Help with Dulux colours please

[Ginger]

Is anyone knowledgable here about Dulux paint colours? I know its probably a long shot, but thought it might be worth a try before I end up paying $140 an hour for a colour consultant!

When we bought our house it was painted all crazy colours inside- like bright pink and green and orange. gross. we are now renovating and obviously changing the interior colours. it is an old country style home (think 1950s weatherboard) in a bush/country type setting. it definitely needs brightening up and warming up as we live in a cool climate.

originally i was thinking of painting the whole interior Antique White USA, but i just don't know now. DH has already painted a white undercoat as he has been replastering and it just looks so sterile and cold to me (i realise the undercoat is a different white, but still, its just kinda put me off the white look).

i have tried a couple of cream sample pots and they look kinda orangey apricoty. weird.

has anyone got any suggestions for me? also, are feature walls dagga these days?

TIA

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

I could ask DP for you (he's not home though) he does maintenance on new homes (think big companies) so knows quite a few color ranges.

We have a nice cream we painted in that is quite nice, it's warm & easy on the eye. Not sure of the name or brand though!


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[Mems89]

Does it have to be Dulux?
I love Smoke Pearl by Solver or even Kitty Grey. Perhaps you could get Dulux to colour match?
We are painting our whole house with Smoke Pearl when it's finished being built. We currently have it in the house we are in right now.

[little_O]

I work(Ed) with interior selections and to be honest the most versatile warm white is solver intermezzo. It seems to adjust to any furnishings and complement it beautifully.

Depending on the depth of colour you want I would go full strength on the walls and half strength on the ceiling and architraves and skirting. If you want it a bit lighter go Half walls and quarter ceiling etc.

Hth

[little_O]

Oh and don't get dulux to colour match intermezzo... Did that once and it doesn't work.

If it has to be dulux let me know and I'll send through some other suggestions

[Ginger]

dh loves dulux and basically refuses to do any other paint.
I've never heard of that brand that you mentioned. is it more expensive? do they have it at bunnings?

[Ginger]

just googled it and that colour is awesome. tell me more!!!

[little_O]

dh loves dulux and basically refuses to do any other paint.
I've never heard of that brand that you mentioned. is it more expensive? do they have it at bunnings?

Silver and dulux are the two main brands that builders use. Not sure what bunnings stocks... If you check the solver website they should give you a list of their colour centers. I also recommend buying a few little sample pots of any colors you consider and try them on a patch of left over plasterboard. Can make a massive difference in a rooms lighting.

Dulux chalk USA is also popular.

Tbh I would try the intermezzo though from the sounds of what you want. I think solver may actually be a bit cheaper.

When I get a chance I'll check my swatches for you what colour furniture do you have?

[Mems89]

The other option would be a warm grey based paint then. Solver parchment is nice.

Parchment is too pinky in my opinion.

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[LuluHB]

We have Dulux "whites" throughout our house. The majority of our living areas are Whisper White - walls, skirtings, doors, cornices, everything. Its a great foil for everything else like artwork, photos etc. We have very pale tile floors but rich jarrah furniture and in our family room a wall that has a gas "log" fire and the wall is a strong dark red (not traffic light red). The blinds on the windows are the same colour in a natural linen fabric. I love the whisper white because you sort of look past it all and feel like you're not contained by walls - we have views over heaps of trees, our garden and pool area and then the golf course. It also makes everything look enormous

In our formal lounge/library we have hogsbristle - an extremely popular Dulux colour. It is darker and warmer.

In our bedroom we have Ecru, which is my favourite. Its a very warm, subtle colour so you could easily use it throughout (I do regret not using it some days) that has enough depth so you don't feel like you're looking at cold, white walls but enough neutrality so that it doesn't overpower anything else.

Grey based tones are very in at the moment but IMO they are far colder than a warm white.

HTH

[Ginger]

thanks for your help everyone

i'm not a fan of hogs bristle (i call it hogs breath i find it too beige.

ecru is nice, i was actually considering that for the exterior

i spoke to dh and he his happy for me to go get some sample pots of solver. i will check out intermezzo, smoke pearl and grey kitty (we actually have a grey kitty cat called KitKat)

[Olive]

Ginger if you use the colour consultant, you get about $80 back if ou buy Dulux paint.
We used one when we painted our exterior, we figured if we were spending so much painting we'd want it right.

[Ginger]

i know... i just also know that dh can be super fussy and might not agree with what the colour consultant says and then it is a total waste iykwim?

I'm actually leaning towards some solver colours now. going to head down to the solver shop next week and get some pamphlets and sample pots

[Floweryfields]

I would go with the antique/off white and colour the rooms up with soft furnishings. If you want something slightly warmer, you could do a 3/4 tint of the next colour up - so not quite so dark, but not as light as the next shade on the sampler iykwim.

[DANNIIM]

We have whisper white in our house too and it goes well with our dark wood furniture and choc couch. We also tried out the whisper white colour in the tau mans paint and the taubmans paint is a nicer finish.

[Ginger]

this is so confusing! doing my head in.

dh wants to take the antique white and get a tint put in it (cos he has 15litres of it and is a tighta**e) so i need to pick a dulux colour.

little o- would you say that dulux chalk usa is the closest to intermezzo?

[Beach Mama]

DH is a builder and all they use on all houses is Whisper White. Good luck choosing - so tricky!

[AnyDream]

Ginger, we've got Solver all through our house, it's really good, durable paint. Trying to find the colour chip to remember the name, ours is a very very light cream, doesn't hang out at all, with the doors all done in a half-tint.