paint colours

Hi everyone!  Today I am going to do a blog post all about paint colours!  I know I know.. fun huh!?  I have been meaning to do this for ages, and after seeing this over at Making it Lovely (one of my very most favourite blogs) I was totally inspired to do it.  Although, it has still taken me ages!  Why am I doing this?  To help myself really.. when it comes right down to it! lol  One of the most frequent questions I get on the blog or by email.. what colours do I have up on the walls?  I love getting these emails.. I really do!  I love helping people out like that (if you can call it help, cause they may go look at the swatch in person and go "huh!? THAT is what she has on her walls? ewww!" lol  You never know right?)  So, I am doing this post so I can easily refer back to it.  Right now.. I either google a post I did a while ago that mentions a few of the colours.. or I go look at the paint cans.  Not very effective! lol

 

I looked up all of the colours online and took screenshots.. then used the eye dropper tool in Photoshop to get the colours.  So, these colours might not be 100% exact.. but for the purpose of this post.. they should be ok. :)  

Now.. so I can call myself a complete copy cat, I am going to do images of each colour below, as seen in my house.  Because it looks so fantastic on Making it Lovely.. I just can't resist. ;)

 

Office: Anonymous Behr

 

Main living area, hallways, kitchen etc: Sauteed Mushroom Pittsburgh Paints

 

Accent walls in dining room, living room and family room: Stony Fields Pittsburgh Paints

 

 

Exterior doors and kitchen island: Mirage Lake Behr

Above cabinets in kitchen: Aqua Bay by Behr

  

 

Bedroom accent wall and playroom: Jalepeno Pepper Benjamin Moore

 

Laine's room: Strawberry Sorbet Benjamin Moore

 

Harley's room: Blue Jean Benjamin Moore

The Pyramid Yellow from Behr is going to be the colour of my french doors into the office/work space.. still need to paint them though. ;)

Ohhh.. I should probably add, that all of these images have been post processed in Photoshop in some way.. usually I use actions that give an aged look, and desaturate the colours a bit for a more muted tone... so keep that in mind when looking at the pictures (cause you are probably wondering why none of them really match up to the swatches ha ha! ..picture something in the middle, and that is probably the accurate colour lol)  I find that these colours all change so drastically depending on the lighting too.. 

Hope this was somewhat helpful.  I am going to add a link over in the sidebar for easy access.. again, so I don't have to run to the storage room and look at paint cans the next time I need to look up a colour. :)  And besides.. playing around in Photoshop is always fun, even if I am just playing with brush strokes (which are from a kit from 2 Peas by the way.. and can be found here).. fun!  

Later! :)

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