Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Nov 17, 2019 7:20 pm Hi everyone, We want to paint our walls Dulux Antique white USA full strength. Not sure what color to paint ceilings, skirts and doors. Vivid white seems like a very stark contrast but we would like some distinction between walls and other areas. i'm thinking of a few options; •Natural white ceilings, doors and skirts •Antique white USA 1/4 ceilings, doors and skirts •Vivid white ceilings and AWUSA 1/4 doors and skirts? It's very confusing and it's our first build so i have no idea. Does anyone have AWUSA on walls and can you please show pictures of your interior? Thanks!! Re: Paint help please!!! 2Nov 17, 2019 10:23 pm Hira We want to paint our walls Dulux Antique white USA full strength. Not sure what color to paint ceilings, skirts and doors. Vivid white seems like a very stark contrast but we would like some distinction between walls and other areas...It's very confusing and it's our first build so i have no idea. Does anyone have AWUSA on walls and can you please show pictures of your interior? We do, but I'm not sure a photo will show you anything, as whites are very dependent on the light. Anyway, we have full strength AWUSA and our trims and doors are vivid white, and we chose our laminates to match. Let me know what you might like to see. Re: Paint help please!!! 3Nov 17, 2019 10:32 pm Thank you for replying! I would just like to see the contrast between the both colors. I understand lighting and orientation makes a big difference. Any picture of one of your rooms , which captures the contrast between the doors and walls, will do! And what color is your ceiling please? Re: Paint help please!!! 4Nov 20, 2019 3:33 pm We used it on walls - and straight white on ceiling. gloss on other. Looks good. But we're in SEQ - very good light. Re: Paint help please!!! 5Nov 20, 2019 4:20 pm Hira Thank you for replying! I would just like to see the contrast between the both colors. I understand lighting and orientation makes a big difference. Any picture of one of your rooms , which captures the contrast between the doors and walls, will do! And what color is your ceiling please? Sorry, forgot about this. I've taken some pictures showing walls, trims and ceiling (which is ceiling/vivid white), but as predicted, you won’t readily see the contrast in pictures that is very obvious in real life. Plenty of light here too in the Monaro, especially since most of our northern wall is glass. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Paint help please!!! 6Nov 20, 2019 5:41 pm arcadelt Hira Thank you for replying! I would just like to see the contrast between the both colors. I understand lighting and orientation makes a big difference. Any picture of one of your rooms , which captures the contrast between the doors and walls, will do! And what color is your ceiling please? Sorry, forgot about this. I've taken some pictures showing walls, trims and ceiling (which is ceiling/vivid white), but as predicted, you won’t readily see the contrast in pictures that is very obvious in real life. Plenty of light here too in the Monaro, especially since most of our northern wall is glass. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Thanks a lot for the pictures. It's looking very nice in the photos. i have a few further questions. •our house will be north facing. Main living room and kitchen is at the back and will be south facing. not sure we will be getting a lot of light? Does this color look darker when there is more natural light? or does it look darker in dark spaces. •we're considering going with 1/2 strength antique white USA for walls and vivid white for everything else. We will be going for warm yellow lights throughout the house and don't want the walls looking too yellow. So half strength sounded ok. What do you think? Thanks again for the help and photos. Paint help please!!! 7Nov 20, 2019 6:08 pm Hira •our house will be north facing. Main living room and kitchen is at the back and will be south facing. not sure we will be getting a lot of light? Does this color look darker when there is more natural light? or does it look darker in dark spaces. It looks darker in lower light. Essentially, white is a reflective colour, so reflects the light around it, unlike light absorbing colours that might do the opposite. That said, it’s white, so it’s going to be lighter than a tint, such as green, blue, pink etc. It is creamy though, so warmer than cool whites, but IMHO feels more homely rather than clinical. Of course, if you live somewhere that is hot all the time, you might like something that is cooler, and even with a blueish tint. Hira •we're considering going with 1/2 strength antique white USA for walls and vivid white for everything else. We will be going for warm yellow lights throughout the house and don't want the walls looking too yellow. So half strength sounded ok. What do you think? Personally, I don’t get the partial increments, such as half and quarter strength. If I wanted a different colour, I'd choose a different colour. Moreover, by halving the strength of this white, the walls are brought closer to vivid (base) white, so reducing the contrast against the trims, doors and ceilings, etc. Personally, that’s not a look I would like. With respect to your lights, and light in general, the look of any house changes throughout the day, depending on the season, what time it is and what the weather is. As I said before, white reflects, so if you have warm yellow lights (did you mean warm white - 3000K?), the walls will look yellowish at times - but they might too at sunrise and sunset anyway. The alternative is cool white walls, and cool white lights, which again is not a look I would like because it would feel clinical. We have smart lights throughout our house, so sometimes our walls can look red, orange, blue, green or any other colour we choose. In fact I set the colour of the lights in our TV room based on a sunset picture I took, and I love how it closes the room in when I watch a movie or television show. I suggest you shouldn’t worry about trying to keep the rooms looking uniform all the time, but rather embrace the interest of the changing light conditions. Thankyou so much 😀 I've decided on White on white for doors and trims, White on white 50% on ceiling and Mt buller for walls. Fingers crossed it will look OK 😀 2 7171 Thank you. That is really helpful. Once we get the place done and passed for OC we can upgrade in the future once we get back on our feet and not paying mortgage and rent. 4 5745 DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair Hi there, I just recently received my new house from my builder. We handed the house to another company to deal with the… 0 8915 |