50% lighter paint color and LRV
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Marylee H
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoLightening a colour may turn out just as you hope, but it’s a potentially expensive gamble.
Each key aspect of the colour may alter, not just the bit you don’t like.
Cutting the colour in this way you may find it not only lightens, but may also alter Chroma (colourfulness) , Hue Family location and LRV.
An alternative way is to use the data for the original colour to help find lighter options.
These are from a similar Hue Family neighbourhood as Pink Innocence, but are lighter and much less colourful.
Colours like these itend to intensify on the wall through inter-reflection from one wall to another.
Marylee H
3 years agolast modified: 3 years ago
Candy Stripe is from the same close neighbourhood within the Red-Purple Hue Family.It’s approximately 7 points lighter and 3 points more neutral than Pink Innocence.
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years ago
Peppermint is aporox 5 points lighter & 5 points more neutral than Pink Pearl both from the same Hue Family neighbourhood. They are related.
You can try and find a colour with the same Chroma and just alter the Lightness but such colours can be very intense in the pink range.kbear_15
3 years agoMarylee H
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3 years agoMarylee H
3 years ago
Elephant Pink is closely related to Pink Pearl. They are almost from the exact same spot but EP is almost 8 points lighter & has half the Chroma (colourfulness).
If you found this still too colourful then you need to seek a pink which is more neutral than either.kbear_15 thanked Marylee Hkbear_15
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years ago
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