Neutral Greige Pink Paint

CasaCroft8

Hello

As per the title I'm searching for a really barely pink, but still pink, greige-esque neutral pink paint. It's going to be painted in a large room. I'm having trouble finding what I'm looking for. I tried a lot of cards at Valspar, but I found they were all looking too purple under the lights. Maybe it was just my eyes. 

Does anyone have any suggestions as I'm open. Or any other really beautiful colours that might give the same adult, relaxing but not too feminine vibes. I've not got the biggest budget. But their's always colour matching...right?

twopenny

Find some fabric or printed paper in the colour you want.

Then take a sample around with you.

It worked well for me.

Or trawl the internet to see if you can find the colour on a site for decorating, not just paints. It won't print out right but you may fall lucky with the mention of the colour.

A word of advice. When you paint a unique colour you won't be able to touch up as it will darken on the walls or in the pot and finding exactly the same will be nearly impossible. From one who's been there, done that

Doozergirl

I think Farrow & Ball Peignoir might tick the box, if not on the first, certainly on the second.  I've used it in several houses, including our own bedroom in our last house and it's not the sort of thing that anyone objects to.  

https://www.farrow-ball.com/en-gb/paint-colours/peignoir?

if you look at the colour schemes when you scroll down, it appears differently depending on what colours you place it with.  

twopenny

That's a point.

It can change depending on the aspect of the room too - ie N,S,E,W.

ComicGeek

Doozergirl said:

I think Farrow & Ball Peignoir might tick the box, if not on the first, certainly on the second.  I've used it in several houses, including our own bedroom in our last house and it's not the sort of thing that anyone objects to.  

https://www.farrow-ball.com/en-gb/paint-colours/peignoir?

if you look at the colour schemes when you scroll down, it appears differently depending on what colours you place it with.  

That's lovely - we've used the F&B Calamine before, very similar but I think I like your one more

https://www.farrow-ball.com/paint-colours/calamine

ka7e

F and B paints are lovely in that they change according to the lighting/aspect etc in a room - but their pinks can change to mauve or peach, even on different walls in the same room. I have a N-facing bedroom that has just open sky opposite (no brickwork on buildings or trees) and I must have sampled 15-20 "pinks" in it. Blue light from outside brought out lilac/mauve undertones in nearly every one. Greige tones went grey/blue and even green.

In the end I went for a true pink (B & Q Kyoto), which is very much like Calamine but with no undertones.

Le_Kirk

When checking colours, take a sheet of paper and cut out a hole about 1" (2.5 cm) square in the middle; place this over whatever you are looking at and it gives the brain/eye a more true colour.  I was given this tip at an art class - it really works.

CasaCroft8

Brilliant thanks so much for all these tips. I'm definitely going to take a look at F&B Peignoir too. 

bbat

Def worth trying testers on walls so you know what it looks like in different light as F&B changes so much (which is what is fun about it!). You could try Dulux Pumice Brown, slightly pink. 

Rosa_Damascena

CasaCroft8 said:

Brilliant thanks so much for all these tips. I'm definitely going to take a look at F&B Peignoir too. 

I'm not sure F&B should be at the top of your list if you're on a budget! Look at the colour by all means, but in your position I'd be price matching for something much more affordable.

phoebe1989seb

We have used both F&B and Little Greene extensively in our last few houses and love both for slightly different reasons. F&B has a depth of colour and rich chalkiness that cheaper paints just can't compete with, imho, whilst LG has the better coverage requiring less coats, I feel.

We tried Peignoir in our master bedroom, but found it a bit too *lilac* in our old property with small windows/not much natural light. In the end we opted for LG Roman Plaster which is a pinky beige, leaning more towards beige. This is perfect for the look we wanted to achieve.

In our brighter family bathroom we chose F&B Setting Plaster which actually looks much paler in our space than on the colour chart.

We found that when trades colour matched to both F&B and LG (on new timber windows in both cases), the results were disappointing....