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Before you select that paint color

from Northwest Observer Fall 2020

from Northwest Observer Fall 2020 , page 10

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Selecting paint colors – easy, right?

Not necessarily. Paint colors may look quite di erent 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 nal 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 fl uorescent lights in the paint store, only to fi nd 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 diff erent 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 diff erence,” Rigsbee said. “I once went into a lady’s home and she had these yellow fl uorescent light bulbs. That can really aff ect how the paint color looks, so the fi rst 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 aff ected by the continued onpage 20

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