What colour should I paint walls in my west facing living room?
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Paint color in west facing room
Comments (6)Kristine, you need multiple pigments in the formula. Whenever you have a color like Waterbury Cream that contains a yellow colorant, like yellow oxide, and black which is used to tone it down, it create within the color a dimension of a green cast. The aspect of green is always there because it's intrinsic to the paint color due to the mix of colorants. Whether the green cast shows in a room or not depends entirely on the quality of light. There has to be a similar aspect of green within the light source to "catch" the green cast in the paint color and reflect it back into the room so you can see it. One of your rooms doesn't have that quality of green within the light, the other one does. It's that simple. You have a quality of light that goes from one extreme to the other. We know that because you noticed that every warm color looks dirty in the morning and on fire in the afternoon. So the answer is a paint color that can go from one extreme to the other too. One that is mixed full spectrum, like Ellen Kennon Full Spectrum Paints or multi-pigmented like from C2 Paints....See MoreWhite wall color suggestions for west facing bright room
Comments (1)Abundant light typically strips chroma (or colorfulness) from paint color. White is a different story. White wall colors typically do well in abundant light. The key to taking the "harsh" or stark edge off of white is multi-pigment rather than a can of base paint inherently tinted by the titanium dioxide (which is very white) with a shot of black to help with hide. A good white wall color is complex while still reading as some version or universal interpretation of "white". I would suggest you check out Ellen Kennon's white paint colors. Specifically, Snow, White Opal and JV White Cloud. Here is a link that might be useful: Ellen Kennon Full Spectrum Paints...See MorePaint advice for north/west facing living room + kitchen
Comments (1)Why do you feel you need to consider colors that you dont like? Houses are to be enjoyed by the people that live there. You dont have to be trendy. Personally, I dislike anything tan, or beige, greige or green, so no matter how trendy, I wouldnt use them anywhere in my house. I do like gray, but that gray paint must look gray, and if any undertones, they must be blue, not the purple or green that some grays have. Put colors on your wall, that appeal to you, and that will make you smile. I use a lot of turquoise in different shades, because it makes me happy. Apparently, it makes others happy too, since I recently had someone tell me, they liked coming in my house, and found themselves staying longer than they meant to because, the colors make them happy and make them feel good....See Morepaint walls in west facing room with low light
Comments (4)Hello Renee, what color is the rest of your house? do you have any preference? what is you/your house style? what color is the furniture/floor/walls on the adjacent room? Of course shades of white are usually a safe way to go, but am guessing you are looking for something other than white....See MoreRelated Professionals
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