F&B Whites?

[Sunisshining12]

Right you F&B experts, I’ve got to get some testers today after a colour disaster. I need a soft white.

Wevet ~ is this grey?
All white ~ is this stark or soft?
Wimborne ~ I think this will be too yellow

Just painted our entire loft room in slipper satin incl ceilings (they are vaulted so didn’t want the join line) It’s awful, looks a muddy green. Gutted after all that work!

There is very little natural light in the room. I even tried Dulux Timeless on a wall to correct it, too yellow!

Please help!

I'm liking the pics Missgin, how lovely your staircase is! Wimborne looks the perfect colour for us!

Imissgin, can I ask who supplied your inner double door (if indeed you fitted it?) I'm looking to do the same....

Ime Wimborne has a green tinge in certain lights. Certainly not all though so you need a tester.
Wevet looks grey next to white but it looks pure white next to grey.
Pointing I think can be very cream.
Generally though all will very depending on light and which colours they are next to.

Without wishing to hi jack - thoughts on a soft white for a room that is west facing? F&B alternatives considered

IMissGin you have given me the worst hall envy. (I have no hallway, front door is straight into sitting room, and my ceilings are low, and my house has all the disadvantages of an old build without the benefit of any original features [weeps quietly]). However, I have been seriously considering painting my kitchen in dropcloth so great to see it in your hall.

edge, my strong advice to you is to pop along to your library and borrow the Farrow & Ball book 'How to decorate'. On pp.80-90 it goes through the neutral families, showing you the undertones and also how to use them together. There's also a brilliant 'Which White?' guide on pp. 96-97 which tells you which white goes with each of their other colours. This will help you get which whites are warm, which cool, etc - which is often hard to tell with the naked eye - and so you can narrow down your choice. I also like looking at the F&B website where, under each paint colour, there are photos of it in real life - it's amazing how different each colour looks in varying lights. Of course, you can also get F&B matched if you don't want to pay their prices.

F&B will also send a consultant to your home to advise you on your whites! But yes, it costs (a couple of hundred I think, refundable when you buy the paint) so it's not something I've ever done, though a (richer) friend did. Her lovely flat is all white, but not just any white, oh no, it's a hand-picked palette of special F&B whites and I must say it looks fabulous.

Edge sorry, the double doors a originally- or at least very old. Long before us. The tiles are new though- I want to say ‘original’ something? The previous owner ripped out anything remotely beautiful 😔

Hi looking to use f & b whites for our living space aswell.

However, I have a toddler so what paint finish would you recommend, does f&b do a wipeable wall paint?

We’re going to use All White in this house as it suits it better, but we used Wimborne White in the last one and I loved it.

Soft bit still clean and not yellow

SoftKitty yes choose modern emulsion rather than estate

Marsha thanks! Will use modern emulsion for the walls..

imissgin what finish did you use on your doors-- it is beautiful. I like that its not shiny but has depth, i can't explain it.

Wimborne is pretty much a true white without the starkness I’d say.
Wevet tips to a cool grey.

Although we’ve also used slipper satin and it tips towards an almost pinky colour, not green at all, so it just shows what light can do!

Estate eggshell is what we used on woodwork

Any thoughts on what White would be best with blue ground and borrowed light?

Solasmum there’s a good section on the website that has colour schemes

blue ground has Wevet

Not sure on the other one

I love this thread.

DH wants strong white (as we've had before in a south facing lounge), but I'm going off the grey trend and want something warmer and more 'period' in our new place (a whopping Victorian place with huge through lounge). It's W facing, and I'm leaning towards Wimborne (or colour match).

Who gets your vote, me or DH?!

Also, has anyone used Peignoir yet????

Great thread.

To the pp who asked about James white, that went pink in our sitting room, so buy a tester!

I have Peignoir on a bookshelf, and am planning on doing my bedroom in it.

Oh Ketzele, is it pink, or greeeeeeeey?

I need a white for a large North facing room. Any recommendations? I want it to be warm but bright?

edge, the bookshelf is definitely pink. The tester on my bedroom wall looks more lilac grey!

Shaded White was a favourite colour in my last place - so soothing lots of Wimborne White too

This place demands a different palette, hopefully will look good

Going for
Dimpse, Strong White, Hague Blue, Purbeck Stone, Cabbage White, Pink Ground and All White

I like hearing what others are using, share away

James White looked green here too, nearly had it

4years how about Wimborne White

@MarshaBradyo does it have a cream undertone to it?