Paint experts, is there such a thing as a 'nice pink'?

[midnightexpress]

I have a bathroom with black and white tiles on the floor and part of the walls. I want to paint the rest of the walls paleish pink. But I have never found a really good pink. By which I mean something that would not be found on the walls of a 3-year old girl's room. A classy pink. Perhaps vaguely Germoliney? I am an F&B kind of a gal.

It's an internal bathroom, if that makes a difference.

TIA.

[midnightexpress]

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[herethereandeverywhere]

Middleton Pink is F&B. Classic soft pink, Germoliney but it is a "clean" pink, with a white base, no duskiness to it.

[midnightexpress]

Oh that sounds good. Thanks. I'll have a look at that. I think that duskiness, lovely as it is, might just look a bit dirty in an internal room.

[LemonDifficult]

Midnight, I've just done it. Here's my Pink Crisis Thread

I'm going to try to work oout how to upload a photo. The painter finished today.

[totallyshoeless]

Middleton Pink is a beautiful pink but it is what I have used for DD's room (she is 5). It is a gorgeous colour in there - a very true pink and perfect for a little girl without being garish - but I think it may not be what you are after.
In searching for it I found Shrimp Pink Little Greene and Pink Ground F&B which could be more suitable?

[midnightexpress]

Thanks all. I'll have to get some samples. I tried about 10 different pinks in a room in an old flat and just couldn't get it right. It ended up green iirc. It's comforting to know that it's not just me that finds pink a difficult colour to get right. It's just as well I don't have girls. I'm such a paint nazi, the poor children would be whimpering in a corner, begging me for magnolia.

Lemondifficult, are you pleased with the end result?

[LemonDifficult]

I've put a photo on my profile page so you can have a look. The room looks darker in the photo, in RL it's much more airy. I wouldn't call it paleish, though, if that's a criteria.

I'm pleased with the wall colour, just a bit annoyed at myself for painting the woodwork in F&B's Wimborne White. It's fine, I just feel I should have gone for it a bit more and made the woodwork colour more interesting.

Also, if I was doing it again I'd get samples of Sanderson's Fire Pink and Inkwood, both are less orange than the computer screen shows I think.

[LemonDifficult]

(To explain, I'd booked the painter before I'd chosen the colour hence not experimenting with the woodwork or more samples)

[midnightexpress]

Ooooh it's luverly - and what a sweet little window!

The dark isn't a problem per se - it's currently quite a dark purple colour (Tyrian Rose, iirc). I just saw a lovely black and white bathroom with pink walls and a bright turquoise chair in a magazine, which looked fabulous. But I think it would need to be quite a light pink to get that look, iyswim.

[LemonDifficult]

Sounds fab. I looked again at the Sanderson card after I posted (I think they have the best range of pinks atm) and French Rose [http://www.sanderson-uk.com/paint-range.aspx here]] might fit the bill. Lighter, but definitely pink without being ballet.

[midnightexpress]

Yes I noticed that one too as a possibility.

Obv, when DP gets back from his camping trip he'll no doubt go at the prospect of a pink bathroom, but since he a. has gone on a camping trip and b. won't be doing the painting, he'll just have to trust me on this.

[LemonDifficult]

Think Pink, and don't be talked down from it. Others may go Duck Egg Blue, but they're just too pure to be Pink.

Keep us posted on how it goes.

[SaggyHairyArse]

I painted the lounge in my old house pink, it was gorgeous! It was just called 'pink' by B & Q, I used matt paint. I had wooden floors, navy furniture and it was lovely (my current decor is beige and I hate it!).

[ladyasriel]

oooh that Sanderson pink is a beauty. [loves emoticon]

[minipie]

Laura Ashley don't have a big range but they do a few nice pinks.

Sanderson's French Rose looks lovely.