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Paint Colour? Please look a picture and help me choose from 5 colours.

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mummaemma · 03/08/2013 14:28

Cant decide, i like all of them :-)

Please vote for your favourites.

Top Left: Blue Green Top right: Dix Blue
Middle Left: Lichen Middle Right: Vert De Terre
Bottom: French Grey

Thanks for your help

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LizzyDay · 03/08/2013 14:31

Blue Green or Vert de Terre

I have so been there with these colours, it's hard isn't it! Grin

noddyholder · 03/08/2013 14:34

Lichen

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mummaemma · 03/08/2013 16:40

thankyou, anyone else please.

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MadCap · 03/08/2013 17:01

Lichen

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mummaemma · 03/08/2013 20:39

bump

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onlysettleforbutterflies · 03/08/2013 20:52

Blue green. My sil has similar and it looks great, she gets lots of compliments on it. Good luck..

ggirl · 03/08/2013 20:54

Dix blue or the blue green

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mummaemma · 03/08/2013 20:55

thankyou

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LizzyDay · 04/08/2013 08:04

Can you post a pic of the tiles on the path? Some paint might go better than others with them?

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mummaemma · 04/08/2013 08:38

didnt think of matching it in with the path. thankyou lizzyday.

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LizzyDay · 04/08/2013 09:56

Hmm - sludgy greens maybe better - french grey

noddyholder · 04/08/2013 10:26

I would go with a heritage white with the minton floor. ALl the colours linked are a bit too green for the blue thats in there. Or a sludgy colour like the stone in the tiles?

SalvatoreGirl · 05/08/2013 19:57

Lichen

Alwayscheerful · 05/08/2013 20:05

I am with Noddy.

The bricks are too red for the colours you have chosen (but I love all the colours).

What colour are your roof tiles/slates and do you have a gravel drive or path?

Farrow & Ball recommend certain colours to go with red brick.

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mummaemma · 06/08/2013 11:04

ok now thinking about a grey colour. Saw this. What do you think. It has red brick. The path is concrete but there is gravel path under the front windows. Roof is also reddy/brown.

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MadAboutHotChoc · 06/08/2013 11:11

The blues are better with red brick and go well with your tiles (although I love the sludgy country colours). Hague blue is a lovely one if you want to go dark? Or if there is burgundy in the tiles - how about that?

MadAboutHotChoc · 06/08/2013 11:12

Grey is lovely but does not go with the tiles?

noddyholder · 06/08/2013 11:12

I like that grey one

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mummaemma · 06/08/2013 14:15

i not bothered really about matching the the colour in with the tiles. The tiles are only on the step (1 sq metre and not on the whole path) more important to match with the brick. heres a better picture.

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Alwayscheerful · 06/08/2013 15:26

Ball Green for red brick houses
Castle Gray for yellow stone houses
Elephant's Breath or Bone for grey stone houses
Chappell Green or Berrington Blue for red brick houses in East Anglia

I doubt your house is in east anglia but the brick seems similar

google Chappell Green then click images
google Berrington Blue then click images

MadAboutHotChoc · 06/08/2013 15:45

Your house is very red - roof, bricks etc and a strong colour for the door will look best otherwise a pale coloured door will look washed out. The blue green is as pale as I would go. Try painting a large sheet of paper/cardboard in that colour to put on door and taking a pic of the whole house to see if it will work.

Sludgy greens are for honey coloured bricks.

Greys look great with houses that has a slate coloured roof or has white/grey walls.

Alwayscheerful · 06/08/2013 15:48

I agree madabout Colours loose their intensity outside especially when the sun is shining.

Pick a clour 2 shades darker than you want outside.

Pick a colour 2 shades lighter than you want inside.