Lighter colour alternative to Magnolia?

Troythecat

Hi
we have 3 rooms and a hall in our flat to paint and was going to go for trusty old magnolia but feel it's a bit "yellowish" for the feature wall paper which has a lighter colour in it (just off-white and no more).

Seems only magnolia sold in larger tubs? Has anyone found a lighter alternative to magnolia they liked, I don't like or want pure white.

:beer:

Ionkontrol

Almond white.

Troythecat

Thanks, who manufacturers Almond white please?

helping_hubby

Hi, Calico and Natural Hessian are lighter than magnolia. We used Calico. Think they are Dulux. If they aren't then they are Crown. When we were DIYing these colours were always on offer in the huge tubs.

Inactive

Mix some white with Magnolia until you get the desired shade that you require.

Errata

Dulux chestnut, as pale as magnolia but minus the yellow.

Troythecat

thank you all I will have a look at them all:beer:

Ionkontrol

Troythecat wrote: »

Thanks, who manufacturers Almond white please?

Dulux and others

Lily1

Yes, calico for us too. We have it in every room!

ormus

Inactive wrote: »

Mix some white with Magnolia until you get the desired shade that you require.

thats the way i do it too.
far cheaper than paying dulux prices for a fancy named color.

becs

80% of the house is done in Laura Ashley Ivory and after 3 years I'm still completely in love with it! I went through about 30 tester pots of all sorts of whites, creams, magnolias and beige etc and nothing came close to this. I absolutely love it!