Down a F&B rabbit hole... please help!

[MunsteadWood]

Wanting to get our little 2 bed painted, with a view to (hopefully) moving house in a year or so. Got a few quotes but all much higher than I expected so have been planning to do it myself/with DH.

Having started out saying I didn't really mind about colours (we plan to move pretty soon so just want to look clean and neat), I've ended up covering in various testers of F&B colours, none of which are quite right... have been looking at greyish neutrals eg Cornforth White, Ammonite, Skimming Stone etc although all feel a bit cold.

I've just had a text from one of the companies we got a quote from to say they could do it much cheaper (like, half the price) if we agreed for them to decorate using paint they've got leftover from another job - White Tie, Off White and Clunch. It's a tempting offer but I've not tested any of these. From looking at the colour chart they all look a bit yellow.....

Anyone got these colours in their house and can comment? I am sure DH will say just to go with it (which is probably sensible if colours reasonably uncontroversial) but I'm nervous about ending up with colours I hate!

If you go on the F&B website and click onto individual paint colours, they post customers photos of how the colours look n their homes. It's a really useful feature because you get to see how the colour varies with different lights and in different spaces.

I like clunch. Maybe those colours were used in the same room? They would work, possibly.

I haven't used the other colours but we have White Tie in our bathroom with brown tiles (sounds horrible but is really nice!) I'd say it's very neutral but would probably have a yellow base to it as it's a warm neutral.

Not sure if you made a decision but go on Instagram and put in #clunch and so on there's loads on there to see how they look. I had clunch in my previous house and loved it. I'd definitely take him up on the offer especially if you aren't planning on being there forever.

F&B is terrible quality imo. Very much an emperors new clothes situation. Its so hard to get it on without direction roller marks if the light hits it, it takes a heap of coats, peels off like anything even with low tack masking tape and if you get a mark, you can't just touch up that spot as you get a shiny patch. You have to paint the whole wall. We have very light and very dark f&b in our house currently and I wouldn't have it again if you paid me. The decorators who did some of our house also complained about how awful it was to use. I'd get a colour match to the colour you like in a valspar or something. And if you want to spend more Little Greene is much better than f&B :)