Browse Forums Finishing Touch 1 Jan 19, 2010 10:24 pm Hi there.. I'm looking to paint my apartment walls white. I have been over the Dulux white brochure a million times and I'm still confused. I want a fresh, crisp, clean look, but I'm worried that the white-on-white or lexicon white will be too glarey for my east-facing, large windowed position that gets lots of sun. What do you suggest? Re: Too many whites! 2Jan 28, 2010 11:00 pm most of dulux's white's are far from white, lexicon is greyish , white on white is blueish, if you put a true white ,which in dulux terms is "vivid white" those colours would look grey and blue. Make use of sample pots ! Re: Too many whites! 3Jan 29, 2010 1:28 pm White is very bright and unless you break it up with wall furnishings it may be blinding depending on where your windows are and what direction they face. A colour consultant will probably steer you in the direction of a grey'ish white. Alternatively you can do silver/greys and accent it with white furniture. have a look at this video of a white wardrobe, it is in a silver/grey room with loads of light - very stylish. Re: Too many whites! 8Feb 23, 2010 8:34 pm I feel your pain.. Were in same situation, I want white walls but our apartment is north east facing and has lots of windows... I worried we'll need ski googles just to get through the morning. I didn't realise it was going to be so difficult!! Re: Too many whites! 9Feb 24, 2010 2:24 pm vivid white (which is no tinters) isnt over bearing at all, be warned though, enamal yellows and if your home is vivid white in six months time you'll have vivid white walls with slightly yellow trims. If you like white and are worried about glare... Choose Vivid White - Matt Finish for walls Vivid White - Semi-gloss Aqua-namal for trims & Doors Vivid White - Tintable Ceiling flat for ceilings ( tintable ceiling flat from the dulux range comes as vivid white, there other ceiling flats have black tinter in them) By lowering the sheen levels you'll reduce glare, using aqua-namal will do away with any trim yellowing and you'll have the white finish you're after. Re: Too many whites! 11Feb 26, 2010 8:11 pm Interesting topic, I have 100% hogs bristle walls and looking at upgrading kitchen, but am unsure what "white" to have. Am having beige colour benchtops. I would like a warm white if I could have such a thing...suggestions or pictures of people having a warm toned kitchen would be great!! Armitage57 Re: Too many whites! 13Feb 26, 2010 8:37 pm Hi there Not not really, Im a graphic designer and my aunty an interior designer and we both chose Hosgbristle (hers is 1/2 strength). I have some photos up on my kicthen which shows it in another post....believe it or not asking for help picking colours for new kitchen lol Cheers Armitage57 Re: Too many whites! 14Mar 08, 2010 5:41 pm Hi I am new to this forum. We are about to get our new house painted. I have chosen half china white but not sure if it will be too light. The full colour looks to dark and our painter said to go the half. Does anyone have half china white on their walls that could give me their opinion? Cheers! Re: Too many whites! 15Mar 08, 2010 10:15 pm I used china white in a reno at another house and I loved it. We used another white with it so I will have a look in the shed think it was USA white. My friends mum is also a designer for dulux and alot of her renos she recommends China White. Realistically I know theres white and white and white etc, but trust your gut feeling! Hope that helps Gretchen Re: Too many whites! 16Mar 08, 2010 10:32 pm armitage57 I used china white in a reno at another house and I loved it. We used another white with it so I will have a look in the shed think it was USA white. My friends mum is also a designer for dulux and alot of her renos she recommends China White. Realistically I know theres white and white and white etc, but trust your gut feeling! Hope that helps Gretchen My friend is painting her house china white too. I just need to know if the 50% china white is going to be dark enough. I tested it on a peice of cardboard today and it looks really nice but lighter than I expected. I am sure that against a pure white ceiling and creamy tiles it will be ok. It's just hard to picture. Our painter said to go with the half china white but our friend is goin with the full colour. Do you have any idea what we should do? AAAHHH! Re: Too many whites! 17Mar 20, 2010 12:16 am We painted about 8 sample tins today and decided on Natural White. We could see the blue in Lexicon 1/4 , Plenum h had shades of pink and Vivid was just too white. In the end it was a tough choice out of Vintage, Natural White and Solver Paper White. Re: Too many whites! 19Apr 02, 2010 8:56 pm Should be no problem in ordering paint in percentages to get a "white" colour that you're after. Such as 12.5% of a colour. When all surfaces are done it looks a white without the starkness of vivid white. Simply putting the 5ooml formula into a 4Lcan. I would never build with Fowler homes. I built with them in 2021 and till date maintenance issues are pending. All their existing trades and businesses don't work with… 14 73876 They already have two well known ones (HIA & MBA) that many new home buyers mistakenly think are regulatory bodies that Joe Public can complain to. 6 15049 It will be neat but you won't have much freeboard. 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