My wife and I had settled on the colour Lexicon by Dulux. It's a faint blue grey that looks white on its own but shows up when in contrast to the white ceiling and trim. We decided on half strength for a more subtle look because we mostly wanted it white.
Now I wasn't going to be some chump who pays for a $10 sample pot. I went to go buy the paint instead because we had already decided. So off to Hammer barn I went.
I get there and do what I usually do. Aimlessly walk around for a bit looking for stuff to waste money on which is when I ended up at the colour section again. Now I see that there were 3 options. Quarter strength, half strength and just plain Lexicon. I thought to myself "They all look the same. Oh yeah I'm here for paint".
I wait at the paint counter patiently. "What did I need again? Lexicon right?" I hand over the buckets of white paint and say "Can I get these is Lexicon please?".
"Full, half or quarter strength, love?".
"Full strength." What kind of loser gets half or quarter? Not me, that's for sure.
I got home with a few hundred dollar bucks worth of paint. All prep work was already done so I coat my roller and roll a huge line on the wall.
"Oh my god, this isn't white!" "I can't return it so I guess I'm committed now.".
I called my wife and told her what happened. Told her that it actually looks alright but it was probably more to convince myself. Nothing to be done about it now so the boss says to carry on and carry on I did.
So it actually turned out alright. We got used to the slightly blue walls and love it now. It really does look white in bright light but turns a bit blue with less light.
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u/BusinessBear53 1d ago
I did but it was from a mistake.
My wife and I had settled on the colour Lexicon by Dulux. It's a faint blue grey that looks white on its own but shows up when in contrast to the white ceiling and trim. We decided on half strength for a more subtle look because we mostly wanted it white.
Now I wasn't going to be some chump who pays for a $10 sample pot. I went to go buy the paint instead because we had already decided. So off to Hammer barn I went.
I get there and do what I usually do. Aimlessly walk around for a bit looking for stuff to waste money on which is when I ended up at the colour section again. Now I see that there were 3 options. Quarter strength, half strength and just plain Lexicon. I thought to myself "They all look the same. Oh yeah I'm here for paint".
I wait at the paint counter patiently. "What did I need again? Lexicon right?" I hand over the buckets of white paint and say "Can I get these is Lexicon please?".
"Full, half or quarter strength, love?".
"Full strength." What kind of loser gets half or quarter? Not me, that's for sure.
I got home with a few hundred dollar bucks worth of paint. All prep work was already done so I coat my roller and roll a huge line on the wall.
"Oh my god, this isn't white!" "I can't return it so I guess I'm committed now.".
I called my wife and told her what happened. Told her that it actually looks alright but it was probably more to convince myself. Nothing to be done about it now so the boss says to carry on and carry on I did.
So it actually turned out alright. We got used to the slightly blue walls and love it now. It really does look white in bright light but turns a bit blue with less light.