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Comments (39)The myperfectcolor site is very informative. I don't know how accurate the values are, but they give hue, saturation, and brightness figures for each color and you can enter them in photoshop to make the color. You can also use their color navigator and enter a hue, saturation, and brightness value and it will tell you which stock paint colors are close to that. Obviously, those numbers change (and sometimes dramatically) under various lighting conditions. But it does give a place to start. Using myperfectcolor color numbers and putting them in photoshop without altering them for our lighting conditions, I get these mockups for Danville Tan: Playing around with hue settings on the greener side, but more desaturated (but midrange on brightness), I dialed in Behr's BlueMoss (which has a hue value of 66, a rather yellow hue, but doesn't come across that way very desaturated: Which I do find attractive, but the main cook (fellow in the photos above) found 'blah'. For him, I'll mock up some saturated colors that are more green-green or yellow-green than dragonfly, but not as far to yellow as Live_wire_oak's saturated Vineyard recommendation (hue value 100), which didn't match in real life (but that recommendation was based on a photo with a strong, inaccurate, yellow cast). Here's a better photo than the 1st of Behr's Congo, a greener (hue 136), but still somewhat saturated color: I do appreciate the suggestions and advice -- especially when you can say why something isn't working for you or why something else works better. It's really interesting the way that color affects how the stone feels in the room and tone of the room. The lighter colors do bring out the light veining, the dark, dark ones do 'frame' the stone. The saturated color we have, under the right light where it matches a common color in the stone (and this only happens from a few positions in the room) say to me this stone belongs, it brings cohesiveness, liveliness and energy to the room, while simultaneously detracting from it (which is not necessarily a bad thing -- it doesn't have to be all about the stone). I think that's what bothers me about the dragonfly -- far too little cohesiveness. live_wire_oak's suggestion kept that saturated energy but tried to match better. We'll likely start with a couple lighter, desaturated colors, at least one dark, and some greener saturated ones to test paint....See MoreLooking for wall paint color options... pics please...
Comments (1)There's a similar post on the decorating forum that you may want to check out. Laurie Here is a link that might be useful: kitchen colors...See MoreExterior paint color options
Comments (1)I see pink in New Hampshire Taupe. Smokey is better....See MoreHELP - Exterior Paint Color Options
Comments (6)Your instincts to go white and taupe are good. To echo the roof color, add a red door and hanging planters of geraniums on the porch railings. The pros may weigh in with specifics about your paint choices. You can go also to a paint store with the your photo and digitally try out your colors. Here are some red-roofed Spanish style houses for inspiration. Also Google "red roof Spanish houses" to see what comes up. Since the houses seem close, what colors do your neighbors have?...See MoreRelated Professionals
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