Paint Conundrum. Will this ever end?! Can some kind souls please help me?

Shanelle

ajaney wrote: »

Crown have a good selection of Pink/purple colours & a 3d viewing thingy

http://www.crownpaint.co.uk/paint-and-colour/reds-and-pinks.htm

Thanks for the suggestion !
We've already trawled those colours and most of them from the major paint firms, and all have been deemed to dull or oldish x

WestonDave

Dulux literally have thousands of colours they can mix on their machines whereas they only have say 30 in their "off the shelf" range. If you go in and look, by the machine they have loads of little colour cards each with about 6 or 8 similar colours on. Each card has a name like "Golden Yellow" and then the colours are graded Golden Yellow 1, Golden Yellow 2 etc so that you have a choice between pale and more vibrant colours around a similar colour tone.

Shanelle

WestonDave wrote: »

Dulux literally have thousands of colours they can mix on their machines whereas they only have say 30 in their "off the shelf" range. If you go in and look, by the machine they have loads of little colour cards each with about 6 or 8 similar colours on. Each card has a name like "Golden Yellow" and then the colours are graded Golden Yellow 1, Golden Yellow 2 etc so that you have a choice between pale and more vibrant colours around a similar colour tone.

We went to B and Q over the weekend and brought those card colour thingies with the different light dark variations.
Originally she was interested in Pamplona Purple 3 it seemed vibrant enough on the card, but on the 3D tool it seems duller and much less brighter

divorcingjack

Get yourself down to the local Johnstons Decorator Centre.

They are a professional outlet and the paint is excellent quality - they also mix to ANY colour you like and have a whole wall of colour cards to choose from. If you flutter your eyelashes they'll give you the trade discount too and it works out cheaper than B&Q. They do Leyland and Johnston paints, I think Johnston is a bit more expensive but I've always used Leyland with no problems.

I did our whole house in colour-matched Farrow and Ball colours and they are identical to the colour card on the wall.

This is their website - you can get prices on there and look at any special offers too. They have some cracking offers on now and again.

http://www.paint247.co.uk/

Hope that helps!

dj

What_a_rip_off

Just to add if you are looking for a bit of inspiration regarding colour schemes Dulux have a great iphone app... You can play about with colour schemes for ages with it.

Shanelle

divorcingjack wrote: »

Get yourself down to the local Johnstons Decorator Centre.

They are a professional outlet and the paint is excellent quality - they also mix to ANY colour you like and have a whole wall of colour cards to choose from. If you flutter your eyelashes they'll give you the trade discount too and it works out cheaper than B&Q. They do Leyland and Johnston paints, I think Johnston is a bit more expensive but I've always used Leyland with no problems.

I did our whole house in colour-matched Farrow and Ball colours and they are identical to the colour card on the wall.

This is their website - you can get prices on there and look at any special offers too. They have some cracking offers on now and again.

http://www.paint247.co.uk/

Hope that helps!

dj

That sounds perfect!
There are hardly any near me though,:eek:
and lets just say the taxi isn't up to travel :rotfl:

Darlyd

Shanelle wrote: »

We went to B and Q over the weekend and brought those card colour thingies with the different light dark variations.
Originally she was interested in Pamplona Purple 3 it seemed vibrant enough on the card, but on the 3D tool it seems duller and much less brighter

It's always going to look different on the computer though.

See if they can do you a sample pot.

I am lucky DD is easy when it comes to decor, I am choosing the color muself, The only problem I can forsee is finding an off white with hint of lilac in, that will go lovely with the purple. And I am heading straight for the crayola range. .

You could also get yourself some cheap white and use a dye?

Shanelle

What_a_rip_off wrote: »

Just to add if you are looking for a bit of inspiration regarding colour schemes Dulux have a great iphone app... You can play about with colour schemes for ages with it.

I'll just download it now
Thanks xx

Shanelle

darlyd wrote: »

It's always going to look different on the computer though.

See if they can do you a sample pot.

I am lucky DD is easy when it comes to decor, I am choosing the color muself, The only problem I can forsee is finding an off white with hint of lilac in, that will go lovely with the purple. And I am heading straight for the crayola range. .

You could also get yourself some cheap white and use a dye?

Thanks for the suggestion
But anything technical that includes faffing about is likely to lose me and create a total mess! :eek:
I'd pay simply for convenience :rotfl:x

faerie_girl

Try and get a sample pot of the colour she liked. The colours on a monitor are different to real life.