Although, they been good to me. Say goodbye to yellow tone walls.
Saying goodbye isn’t always easy.
I will always have a love for yellow. It’s happy, it’s bright, cheerful and makes you smile. No doubt about that. However, we have had yellow walls going on over 12 years between this home and our Florida home. I am yellowed out. Not to mention, it photographs just awful. In person, it looks much prettier than what the pictures represent.
In fact, I even edit down the tone just so it doesn’t look so in your face yellow.
This is our family room in it’s latest state.
Picking a color for this room is a difficult and daunting task. I am usually very good at picking colors, but this room had me stumped. Finding the perfect color is a little less daunting with the Sherwin Williams Paint color visualizer. I was amazed at the results. I also knew for certain what I did not want. Here are some examples.
Gray area Pallet
Gray is a definite NO. Actually,not because this color even looks half bad. I just don’t care for gray walls, gray hair, gray anything. Then I tried some shades of blue I liked.
Composed Blue pallet… I tried several variations of Blue and they all were a NO.
I then went to the green family. This one was called Sassy green. Sassy it is, but a Yes it is NOT. I decided I would go toward the lighter more neutral colors. This one here is called Antique white
It would appear a slight pink undertone, imo..perhaps it is just my computer screen. So I went and tried some other variations of white undertones. Like this one called Alabaster
This may be too stark white for my liking. I am thinking with all the color we have I never thought I would say a more creamier white color would be in my future. But I am definitely leaning toward lighter and brighter.
(The quality and pixels were lost in my upload, hence they are a bit hazy) You get the gist though.
This last color was probably my favorite choice out of the lot called Colonial revival tan. But do I really want tan?
Due to individual computer monitor limitations, colors seen here may not accurately reflect Sherwin-Williams paint colors.
To confirm color choices, visit your neighborhood Sherwin-Williams store and refer to their in-store color cards.
Decisions, decisions! As you can see picking colors can be a very difficult decision. I am glad this tool is available for us to color compare and help make that commitment. I think I have a lot more playing around to do. I remembered a few years back playing around on this site and I completely forgot about it until my friend Shannon was deciding what paint color to choose for her interior door and she shared examples. You can check it out if you like.
How to pick interior paint door colors without buying samples.
I hope we make the right decision. Some may say it’s only paint, but this room is not that easily corrected once painted. 24 foot ceilings are not that easy I tell you. Not to mention the window treatments have to be taken down and all the wall decor UGH! Wish us luck.
This was not a sponsored post, just something useful I thought I would share with my readers.
Please note, if you go to the color visualizer, and want to save your room, I simply sent myself an email. You will see that tool in the upper right hand corner. Otherwise, you can’t save your room color selections in bulk..at least not that I could figure out.
UPDATE: Family Room final color reveal
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