Painting a north and west-facing room with very green reflected light

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Our kitchen is as above -- all the light which comes in is reflected from grass and trees, and I think this is creating a greenish effect. We tried to paint it a very pale buttery yellow, but the light has turned it a bit dingy and acidic all at once so we're going to do it all again. Are there any easy tips on how to deal with greenish light? We did do testers before on multiple walls, but this issue only really becomes apparent with a big area, I think.

I have the same problem in my hallway.The only colour i found that looks nice with green light is F&B Dorset Cream.

Thanks Teta, I'll check it out. I never thought about this being a problem.

In our last house our conservatory was North-East facing with lots of surrounding greenery, but it did get quite a lot of sun in the morning, so not quite the same as your kitchen.

We used F&B String, which looked really good, not acidic or dingy at all, even when the room was in shade in the afternoon.

Thanks P, I'll check it out!

CAn't you embrace green? F&B Cooking apple looks excellent in our Noorth facing tree/grass reflecting room - it is very restful. GOes well with pine and a Swedish vibe.

Yes, I think that's what we should do. We did try a green tester, and it looked horrid, so we gave in rather easily and didn't perserve. Trying other greens is probably the answer. I think we thought that finding the right green would be hard, and that we couldn't go wrong if we tried to brighten it up in the short term (clearly we were incorrect about that!). The trouble is that it's a small and awkward kitchen, the least uplifing room in the house. We've renovated everywhere else but the kitchen is getting a cosmetic job until we can afford to knock it down and extend. Units are birch effect, with black work surfaces. We were trying not to spend out on F&B but I'll try anything now.

Perserve? Persevere.

Hearts if you dont want to shell out on F&B paint for a temporary kitchen then just get it colour matched - Beckers paint is good as you can get an exact match with it and it has a nice matt finish.

Thanks P, I know people do this. I find it hard to overcome my feeling that it's naughty but DP is more shameless than I so perhaps I should send him .