Selecting paint colors – easy, right? Not necessarily. Paint colors may look quite different when applied to your walls at home than they did in the showroom, so it’s a good idea to test a sample at home before making your final selection by PATTI STOKES Ever picked out a paint color that seemed the perfect choice when you were looking at a small sample beneath the bright fluorescent lights in the paint store, only to find that soft gray looked dismal after being applied to your kitchen walls, or the navy blue seems more black – or one of the zillion “white” colors you chose appears yellow
after the sun goes down each day? As a decorative specialist and color consultant with 38 years of experience, Jean Rigsbee has helped countless people choose paint and says the same colors which may be appealing in the store can look quite different when combined with the natural light that enters a home from the outside and the various kinds of lighting found on the inside. “It can make all the difference,” Rigsbee said. “I once went into a lady’s home and she had these yellow fluorescent light bulbs. That can really affect how the paint color looks, so the first thing I told her was, ‘Let’s get those bulbs changed.’ I advise people not to make any decisions on paint until they change their light bulbs.” Rigsbee also notes that light coming from the outdoors is affected by the
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Before selecting a paint color for your walls, lighting and artwork are just some of the things you may want to take into consideration.
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