Help with Dulux colours please

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 :)

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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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.

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

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

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?

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

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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?

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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?

you are such a legend. thanks so much for your help.
we have brown leather couches and lots of dark wood- tables etc.

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

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

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Parchment is too pinky in my opinion.

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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

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) :)

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.

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 :)

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.

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.

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?

We renovated our last house and used china white ( which had the slightest palest green in the white if that makes sense) our furniture sounds like yours and people used to compliment us on the wall colours lol. We used beige royal in the kitchen just to change things a bit. It's so hard as the sample you paint changes when you do a whole wall!

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

We used beige royal on the door trims/skirting boards I think in the half and to slice it up we have painted a feature wall in the lounge and our bedroom with sheer passion it's a nice red/brown which goes well with the furniture. I think the white you have will go well as long as you dress it up whether you use painting or something similar.

G, we have only ever used Solver paints on our house and Dulux is too expensive for what it is, considering that it is just paint. We can't fault the colour of the quality of the paint at all.

dh went to bunnings this morning and they said he could take the antique white in there and add some other colour to it, which is good. now, just to pick the colour.....
I'm actually liking the look of pastry half.

Pastry is an orange based paint, is that ok for you? Just though you mentioned you didn't like peachy before.
Is your antique white the dulux antique white USA? I do think that looks good in a full strength. Other options are
Chalk USA
White swan
Off white

i think pastry is too orange too, but dh likes it.
yes it is dulux antique white usa.
what is the difference between the antique white and the whites you mentioned?
i am really looking for a rich creamy colour.
thanks for all your help by the way! i really appreciate it.

White swan is a more like antique white, off white and chalk are a little more creamy.
I don't think you'll go wrong with antique white, maybe warm it up with a warm creamy brown based paint as a feature wall?

How'd you go ginger?

no further yet!
still trying to get dh to paint a sample of the antique white on the wall so i can see what it looks like.
also have samples here of magnolia and hogs breath half here that i want to see on the wall. must get on dh's back about it tonight! lol

We have done a couple of renovations. The colour we choose was Dulux Fair Bianca. It's a soft creamy white. If you want a stronger cream colour, Lamarque is the same tint at double the strength of Fair Bianca. We have used that too. I found both colours go really nicely with our mainly wood furniture & brown couches. We found out later that my brother had also painted his house in Fair Bianca. My parents have since painted their house in the same colour.

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We have done a couple of renovations. The colour we choose was Dulux Fair Bianca. It's a soft creamy white. If you want a stronger cream colour, Lamarque is the same tint at double the strength of Fair Bianca. We have used that too. I found both colours go really nicely with our mainly wood furniture & brown couches. We found out later that my brother had also painted his house in Fair Bianca. My parents have since painted their house in the same colour.

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Fair Bianca is nice :)

I live in a very old 100 plus farm house. Huge ceilings etc. When my MIL did up the lounge she used Dulux Pale Tendril on the walls and antique white fir the trims. It is a green colour. She went full strength but i really like it half or quarter.

Good luck picking colours is so hard. My Dh doesn't help as he's colour blind

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that sounds lovely megs. i will check that green out.

rowellen- i have actually thought of getting a sample pot of lamarque. might add it to my list

Deluxe - Hogs Bristle 3/4.

You can always add coded or taupe feature walls later if you wants too.... Hogs Bristle is a very popular base colour for many current new homes - tends to work with everything.

Good luck.

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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.

Dh is loving the solver intermezzo so I think that's what we'll end up doing

Just to be annoying.....


Have you checked out grey pebble? We have it 1/4 strength on wall and 1/2 on arcs and doors in a gloss. Our house is only 4 months old.... the decorator chose it because it is a grey tone (whats "in" atm) instead of a yellow one. Our house is a cold one but we find the colour nice and warm and inviting. It also goes really well with dark furniture :)

righto, thought i'd update this post. just went and got the antique white tinted to hogs bristle half- the man in the dulux shop kindly did it for free! yah! i think he took pity on me as ds2 pulled his pants off and ran around the shop.
hopefully it will look good :)

Let us know how it's goes, sounds like a good combo. I'm still trying to decide on our playroom colours


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