Pale Cream Paint

[Nearlyadoctor]

We’re having the kitchen redecorated in a couple of weeks and I want a very pale cream paint for the walls. Nothing with too much of a yellow tinge.
The cupboards doors are a very pale sage and I ordered an Emma Bridgewater polka blind so that’s a cream base.
Any recommendations ??

You can't tell until you put some samples on the walls because the type of light in the room will make a difference. Buy some samples, paint on paper and blutak the pieces around the room.

You could try Portland Stone Pale and French Grey Pale from the green toned neutrals by Little Greene https://www.littlegreene.com/paint/colour/neutral-paint-colours

Farrow & Ball have a wide range of whites/neutrals - go for the modern emulsion in the kitchen as the estate emulsion isn't as washable.

Some of the cream paints available have a slight pink tinge, rather than yellow.

Also, if the colour you want doesn't have a wipe-down finish, a coat of decorator's varnish over the paint is very useful.

Try the Heritage Range by Dulux
They have some excellent colours, and Dulux is the best paint you can buy.

My husband is a decorator and will tell anyone who'll listen that the F&B paint doesn't have the same coverage and durability.

I like First Light by Little Greene. Not yellow or pink toned, just a nice clean, but warmish cream.

The thing I find with F&B (and particularly with Little Greene) is the high quality pigments mean you can do touching up without it showing. I've found Dulux fades more quickly so the touch-up shows. I'd agree that F&B Estate Emulsion isn't as durable but their Modern Emulsion and water-based Eggshell lasts for years.

What really put me off Dulux was when I painted my conservatory a very dark blue I used 5 coats and it still wasn't dense enough, still patchy. So when I did my bedroom a dark green, I used Little Greene and it only took 3 coats to get complete, deep coverage.

I've used Valspar before and find them quite good for deep colours but I haven't tried the Dulux Heritage range, which does sound better than their standard paint.

F&B paints don't discolour as badly as many others. A friend of mine painted frescoes all over his house. He did the first one using Crown, and then swore never again because when he moved the furniture around, he found that the colour behind the furniture was darker than that which had been exposed to the light.

We had F&B up our staircase, and slapped on endless touch-ups when the DC were small.

Their water-based gloss, however, is - or was -fucking terrible.

I love ‘Pointing’ by F&B, I get it colour matched at Johnstones and it’s perfect.

Timeless by dulux is a lovely light cream, not too yellowy.