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emilyt

DH has just finished painting the kitchen for me.:T I bought pale lilac paint and it looks purple.:eek: It is actually going darker as it dries.:mad: Has anyone else experienced this . Paint usually dries lighter. What have we done wrong. Don't know what to do now. I would laugh but it has taken ages to paint.:rotfl: :eek:

Counting_Pennies_2

Don't be too alarmed as some paint does dry darker first and then lightens. I suggest waiting until the end of the day tomorrow and then make a decision on the colour.

Best always to do a tester on the wall, but not the end of the world, you could always make it a feature on one wall and paint over the other walls with a different colour if all else fails

Mikeyorks

emilyt wrote:

Paint usually dries lighter.

No ... it often looks darker when dry. Had the same problem with a very light dusky pink in a heavily beamed small lounge several years ago. Looked delightful (according to the OH - she chooses .... I buy / pay and apply!) in the magazine ....looked as though Changing Rooms and Barbara Cartland had visited when dry.:rolleyes: Definitely oppressive.

Got the manufacturer in .. and a load of rubbish about technical problems when printing tint charts etc etc. Just threw him and the paint out .... and redid it with one I insisted on taking the lid off in the shop.

emilyt wrote:

What have we done wrong.

...........bought a purple paint;)

OH bought a 'lilac' paint for our new kitchen last year .... except she insists it's 'heather'!! It's one of those 'mixed in the shop' ones I've told her not to buy in the past, because they're naff to apply. But, as usual, one is cajoled, threatened and bribed .. and eventually I conceded. Suffice to say every wall had to have 6 coats, because it wouldn't cover properly and / or black, red,green bits suddenly streaked everywhere 'cos it's never properly mixed. And as you identify .... that amount of painting is no fun in a kitchen with all the intricate bits.

Got my own back though - by leaving her the food mixer to renovate when I decided to really mix it properly!

Sorry ... you came here for advice rather than me moaning. Live with it - is the easiest - repaint it is the next - sell the house is getting a bit extreme??:D

emilyt

Think i will wait until tomorrow to make a decision. It is kinda growing on me now. Thanks for you replies.

Gaz_2-2

In my experience most paint drys darker but bear in mind your paint in kitchen will look entirely different in natural day light.

nearlyrich

I once bought duck egg blue paint, it's actually turquoise and far too dark, I hadn't the heart to tell my DH I didn't like it. Recently suggested we freshen it with a different colur and he said he had never liked it so I admitted I didn't either, fortunately I don't have to look at it much.

emilyt

It's kind of growing on me. Looks lavender.
My sister has just seen it and nearly p****d herself laughing.
Thank god my cupboards are white it helps.
See what my DH says about it later.
Magnolia here we come. LOL

Debt_Free_Chick

emilyt wrote:

Thank god my cupboards are white

Putting any colour against white will intensify it. I would guess that if your units were brown (ugh!) then the lilac would look lighter.

Could you consider washing over a glaze e.g. to stipple the walls with a lighter wash over the top?

Mikeyorks

emilyt wrote:

Looks lavender.

Not much further to go and it'll look like 'heather'.

That's a really 'in' colour for kitchens (according to the OH and whichever magazine I'm next going to suffer ideas from) ...... so then you'll like it. :cool:

she_grinch

The majority of paint dries darker and also can become darker in a room with little natural light. Other items in the room, cupboard units, flooring, worktops etc can also reflect on it and change the shade. Also it depends on which way the room faces, eg there is a different light facing north compared to facing south. Did you buy a tester pot? They are worth the extra money as it's an expensive mistake to make.

tawnyowls

Gaz wrote:

In my experience most paint drys darker but bear in mind your paint in kitchen will look entirely different in natural day light.

Agree. When I choose paint, I pick the colour I like and then go for the one a shade or two lighter.