Comments on: color help!

By: Alessandro

Alessandro — Wed, 10 May 2006 18:05:00 +0000

watch far from heaven for some fantastic color schemes or flip through Anna Starmer’s Colour Scheme Bible for the right colors to offset your yellow-green.

By: ahr

ahr — Tue, 09 May 2006 22:28:00 +0000

I used BM Pear Green on some living room walls of my upstate cabin and it looks great next to the wood paneling on the other walls.

By: Amber

Amber — Tue, 09 May 2006 19:09:00 +0000

We just got some lovely danish modern furniture from Baxter & Liebchen in Brooklyn http://www.baxterliebchen.com
and it means that my mister is finally ready to use a little color. We’ve been looking for something that would go with our new rosewood dining table, chairs, and wall unit, but also harmonize with our kitchen cabinets that are visible from the room, in that typical “honey oak” color, and the flooring, also more of a golden color. We were looking at the following Ben Moore:
Classic: Corn Husk #307
Color Preview: Oriole 2169-30, Ocean Spray 2047-60, Shore House 2047-50

Another thing we’ve done is get a veneer sample book (I work at an architectural firm, but I’m sure you could find a source) and take the chips that match our woods so that we have more flexibility in looking at it all – for example, if you want to look at your wood in a friends apartment, where they’ve painted, and check out what you think of the color…

Another thing about paint (and how relatively easy it is to change) is to talk to your paint store in advance and see if they can do a tinted glaze for you. If you end up with a color that’s just almost there, but needs just a hair more yellow/blue/tone down with gray, you just apply the clear tint over it. I did that a lot when painting sets, and not only is it very adjustable, it gives an added depth to the color without being an “artistic” finish.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 09 May 2006 18:41:00 +0000

While I would like to make suggestions for BM colors I will stop myself so as not to abondon myself to anyone who asks for help and insted offer this. Paint is one of the easiest things to change if you don’t like the color you choose/chose and people often get anxious about color exclaiming they are affraid of choosing the wrong ones. Color has an emotional impact like all things and that is why you see so much beige in interior design because it is neutral/safe. Color is meant to be fun and if using it at this particular time is not then wait, because every little thing’s gonna be all white,

Nicholas.

By: rebbermade

rebbermade — Mon, 08 May 2006 23:27:00 +0000

Check out Amy Ruppel’s blog (May 4th). Her living room was just re-painted by a friend in a “While You Were Out” sort of event and the color seems to be very similar to the plate in the photo you posted. You could at least find out what that color is/brand/etc. and paint stores will usually match other brand’s colors without too much fuss.

Good luck!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 08 May 2006 16:53:00 +0000

pop that photo into Photoshop… convert to INDEXED color, then export the COLOR TABLE. it will give you can have it give you the 8, 16, 256, (etc) number of prevailing colors in the photo.