White or Magnolia Walls??

PasturesNew

I'm a big fan of white. There's only one white. Magnolia can be all sorts of things.

White's really practical in my experience as you just have to walk round with a tin of white and a brush once every 3 months (or 3 years) and touch up the bits where there are marks. It's all still white, magnolia, over time, might change colour compared to how the magnolia in the tin's changed.

PasturesNew

angrypirate wrote: »

Dont think i could tell the difference, im only a man. We are like windows 98 default colour settings - 16 colours and thats your lot.
Peach is a fruit.
Hessian is a person from the German state of Hesse
Magnolia is a plant
I have no idea what calico is

http://1thought2many.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/how-women-and-men-see-colors.jpg?w=480&h=504

celyn90

angrypirate wrote: »

Dont think i could tell the difference, im only a man. We are like windows 98 default colour settings - 16 colours and thats your lot.
Peach is a fruit.
Hessian is a person from the German state of Hesse
Magnolia is a plant
I have no idea what calico is

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: The guys in the lab I worked in were much better at telling the difference than I was

The names were done by the marketing dept though - I remember the labs being asked once for suggestions; but I'm not sure they were prepared for the answers we gave

Edited to add - PasturesNew - the colours can vary everso slightly between batches of the same colour made by the same company; if you have a big room to paint, it's best to mix the whole lot together before you start.

hcb42

PasturesNew wrote: »

I'm a big fan of white. There's only one white. Magnolia can be all sorts of things.

Brilliant White
Peach White
Apple White.
Old English White..;)

LittleMissAspie

Magnolia is too dark if you ask me, it's got too much yellow in it to make it a neutral colour. Magnolia and purple would look awful together for example. I would choose a light cream colour.

tbs624

angrypirate wrote: »

Dont think i could tell the difference, im only a man. We are like windows 98 default colour settings - 16 colours and thats your lot.
Peach is a fruit.
Hessian is a person from the German state of Hesse
Magnolia is a plant
I have no idea what calico is

an angry pirate with no knowledge of calico? Check out Calico Jack , ooh arrrrrr

_s79

I went for Almond White thoughout and it looks great. B&Q are doing a deal at the moment; 5l for £19.99 (usually £28.99)

Doozergirl

LittleMissAspie wrote: »

Magnolia is too dark if you ask me, it's got too much yellow in it to make it a neutral colour. Magnolia and purple would look awful together for example. I would choose a light cream colour.

It's not dark at all, not in a million years can any aspect of magnolia paint be called dark! There may be infinite shades of white and cream, but all of them are neutral and all of them are light. Magnolia will go with purple if it's the right shade of purple; there are infinite shades of purple, some more red, some more blue, some warmer, some cooler.

Magnolia is nothing if not neutral, hence developers use it. Because it is neutral, inoffensive, reflects light and has warmth to it. It will appear yellower in a South facing room than a North facing room. Whether you'd choose it in your home is almost by-the-by if the choice on the MSE front is brilliant white or magnolia. Both cost the same because they are available in bulk. Any other colour is going to cost more and no one is really going to notice the difference between white, off white, magnolia or 'light cream' on a viewing, other than the fact it's neutral. Even if you look at four walls in one room, each wall will appear a slightly different tone depending on the amount of light or shade on each wall.

OP, what is even more important than your shade of white/magnolia is the condition of the walls underneath. It's totally pointless painting horrid vinyl wallpaper magnolia when the first thing people are thinking is that it needs to come off. Ditto, poorly filled painted walls.

redecoration is 80% preparation. Filling, sanding etc.

shereegranuble

Magnolia! :happylove

sonastin

White can swiftly become grey. Over time, particularly on woodwork, it will go yellow. Magnolia starts off yellow and stays that way.

Wickes paint is really thick and hard to apply but does cover really well - depends what it is going over I guess.

Preparation is definitely the most important part of the equation.