keep it lighter on walls as well ...lots of windows in the room ..ceiling is about 23ft at peak -14 ft on sides .

I like the landscape part ,,,not the foo foo stuff. Id rather be stamping concrete.

My hubby seems to be stuck In the 90's as far as taste for things so he's no help,,,,

I keep looking at bottom photo and like every thing about it

what is that wall color ??

I have only tinted a ceiling paint (the than a porch ceiling) once in all my years of decorating. I've done it when I've used a pinky/terracotta red for the walls. I then used a very, very pale robins egg blue on the ceiling. SO pale that if not up against white, the blue would not be noticed. I think there's a reason that ceilings have been mostly painted white now for centuries.

So you should have the same issues as me as far as weather ...We are a tad over mile here where my house sits ...just super dry. My radiant heat is Warm Board so the wood or tile is a direct install over the subfloor with the grooves vs gypcrete over tubes heated floors ( no concrete here )...I'm baffled about the wood though as there are hundreds of churches and schools here with maple in them ,....go figure! But I have been told by an installer that has been doing it for over 40 years that Hickory was fine - Oak was better , but both are ok as long as they are engineered ...So because I want a 3/4" thick board it has to be a higher quality engineered with thick wear layer ...The solid wood tends to shrink up a ton in winter here and creates cracks ..and I won't put a whole house humidifier in this beast ...

We installed Homerwood hardwood hickory over radiant heat. The warranty was voided.

House was new construction with HVAC year ‘round. The floor did cup.

thats what the rep told us as well...so it's out ...I just loved the colors of it and the kerf Kut..this is why engineered is gonna have to be the go to for wood I guess...just want to get thicker wear layer ..I have 3 border collies that go at the speed of sound. need distressed or something to forgive the nail marks..ha ha

I love your home and location. Beautiful! I must admit to not having read all the comments but looking through the photos those samples look dark to me.

Love the examples Carl Williamson gave. A soft white is what I would choose if it were me for your great room, not a gray. Will be interested to see what you choose and watch your progress., no matter what, it will be beautiful.

Oops I posted a few minutes too soon. :)).

Pale Oak looks a beautiful light warm color.

I think the paint color really hinges on the millwork and flooring color in the room. I like the color, maybe #2 best. But everything has to work together

I think you've made good choices. The Pale Oak will act as a nice neutral backdrop for whatever else you do. It's got enough presence so it won't look wimpy in your big, beautiful space but it's not going to command attention and suck the life out of decor that you want to take a starring role or those gorgeous views.

Silver Satin in is one shade lighter than Balboa Mist. I used Silver Satin in several rooms of my house and I love it.

SW Dustblu is a nice Dusty blue color, but not too dark.

Sherwin Williams Metropolitan Gray is a nice dusty blue gray color. I have used it in 2 different houses. It is definitely a lighter more neutral shade though.

Have you looked at SW Dark Night! It is an awesome color. SW 6237. It is a deep green and with the views you have I think it would be very exciting and golds and woods would look amazing with it. There is an article here on Houzz talking about a place that used this color. Here is a screen shot of the color.

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I love this and I think it would be amazing in your office. This rug is pretty darn awesome too. If you don't want to go with this color, another color along the lines you are talking about is SW 7076, Cyberspace. It is a dark gray and has an LRV of 6; while the Dark Night has an LRV of 4! But ya know, I think the Dark Night would be so gorgeous. Take a look and see what you think.

OK Trish - I did an analysis of these two colors and here it is:

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Search no further, it is "the one" Dark Night all the way. You can do the woods for the desk, the carmel leather chesterfield or you could even do a navy blue leather chesterfield. Anything goes with this color. Plus, it will look great in that light year round.

As promised though, and it will confirm Dark Night, IMO, here are other analysis.

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Here is Dustyblu and the darkest color in that Hue Family Sea Serpent. Notice the Hue Angle of 258.2 and 258.9. That puts them in the Purple/Blue Hue family so in your light will tend to lean to purple. Nice colors but not for your light IMO.

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Here is the Color Strategist Color Wheel. The Hue Angles are noted on the outer edge. They are in terms of degrees. You can see the Dark Night has a hue angle of 240. That is in the Blue Hue family but close to the Blue Green family and it is in the "warm" segment of the angle. The Peppercorn is a Hue Angle of 300. You can go up the wheel to 300 and see it is in the Purple Hue family. It is hard to explain all the details, but I hope you can see that figuring out the Hue Angles really helps you in decision-making on color. Trust me, Dark Night is going to be totally amazing in this room. You surely don't want grays or even gray blues in this natural light. In all seasons it would be depressing. Go with Dark Night.