Wondering how to choose paint colors inside your house? We’re about to do a lot of painting and have found a couple of useful tools. Here are my favorite so far:
Sherwin-Williams Color Visualizer – Has many colors to see on the walls of different rooms in a house
Pottery Barn’s Experience Colors – Allows you to see the Benjamin Moore PB Colors on the Walls in Specific Rooms
Ralph Lauren Paint Your Own – Lets you see their paint in specific rooms
Benjamin Moore Paint – Lets you see walls with different paint colors and create your own scheme
Glidden’s Color Palette – Lets you put different colors on a wall on the screen
Behr Paint- Behr’s paint picker tools.
Even if you prefer one paint brand over another, you can still try these different tools. I found Sherwin-Williams’ tool to be very helpful, yet our painter prefers to use Benjamin Moore.
One tip by my painter is to always consider the floor color and cabinets if it’s a kitchen or bathroom. Those are the items that won’t change. So don’t see the walls on their own when considering the color. See the walls in the context of the items that will remain in the room. We have wood floors and cabinets, so that will have a big affect on making the colors we choose work.
Happy hue hunting!
-Lisa
February 12th, 2012 at 2:14 pm
Quality paint is greatest when it is not messed with. Many people want to prolong the amount of paint they maintain and the quantity they are capable to use paint. But, the quality is lost if the paint is diluted a lot. It is a balancing act. It’s a hard method on how much to actually use after.