A professional painter told me once: I won't start painting until your wife is okay with the color samples. Then he proceeded to paint 3 different color tones and brush patterns. She made the choice. When the painter was done, she still didn't like it but didn't dare tell him herself... Of course the whole shit was painted again in plain white a few years later.
Nature giving women higher color perceptiveness than men but also chronic indecisiveness is a cosmic joke.
Well, those are two totally different finishes. One is gloss or semi-gloss, and the other is matte.
The undertones and finish on the swatch card are completely different to what is on the wall.
I see a warm pinky peach undertone and a satin matte finish on the card. The wall has a cool blue green undertone and a semi gloss/satin finish.
A whole wall in the colour and finish on the swatch card will reflect light in a very different way to what the current colour does and have a much nicer ambience for a home.
The ten of us that can tell the difference might as well be screaming in to the void my similarly photosensitive friend.
My wife can't see the difference in the colors of the lights on the Christmas tree, and bought two different brands. There's not enough of either brand to sufficiently light the tree so I have to get creative with the cooler lights.
Drives me absolutely NUTS.
She's right. It fits the room way better.
I mean, the current paint is ugly. From a practical standpoint, it may be nice but people need a bit more confort at home than at work or in a classroom.
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Hey man, Noone plans on their partner having a pathological obsession with the hundreds of shades and finishes of "white"
Be it paint or something else, prepare yourself to be completely confused and frustrated and decide its not worth arguing about because you love them. I wish I could help, but over the years I have never figured out what to say to help her make her decisions. Best to say little and listen a lot.
My wife didn't like the color of the wall, so she sent me to get this color instead
Why is their wife unhappy with the color?
Why did she send her partner to get a different color?
Why did their wife send someone who cannot tell the difference? Why is that a laughing track?
This does not seem like it is about shade at all. It seems to be more about years of failed communication.
Or this is all fabricated and just a person making stuff up for laughing about shades of white they found in a paint shop.
Clearly a different color.
You are absolutely right. And another one with cold led light. Plus another one with direct sunlight. Plus two more when he holds the card horizontally 😆
Is that color named "Susan Collins"??
Too much jpeg. I think it's Sherman Williams Sunny Cthulu
I actually had a very similar situation. After painting the same wall three times in three different colours I told her to fuck off and painted it white.
The verbiage you need is .... "I'm telling you right now that I don't care. Whatever choice you make is fine with me. Can we agree that this choice is yours and if it fucks up I hold no blame. I will not blame you for your choice because as I said I don't care." This of course applies to both men and women.
Yeah but then you still have to paint it again because she doesn't like it.
Didn't learn to paint a sample section first?
I did, made no difference. Large surface looks different.
You are a very patient person, i would refuse the first time. I'm sure she apreciates you and was thankful to be with someone who can bear with her, and did not get silent treatment.
She was actually quite ok with that after a few minutes. I think she realised it was getting silly.
fyi, "Agreeable Gray" is the best shade of white, i like the satin finish so it's easy to wipe off kid stains and fingerprints etc
A.k.a. millennial grey. I have several rooms this color.
If you're looking for something warmer, go with Panda White.
I mean, they do look slightly different when you place one next to another, but if you paint 2 pieces of wood in those colors and ask sb to tell which one is which (or which they happen to like better this instant) showing 'em one at a time, I doubt the probability of 'em getting it right would exceed that when choosing randomly. So, they're effectively the same.
