Hello everyone!
I’m facing a tough choice when it comes to interior paint colors.
Pinterest offers lots of beautiful color palettes that I like. Unfortunately, most of them come from an American supplier. Their website also has a nice online tool where you can simulate how the colors look in different rooms, in both artificial and natural light. Of course, it’s just a simulation, but for me, it’s much more helpful than the paint swatches from the hardware store.
Is there a reliable way to communicate the colors from this American brand to my painter so they can accurately mix them? The website provides RGB and Hex values as well as LRV, but I don’t think these are precise enough to define the color properly.
The usual RAL color fan decks commonly available here are all too bright for me. I’m looking for colors with a very high white content, finely toned. I’m not really making progress. Does anyone have any advice?
I’m facing a tough choice when it comes to interior paint colors.
Pinterest offers lots of beautiful color palettes that I like. Unfortunately, most of them come from an American supplier. Their website also has a nice online tool where you can simulate how the colors look in different rooms, in both artificial and natural light. Of course, it’s just a simulation, but for me, it’s much more helpful than the paint swatches from the hardware store.
Is there a reliable way to communicate the colors from this American brand to my painter so they can accurately mix them? The website provides RGB and Hex values as well as LRV, but I don’t think these are precise enough to define the color properly.
The usual RAL color fan decks commonly available here are all too bright for me. I’m looking for colors with a very high white content, finely toned. I’m not really making progress. Does anyone have any advice?
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hampshire2 Sep 2020 18:12chand1986 schrieb:
Use color as an eye-catcher on one wall.I personally prefer art for that. With color accents, it becomes difficult to hang or place anything else.chand1986 schrieb:
On large surfaces, colors always appear stronger than on the paint sample.Good point!
Yep. I can only confirm that.
Without appropriate hardware and color management, choosing colors online is a shot in the dark.
One small tip:
Don’t select colors under poor artificial lighting!
High-quality light sources with a high Color Rendering Index (CRI) of 90+ are recommended for home use, so you can truly enjoy the colors in the evening as well.
Without appropriate hardware and color management, choosing colors online is a shot in the dark.
One small tip:
Don’t select colors under poor artificial lighting!
High-quality light sources with a high Color Rendering Index (CRI) of 90+ are recommended for home use, so you can truly enjoy the colors in the evening as well.
Individual feature walls are really not my style. I basically have a clear idea of the direction I want to go—very subtle and background-oriented in terms of color. But my main concern is how to maintain those colors here in Germany. Most of what you find at hardware stores is already too strong for my taste. And I somehow lack the right "reference point" to communicate to our painter the exact shade and lightness I have in mind. Maybe I should just bring some example photos. I’m not sure.
kati1337 schrieb:
Most of what you find "at the hardware store" is already quite strong.I don’t understand, since you can have any color mixed to order, either bold or pastel.Pinky0301 schrieb:
I don’t understand, you can have any color mixed that exists. In bold or pastel shades. But how do I explain exactly what I want if I find my sample colors only online? Or more precisely, if I don’t know any German equivalents?
An example.
This image shows the entire color spectrum of a (US) manufacturer. I’m only interested in the part that I highlighted, roughly speaking. Maybe also a few colors from the tiles directly next to it.
If I click on a single color in the highlighted tile, a selection window opens with dozens of colors – they all look nice, but if I choose one from here, how do I then explain to my painter exactly what to mix? I only have a digital image and an RGB code.
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