Browse Forums Interior Decorating Lounge Re: Taubman's not-so-crisp-white 3Aug 31, 2011 11:01 am Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Taubman's not-so-crisp-white 7Aug 31, 2011 9:00 pm Thanks for all of your replies everyone. This has been driving me insane and we have PCI tomorrow, so I went to a paint shop today and had a discussion with the sales rep. She showed me that Taubman's "Crisp White" is a pure white tinted with orchre (not sure on spelling, sorry if that's wrong) which is basically yellow. So it is meant to be quite creamy. Given that we asked for that shade of white based on the advice of the builder's colour consultant I'm going to ask them to quote us to repaint and strongly suggest they quote us at cost - I have won this argument on one of her other stuff-ups so hopefully they'll at least consider it. But at the end of the day, I'm expecting I'll just have to live with it and as you suggested Pauline, repaint room by room over time Seeing our grey carpet against the yellow tinge this afternoon, we will DEFINITELY be repainting over the "crisp white" before we even consider any grey walls. Not a pleasant way to end our build !!! But a big lesson for next time - the onus really was on us to verify that the advice the builder's consultant had given us was correct. Thanks again for your replies Re: Taubman's not-so-crisp-white 8Aug 31, 2011 9:48 pm I wouldn't have second guessed her either thou. 'Stark White' certainly sounds like it would be a bright white. Good luck with your PCI. Casey + Gary + 5 kool kiddos + 1 funky Frenchie + 5 happy hens = barrels of fun in Muswellbrook Re: Taubman's not-so-crisp-white 9Aug 31, 2011 10:22 pm Sorry, to hear about your troubles. We were the same - had to choose from Taubmans and wanted a "crisp" white. We went for Snowy White and were quite happy with the way it turned out. Had a slight bluish tinge. Re: Taubman's not-so-crisp-white 10Sep 01, 2011 6:33 am All I can say is the Taubman’s colour brochure must be wrong! On my brochure, I don’t see yellow in the Crisp White. Another reason why I use Dulux. Sorry it’s been a disappointing end for you…… Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Taubman's not-so-crisp-white 11Sep 01, 2011 11:38 am ahhh crap, we were recommended crisp white. If you are stuck with the taubmans colour pallet, what would be the closest to a white white? e.g. like Solver WA white Re: Taubman's not-so-crisp-white 12Sep 01, 2011 8:33 pm Hmmm my understanding was that Crisp White is the "whitest" white Taubmans does. If you have a look at the Taubmans website under the Whites section, there is no actual "white", all of them seem to have toning. Re: Taubman's not-so-crisp-white 13Sep 13, 2011 2:02 pm We have not long built and I chose taubman's crisp white and mine is very much a crisp white. I have no yellow or creamy tinge in it. I have natural white kitchen cupboards and the crisp white paint looks very white against them. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Taubman's not-so-crisp-white 14Sep 14, 2011 9:14 pm Hi, maybe too late, but I used the same colour for ceilings, doors and architraves in my unit and it was a bright white. My bathroom had white tiles to the ceiling and door and it matched the door colour too. maybe they got the mixing wrong in your case. Re: Taubman's not-so-crisp-white 15Dec 12, 2011 10:02 pm I asked for Taubmans Crisp White and the painter had it colour matched by Dulux. The Dulux formula for colour matching this colour is wrong! Don't ask for this colour if your painter is getting it matched. The matched paint from Dulux was a yellowy colour. I showed the painter the large canvas I'd done with three coats of Taubmans Crisp White from a Taubmans sample pot. He agreed his paint didn't look right and rang Bristol (who do Taubmans) and Dulux to compare the tints they use. He said Taubmans Crisp White is a 'builders white' - the white base with a tiny bit of black in it. Dulux said they add umber and ochre to match it. The painter has taken the badly matched paint back to Dulux and apparently it will be sent to their head office or science lab or whatever so they can look into why their formula is wrong. I just feel so lucky to have a lovely painter who took my concerns seriously and glad I had a large sample of the right paint to show just how wrong the colour-matched paint was. Just thought I'd share this in case anyone else is considering Taubmans Crisp White and experiences the same shockingly creamy yellow horror instead of crispy white goodness. Re: Taubman's not-so-crisp-white 16Dec 13, 2011 5:19 am I have a friend who used to run the wattyl paint shop here. He showed me all the different formulas they have for all the other paint companies. There are many!!!! Seriously, unless you can come up with the paint mix numbers like I do when I change paint colours, I would not recommend swapping the paints around at all. Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Taubman's not-so-crisp-white 17Jun 11, 2012 6:03 pm Pippi Just thought I'd share this in case anyone else is considering Taubmans Crisp White and experiences the same shockingly creamy yellow horror instead of crispy white goodness. Pippi, thankyou so much for sharing that, will remember that info as I expect the painters will be going through soon Looking for advice on whether this variation in tile colour is acceptable. The large tile on the left was used in my main bathroom renovation 1 year ago. 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