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Choosing paint colours is an individual
thing, I’m a professional painter and when it comes to
painting my own house its normally a compromise between what
I like and what my partner likes. I have seen a few master
bedrooms painted pink so its not hard to tell who wears the
pants in that family. A colour consultant can be
used but they don’t always get it right either, like all of
us they have their preferred colours and tend to favour
them. I do remember helping a friend paint the exterior of a
hotel and the colour consultant for the project just
happened to be female. We were past the half way mark with
the painting when work was stopped, I’m not sure who it was
that came to their senses but a pub painted in shades of
pink and purple wasn’t right. I can't remember what happened
to the colour consultant but they ended up changing some of
the colours because to re-paint the whole building again
would have cost too much. So when it comes to
choosing paint colours remember what ever colour you may
love may not necessarily be appropriate for the area that
you are going to paint. If you alone have to live with it do
what ever you like but take into account what the end result
might be if you decide to sell your house. |
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How do you choose a colour or colours for
your room or house, well that’s a tuff one but here are some
ideas on how to use colours. Choose your wall colour and if it’s
a light neutral colour then you could use quarter strength of
that colour on your ceiling and double strength on the woodwork.
This is just an example of how one colour and different
strengths of that colour can be used on other areas and yes most
if not all paint supply place’s can and will make paint
different strengths. By using different strengths of one colour
you will avoid choosing a colour that does not match your walls.
Instructions on how to make different strengths of one colour is
down the bottom of the page just in case your paint supply is
not educated in this practise.
Most of the interior painting I have done lately seems to be very
light neutral colours with some opting for a dark feature wall to
bring colour into the room. I personal like this idea but I have
also seen some dark colours used in rooms that look stunning.
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When customers ask me for advise on colours
I normally tell them to go for a drive and have a
look at other house’s. This is one of the best ways to find what
you like and when you do don’t be frightened to knock on the
door and ask what colours were used. I’m sure they will be
pleased that some else likes their colour choice. Remember not
to ask the neighbours, they might get upset if you copy their
colour scheme. |
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Remember you are the one that has to
live with your colour choice, if you like it then that’s all
that counts unless your planning on selling. I say this because
every one has different tastes (if they didn’t all house’s would
be painted the same colour) and you don’t want to put buyer's
off, choose safe colours if your selling. Your favourite colour
might be pink, but not every one would want a pink house. If you use a neutral colour people may not love it but they can
live with it, if its pink they will either love it or hate it. |
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Making Paint Different
Strengths-Shades
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This is very simple, all paints are made from
a base colour, light colours are made from a white base and dark
colours can be made from either a Red, Blue or deep base etc.
Tinter is added to these bases to make the colour you require,
the amount of tint and the colour of tint will determine what
colour is made. I'm not sure on the exact number of tint colours
but it would be about 12 or so and these are used to make all
the colours you see. Each colour has its own formula, this is a
combination of different tints that go into the base colour. All
that is required is for whom ever is tinting the paint to
equally reduce the amount of tint that goes into the base
colour. so half strength would be adding only half the amount of
each tint required and double strength would be doubling up on
the amount of each tint that is required. There is a limit to
how dark a colour will go before saturation point is reach (to
much tinter and paint will not dry) and paint shops should know
this. When making a colour lighter there maybe a point where the
amount of tint added may not divide evenly, generally most
colours are able to be made quarter strength of original colour.
I do know of people that add a dash of their wall colour to
their ceiling paint but this is not a good idea. If you run out
of paint or down the track you need to repaint a ceiling it will
be hard getting the measurements right. |
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