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Question About Paint Colour
I am choosing a new wall colour and have got it down to two shades of the same colour. I have painted two tester squares but one is satin and the other is matt. I want a satin finish.
so, two questions to help me make my mind up
All other things being equal
1. does a satin finish to paint make the paint colour appear lighter or darker when the room is painted?
and
2. assuming a satin finish, does the pain colour appear lighter or darker once the whole room is painted than if does on a 2ft by 2 ft tester square?
Thanks oh wise ones.
so, two questions to help me make my mind up
All other things being equal
1. does a satin finish to paint make the paint colour appear lighter or darker when the room is painted?
and
2. assuming a satin finish, does the pain colour appear lighter or darker once the whole room is painted than if does on a 2ft by 2 ft tester square?
Thanks oh wise ones.
Answers
with regard to the tester squares it partly depends on the background colour you're already got - the light yellow squares we put on a darker beigey wall looked darker than they did when we painted the whole room. The bigger the square, I suppose, the less your eye will be tempted to bleed in the surrounding colour; but all the same it will be affected by the...
21:18 Mon 17th Mar 2014
boxy, that's why I said "appear" You are right, the satin finish will reflect the light and I wonder whether that will make the shade appear darker or lighter. For instance, a wet or varnished pebble's colour will appear darker than the same pebble when its dry, but my gut feels that increasing the reflectivity of a wall would make the wall colour appear lighter....hence my question.
I suspect it unlikely anyone has had a room of satin and a room of matt in the same colour to compare. It's just in my opinion having tester squares is probably about the best comparison you will get. If you can't tell much difference from them it probably doesn't make much difference which you choose.
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Satin paint does not reflect incident light at right angles any more than matt paint. It reflects without adding colour to the reflected light so if you have wall lamps or windows which cast light at a low angle then this light will be reflected more so there will be more light but it will be the colour of the light source, not of the paint. It probably won't be very noticeable though. Why not take a photo of the squares together as digital cameras are more sensitive to different levels of brightness than the human eye.
Jomifli, thank you, now we are getting somewhere. I did that (digital image of the testers)
So are you saying with regard to paint, that there will be no appreciable apparent difference between the colour in matt finish and the colour in satin finish?
What about the effect of the colour of the whole room as opposed to the tester.
square?
divebuddy I am asking simple factual questions...I am not looking for opinion.
So are you saying with regard to paint, that there will be no appreciable apparent difference between the colour in matt finish and the colour in satin finish?
What about the effect of the colour of the whole room as opposed to the tester.
square?
divebuddy I am asking simple factual questions...I am not looking for opinion.
If there is no discernable difference between the testers on your digital camera (with them both in the same frame) then I think the difference in (colour)effect on the room will be negligeable. Go for whichever finish, matt or satin appeals to you. I had a brief dalliance with satin in a narrow hallway, the results were disastrous, she never spoke to me again.
