While this is desirable in certain instances and necessary in some (you’d be brave to paint a kitchen or bath in flat paint), the paint color will surely be tinted by the reflected type of light. Rule of thumb is the higher the luster the less reliable results trying to achieve the true hue. One last thing to consider that is often overlooked is sheen (flat, eggshell, satin, semi-gloss etc). Summary: LED, not fluorescent, bulb that is warm white (3000k is my favorite) putting out no more than 7 watts will help you reclaim the love you had for your paint choice. Too powerful and will wash out any paint color. An LED of 9+ watts will feel like you’ve come out of a cave and stepped onto the sun itself. You may think soft white is the reasonable choice but soft white still pulls from the bluish Kelvin range. Ugh! I have found that if it’s not a smart LED bulbs with customizable white light settings (preferred and cheap on Amazon) then I always opt for warm white. The latest LED bulbs are now available in the lower spectrum without looking like the copper tones street lights in residential neighborhoods. However most incandescent bulbs are in the 2700-3500 range which is a much warmer golden light. They typically emit light in the 4500-6000 Kelvin range which is a pure white to bluish white. To those taking issue with SW Sea Salt or any other color “changing” based on angle, the most likely culprit for this is the use of high efficiency light bulbs. Now to get this to all work together with the Shaker Beige with Cloud White trim throughout the rest of the house!!! (insert smile emoji) and am going to note down your colour combos. This bathroom is soooo small or else I would paint the cabinet Hall Navy!! In the master ensuite, I really have this etched in my brain…. Perhaps just leave the door white painted in a beautiful soft white? There is a lot going on already! But… I am going to go for sea salt in our small upstairs bathroom! Painting out the cabinets BM’s Cotton Balls (we already have a large can of it I can use) going for white cabinets and a light or white countertop. The Soffits and eaves, a column and our rain downspout are also this teal colour. We have black railings on our porch, darker sandy/grey colour floor on the porch, and we have some rock work beside the teal trim which has charcoal and grey colours with a hint of the sandy colour of the siding. How would sea salt look with this? Or would something like BM’s Sea Salt be a better choice. The trim colour is a darker version of Agean Teal. Our house, cira 2003, has sand colour siding and teal trim. Great post!!! Trying to find a colour for my front door as it needs a much needed lick of paint.
0 kommentar(er)
