Browse Forums Renovation + Home Improvement Re: Which shade of 50 greys? 2Feb 03, 2013 1:41 pm Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Which shade of 50 greys? 13Feb 04, 2013 9:50 pm Wow Suh. You are awesome, we have tried Tranquil retreat and it just washed out on our place, too light. Our house is facing west i dont know if that makes any difference..... Ive just been on a wattyl brochure site thing and saw some nice colour combos painted a little different than i was going to do....instead of painting the top 'beams'(in roof peak) white they were painted the same as main house colour then the colour behind these beams (rough render in roof peak) was a lighter colour ie: Main house colour was Bushland as were top beams Render between these top beams was old papyrus other features and windows were tranquil white Not saying i want these colours but it made we look at another option for highligting the features. So if i put this painting pattern to greys I think that would work.... ie main: Flooded gum/stepney/timeless grey/warm granite/ tapa/half tapa or the like....lol lighter higlighter colour: shale grey/1/4 tapa/silkwort or the like..... lightest: tranquil white/ethereal white or I havent actually looked into white...lol Im sure this is clear as mud.... ....any idea of somewhere i can play with these colours on my pic? I need to go to bed so I can NOT sleep and dream of grey's......... Kat n Bri Re: Which shade of 50 greys? 14Feb 05, 2013 8:24 am knb Hi Rellie, Your house looks great.... Do you find your colour throws any other colour? We found with the lighter colours they were to purple or blue thats why we decided to go a bit darker..... No, it seems to be a pretty 'neutral' grey. I had many sleepless nights trying to decide on the 'perfect' grey.......Dulux Silkwort is beautiful but probably too light for what you are wanting. Re: Which shade of 50 greys? 15Feb 05, 2013 9:21 am Your post just made me go cross-eyed knb another lost soul hehe rellie your house is really nice it's always a plus to go with something you can see beforehand. knb, we have three colours on our house, main colour is Heifer (pale grey), feature wall & letter box Stepney (you know it) & feature blades & garage Surfmist. Remember that the light drains colour so dark won't look as dark. People always call our house "white" & the Stepney letterbox looks quite pale in the sun. We face east. Re: Which shade of 50 greys? 16Feb 05, 2013 9:23 am Morning all......Yes silkwort is lovely too, we have that as well......im thinking i might tip them all together and go with that colour........ Probably have enough to paint the house that way..... Here is a very bad paint edit i just slapped together, I havent done a lighter one yet will do a few this arvo.... I entered the RGB as Resene Tapa 124,124,114 .....honest thoughts??...... Just to get a bit of an idea......we like the dramatic of the mid to dark, there is not alot of houses like ours so we think we can get away with it, also because of its propotions......but we dont want it to be yucky either.... Thank you all for your continued thoughts and ideas....im sure we will get there.... Kat n Bri Re: Which shade of 50 greys? 17Feb 05, 2013 9:27 am LOL LOL LOL i told you it was as clear as mud.......thats why i did a very bad mock up of colours......yes i would love to just one of you wonderful ppls house colours and just go with it, but as you all know, you know when its right Re: Which shade of 50 greys? 20Feb 05, 2013 2:26 pm Thanks Suh, we love it also, tho it still needs alot of work........slowly slowly catch the monkey they say....... Ive had a look at guild grey however it is way too blue....Thanks anyway Michelle...... Ive been playing with my silly paint thing and here is the house in Timeless grey with white up top beams instead of house colour.. And here is a lighter grey..... What are your thought now??? I know its really hard from these pics Oh i also grabed a sample pot of foxtail and timeless grey in 3/4 but its to hot to paint ATM, will slap some up this evening.. I'll ahve to post a pic of all my greys....... Kat n Bri Black on light wood does look good. Not sure if it will be as long lasting as a steel finish? 6 6419 brokers will also be in a position to get you a better rate than the advertised rate most times. 6 7623 Thank you. Do I use timber floorboards for stairs or do people use timber treads? Or is both the same? 6 7396 |