Hallway colour crisis

DD loves it. So it's a 50 50 split.

Yes, op might do the work herself, but there's still costs involved.

It would be better to discuss and find a compromise, like leave it for a month to see if it grows on her. Rather than making a unilateral decision

You can make any colour look great with accessories. Nice family prints, matching frames. Plants and coordinating textiles.

I know it doesn’t help now, but I usually go a shade lighter than I like, as when painted in a large space, colours often darken. You’ll get used to it, it’s nice!

You can try your luck with Brewers but they usually have some disclaimer about it not matching.

Painters World online are brill. I always use them - order Dulux Trade Vinyl Matt Tinted Colour, then just type in “Farrow and Ball Tailor Tack” and they will colour match it for half the price of F&B, but for a great quality paint.

If you order by 1pm(I think) it’ll arrive next day. Never let me down!

Of course it’s not the same colour on the iPad. The colours you will see online and on the chart near no real relation to the actual colours.

Having seen the photo you posted, it definitely looks lilac. So disappointing after all your hard work.

For what it’s worth, I think the F&B Tailor Tack is a much ‘cleaner’ pink, and, tbh, the cost is worth it. I used F&B in my kitchen over 12 years ago, and it doesn’t fade at all. I had to repaint a few bits over the years, and there’s absolutely no difference in the colour. I think that’s good value.

I haven't seen it mentioned yet, but I only recently discovered peel and stick paint samples. The paint has already been painted on paper for you, and you can stick it on the wall and remove again. Much easier than buying sample pots, painting a patch or paper yourself to then try to stick on the wall.

Several companies sell them, and often cheaper than a sample pot. Strangely, I ordered some from brewers last week online and only 85p each compared to a sample pot which was I think £3.50. One colour I tried was Fondant: 'Fondant is a warm, pastel pink with great versatility.'
https://www.brewers.co.uk/product/AA501190/fondant. The sample I have is a pale pink and looks similar to what you wanted. I hope you get it sorted.

Dear me, 5 days of annual leave to make it look like the waiting area in a community health centre. It sounds like the paint got made up incorrectly.

Tailor Tack may even be too strong and bear in mind you will be painting it on pink not white which will affect the shade.

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I can absolutely see all of that taking 5 days especially if you had to stop at 3:30! It's very time consuming! It takes me absolutely forever to do decorating and I'm currently putting off doing our hall because of how much work it is. You've done a great job. Maybe the colour will grow on you? It's not awful. But if you really hate it then sadly I think it will be another couple of coats of something else on top 😣

You're showing yourself up now using such misogynistic language. Plus, everyone else thought the same. You've now added on the extra work, which explains the time taken but your original post didn't.

The other 3 members of the family don’t like it though, and assuming the OP is willing to do the redecorating herself, why should his opinion take priority over everyone else’s?

I agree with the posters recommending Johnstone's Decorating Centre online for replicating colours of expensive heritage brands. I look at Little Greene and then match up a colour. For walls we use their more expensive version and it goes on beautifully. Still half the price of the posh brands.

No he hasn’t made it up wrong it’s just that live paint colours look nothing like the photos or charts as posters have said.

You must use testers to paint the darkest and lightest corners.

As a general rule you need a couple of shades lighter than the one you think you want on the chart, unless you’re painting the exterior when it goes the other way.

If you do that, and the colour doesn't match, then you will have to repaint.

Considering DH likes it, and doesn't want to redecorate, do you really want to force his hand like that?

YABU. Lighting makes all the difference. I had Dulux blossom white years ago in one of my daughter’s bedrooms. It looked like the colour chart, not like your photograph.
You cannot mix the same shades with cheaper paint as you can with more expensive paints. It is due to the more expensive pigments used.

Decorating 101 - colours (even pale ones) always look significantly darker once the full wall/room is done. Pick a shade you like, then take it down in saturation by at least 3 shades to get what’s actually in your mind. Coupled with this being in a small, presumably a bit shadowy hallway, you’re going to magnify that problem.

In this case, especially given you said the shop mixed the paint, I’d definitely compare a proper dulux sample chart to your wall to check if they made the right colour. If they didn’t, I’d be going back for a free replacement. Of course that doesn’t account for your wasted time unfortunately.

Have you tried painting a bit of the sample colour and then a bit from the big pot next to each other on some paper to see whether they did the colour match incorrectly?

Could you go back to the shop with some photos and say the correct colour wasn't made up? They should make you up the new correct colour free of charge, I would have thought.

Hopefully it won't take as.long to repaint, as it sounds as if all the other work is done.

Looks lilac to me. Just a very pale lilac. It has more blue undertones than red i think.

Taylor Tack looks much pinker.
The thing is you have done the long winded bit with all your prep, op. So not timed wasted. Is it possible you can go and just buy a colour match and whack a couple of coats on at the weekend?

The online decorating centre are great at colour marching and giving advice.

That's very lilac and if you fancied Tailor Tack not even slightly close. I have TT on one wall in my bedroom and it is very very pale. Almost unnoticeable. I have taken some pictures for you so you can see what it looks like.

Johnstones do good farrow and ball copies. Leave it a while, then change it. Maybe a pink /neutral. Coat do good ones and a paint shop can do a good copy. My whole house is done in copies of expensive paints and they look pretty good.

Also The Paint Shed has given me good colour matches to F&B

And that’s ok, we don’t all have to agree on everything.
Back to paint colours… Decorating Centre Online are really good for mixing copies of Farrow and Ball colours. I use them for all of my paint.