Now I feel I should confess, yellow has always scared the hell out of me. Yellow can be so harsh and bright and obnoxious. So when I needed to select the "right yellow" I started to panic. I know all yellows are not neon, and there are many soft and pretty yellows, I am just not sure I am able to pick one out of a line up. So I got on line and followed the advice of random posts and went to gather paint samples that were more squash-like in tone. I brought home some samples and ended up with this....
A nice enough yellow, but not the yellow I was hoping for. I wanted a cleaner, friendlier, yellow. More like this....
or like this....
or this...
Now I am ready to re-paint the living room, but I am feeling almost paralyzed on making the yellow decision again. I have a few samples pinned and painted on my walls, but I am so unsure of what is right.
I want a lighter yellow, but I am so afraid of getting that horrible ugly color that looks like it is suppose to be cream, but has yellowed due to age, dirt, and smoke.
I also don't want to spend a fortune on sample pots. I some times wonder if the more I think about it the more complicated I make it. I sometimes think going with a first impression may be the way to go.
I guess I need to sleep on it, look at the samples again in the morning and talk to my local paint specialist to see what they suggest. Man I hate doing that.
I'm having the same trouble with selecting a "gold" shade of paint for my living room. I don't want it to be to sunny or too dull. And once I paint it, I'm not going to want to do it again so it has to be right!
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Hi,
ReplyDeleteJust painted my small living room yellow. I have an additional problem of a south west facing changing light all day long with brightest in the evening. I used a color called Italian Straw by Pratt and Lambert. I also have avocado colored furniture, (have kids and dogs) and although it looks very European I am looking into slipcovers in a natural color or white/beige twill. Good luck.
I am hunting for the perfect shade of yellow as well. My kitchen is in the center of my home and doesn't have a lot of natural light. Everything in my home is white. The walls, the cabinets, the counters. My husband thinks this is necessary in order for the area to not be dark. I need some color though so I have decided to paint the walls yellow. The color I choose eight months ago is Pratt and Lambert's Italian Straw but I've been to chicken to put it up. Thanks for this post because you have given me the courage to just do it!
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