Interior white paint colour to go with white furniture?

Janineq · Feb 20, 2016 1:20 pm

Hi,
Hoping I can get some help pretty please! I have seen Michelle give some great advice on paints so hopefully I might be able to get a reply from her too.
We are currently renovating our house in Qld and I need serious help deciding on the interior wall paint colour. For the trims I definitely want to do vivid white. For the walls I want either a crisp fresh white or possibly even a pale grey (but they all look blue to me)! Got 3 sample pots (manorburn half, snow season half and lyttelton half and they all look way too blue for my liking). The other thing is that we have a lot of white furniture (like heaps) and I'm worried if we go with a white wall that the furniture may end up looking creamier than the walls? Which I definitely don't want! But I don't want a yellow based wall either.... We also have white stone benches in the kitchen and will be painting the now orange tiles in the kitchen (splash back etc) with a crisp white too. I know this sounds like I lot of white but I do actually love white (can u tell)? Will it be overkill though? If so, I was thinking maybe pale grey but the house gets less natural light then I would like so I'm worried that will just look blue/dull/too dark? I also would have no idea which colour as the ones I chose look blue as I said above. What are people's thoughts please? The new flooring is going to be wood look vinyl planks in an ashy pale brown/grey colour. Any advice would be so appreciated!

rebuilder86 · Feb 22, 2016 11:25 am

Dulux 'Antique white USA' all the way!
If you try to pick something that looks grey on a card, you are unknowingly asking for blue.
Black tint is actually a very very dark blue, there is no black in nature. To counter this, a colour with red and ochre will pull it away from the blue area of the colour wheel. Hence, Antique white USA. It has red, oche and black in it.
The three colours u mentioned all have a lot more black than you want for your dirty white, and all contain a strong exterior yellow tint, designed primarily for exterior.

Janineq · Feb 22, 2016 11:40 am

Hi thanks so much for the reply I really appreciate it. I have looked at the sample for this colour and to be honest I really really dislike it. It is way too creamy yellow/pinky for my tastes and just doesn't look fresh or crispy at all. I would probably rather the blue grey colours over this. Is there not a white I could use that looks more "white"? Could I paint the entire house in vivid whit? Trims and all? Or not?

rebuilder86 · Feb 22, 2016 1:42 pm

Well you see, your question was about not making the furniture look old and off (creamier).
The only way to avoid that, if you want white, is to make the walls look slightly dirtier or creamier than the furniture, or replace the furniture. You can not have both, that is the guts of it.
'Vivid white' is very, very white, it is un-tinted pure titanium dioxide, the whitest element on earth.
It would be whiter than your ceilings, like a hospital. Don't go down that track, and don't look at the colour chip in the catalogue and think it looks kinda cream, that's your eyes deceiving you as you view it against the white background which is actually a very light grey card we use on the pamphlet. We can not get pure white paper.

You can not look at Antique white USA on paper and decide from that. You must get a sample pot and put it on a large portion of your wall. If its too dark or strong, go half strength. Just try it, Dulux colour consultants recommend this colour more than any other colour in the entire specifier fandeck.

Janineq · Feb 22, 2016 1:46 pm

Ok thanks. I will give it a go. Hopefully it looks ok on the walls

mandy+steve · Feb 25, 2016 5:47 pm

We went with limed white half but you could go quarter if needing lighter

mandy+steve · Feb 25, 2016 5:48 pm

Highbury Homes Build
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mandy+steve · Feb 25, 2016 5:48 pm

There's pics on that thread

TomCat · Apr 27, 2016 1:48 pm

I have to vouch for Antique White USA and Limed White Half! I just painted my rendered 65 yo house in Limed White Half (externally) into 'British Paints Professional Exterior'. Besides being in love with those colours I have to say something about the quality of the paint ...Hands down awesome coverage and glides on, bonds beautifully. And painted interior in Antique White USA in Walpamur low sheen -- another beautiful product. Great coverage and transfer and great price. Proof that you don't need to spend $70 on a can of paint to get an awesome, durable finish. I've gone through 48 litres of paint in the last couple of months and so happy with the result ?

Jan, both these colours look fantastic with the white trim (skirting, architraves, doors, cornices and ceilings) ??❤️