If it does prove to be a "builders'-flat" in a deep-tint-base.... * Flats burnish pretty easily, as Paintguy suggests. * The REASON is...flats have more pigment in relation to the overall %-age of binder-volume than any other sheen. (simplistically, the "binder" of a paint is the main source of a paints' "sheen".) * Also, DARK flats have EVEN MORE pigment (in the form of lots of colorant) in them! * Without much "sheened" binder to protect all that pigment, a flat will therefore "burnish", or "shed pigment" much more easily than even an Eggshell. Yes, flats touch-up the best... BUT...as I stated on an earlier thread, many builders & painters are WAAAAY too focused on this one small factor of paint. >>> There is MUCH more to living-with a paint than "how it'll touch-up"!!! Matching into a line like Aura, or C2 would be smart. These lines have more than the typical 10-12 colorants. Our C2 has 16 colorants...much easier to "build" a color-match when there's more "ammo" to use! Plus, the "Percent Volume Solids" of premium paints is 35-40%. C2's Flat PVS is over 43%. Builders-flats can be as low as 20%! Faron

Benjamin Moore WISH AF 680 and ask the paint store to cut the formula to one HALF. strength. Like sleeping in a soft gray cloud. It's on the walls her at full strength, but you don't have benefit of light abundance

@Rho Dodendron I get the concept of picking wall color last. You can get any color you want. However, I am a strong proponent of a whole home color palette. I decided on a whole home color palette based on the colors in my slate entry and worked with many of the things I own. Everything I buy and each room that I renovate has to work within the confines of my selected color palette. I have a system for selecting colors that starts with what must stay (expensive items that the owner cannot update or change ( kitchen cabinets, countertops, flooring, expensive furnishings) or items that the owner doesn't want to change (art, furniture, things that they love). Then I find out what colors make the owners heart sing. Those colors that will bring joy to the owner every time they see them. Then I work out a plan on how the colors will flow from room to room. Less expensive items like towels, shower curtains, bedding may be changed out numerous times before the walls need to be re-painted. I buy a new bedspread every year and change them out based on the seasons. Am I supposed to re-paint my bedroom every 3 months or should I look for bedding that works with my smoky purple bedroom?

@morz8 - Washington Coast I did see those but they all seems to be orange peel. But good to know since thats' what we have in the newer parts. We do have some wonky doors from prior elderly owners probably not caring for the foundation properly. We've fixed all the cracks but incase they return was wondering how how to duplicate the pro's orange peel - now I know.