Oh fuck. Wanted lilac. Not sure what I've got. Pic included

[BatCrapCrazy]

Soooo I wanted to paint dds room lilac. Went to the paint merchants, showed the man a pic of what I wanted and he gave me a tub of paint and sent me on my way. FIL painted the room today and just sent me a pic. It's a bit ....erm...... Bright.
Fuck

[BatCrapCrazy]

This is what I was going for btw

[BatCrapCrazy]

This is what I was going for btw

[BatCrapCrazy]

This is dds room

[BOFFA]

And what did you end up with?

[BOFFA]

Ah

[cupofsneeze]

Wow

Maybe it will soften once you accessorize!

[MagnificentMaleficent]

That's purple.

[LaurieFairyCake]

That's purple.

How about you have a feature wall of it and paint the rest white?

Alternatively mix it up with white to get a more subdued colour?

Or put posters up

[CatKisser]

What, you showed the paint merchant the first pic and he gave you the paint in the second pic?? They're nothing LIKE similar!! I mean, I love purple, but it's not at all what you asked for!!

[BOFFA]

The first picture is blue though, not lilac. Maybe that's where you went wrong?

[SirNoel]

Ooh right.

Well, that's not lilac! Mind, I would have said your reference pic was blue

[Nightboattocairo]

I think it will be fine once you've got all your bits and bobs in the room. It's lilac, not a pale lilac but lilac. I have similar in my bedroom, Its quite relaxing.

[wantacatplease]

Ahh..."Extreme Lilac" otherwise known as purple.

[Furball]

It looks nice and It'll be fine once you get all the furniture back in

I think it's because it's not what you were expecting.

I did this recently with my hallway - hated it whilst painting it, said to DH we are going to have to get a different paint etc etc, but once all the stuff was put back I now LOVE it.

How old is dd?

[BatCrapCrazy]

I did tell him the pic of what I wanted was blue and he gave me a weird look and said it's lilac. Ahhhh ffs. I don't know what to do now. I've bought all the stuff in the next pic for her room. Will it go?

[BatCrapCrazy]

Will it be a massive ball ache to paint over it in a lighter colour?

[Nightboattocairo]

Yes, it'll go!

[Bowlersarm]

I like it! It'll be toned down a lot once the white furniture is back in.

[BatCrapCrazy]

Dd is 4. She's quite unimpressed lol

[wantacatplease]

I think it will go!

[BatCrapCrazy]

I spoke to DP and he said to put everything in, give it a few weeks and if I'm still not fussed we can wallpaper over it. However, DP is crap at wallpapering and I'm no better so I don't know whether to just cut my losses and paint over it now

[BatCrapCrazy]

I'm praying it dries lighter over night

[mrssmith79]

Don't forget, it'll lighten up as it dries too. It's certainly erm vivid

[BatCrapCrazy]

Vivid be fucked! The poor kid won't be able to sleep it's so frigging bright! Lol

[Finola1step]

It probably will dry lighter over night to become a dark lilac rather than purple [hopeful]

But I think with white accessories and pale pictures or wall stickers, it will look lovely.

Don't forget to leave the paint to dry for 3 weeks at least before applying any wall stickers.