Paint Color to Tone Down Maple Cabinets
Stacy Kaufman
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Comments (20)Million dollar question - how do you determine the color hue of the grey tile? This is where a lot of people go off the deep end with the undertones nonsense. As in those undertones are sneaky and you have to watch out because they are hard to see and only people with a "trained eye" can see them blah, blah, blah. Hue family and undertones are distinctly different. Detailing the difference is long so I'll skip it, but trust me they are not the same thing. There are two ways to determine hue family. The most accurate is to measure the color with a device like a spectrophotometer or a colorimeter like a Color Muse. The resulting spectral data defines the hue family for you. This is how color experts do it. I never go anywhere without a Color Muse or a NIX sensor. If you don't know how to measure color with a device and use the resulting data to determine hue family, then you have to eyeball it. And you do that by comparing colors. Compare the uncategorized color to a big chip of red, blue, green, yellow, etc. and the hue family should be obvious. Color responds to its context. Comparing one color to another is basic context. It is no different from human kids and parents. See a kid running around at the playground and he looks like any other kid. Put him in context with his family and suddenly you are able to recognize similar features and compare attributes, and it quickly becomes apparent that junior is a chip off the old block. Same thing happens with color. Through the process of comparison, you will see the hue family to which a color belongs. More info on this link with a cheat-sheet of hue parents to use for comparison from Ben Moore and SW....See MoreWhat color would tone down yellow cabinets & should i do accent wall?
Comments (12)Get some paint samples of SW Dover White 6385, SW Creamy 7012, and SW Crisp Linen and perhaps some neighboring warm off whites. With Benjamin Moore start with samples of Woodmount Cream 204 and or the close to that chits warm off whites. Take a drawer front with you. This will require a few samples. It's impossible to recommend the right shade by viewing an on line photo. Don't worry your kitchen will be beautiful when done....See MoreXpost- Paint color to tone down pinkish tone in beige grout
Comments (1)Post photos....See MoreXpost- Paint color to tone down pinkish tone in beige grout
Comments (8)I can try when I get home, but the lighting isn't finished and the one window in there is still blocked off, so I'm not sure the lighting is good enough to show what I'm talking about. My gut feeling is overall it'll be less noticeable when everything is installed like when we've finished other areas, but just don't want to bring out the pink undertone if I can help it. Lisa...See MoreStacy Kaufman
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