Update On My Paint Color Choice For The Basement
By Hate2Iron
@Hate2Iron (15724)
Canada
February 19, 2019 2:28pm CST
I told you a while ago about how much I like color on our walls. Okay, that just might have gotten me into trouble. The basement for the most part is completely in the shadows and it's soooo boring down there so I chose a shade of green that I thought would liven it up a little bit.
Hubby just came home with the paint color I had chosen from a paint chip. On one wall it looks baby poop green and on a different wall that gets some afternoon sun, it looks like mustard yellow on steroids. We left it on the wall while we had lunch just to see if it would change...
Nope, still baby poop green and blazing yellow.
He headed back to the store to see if they can darken it up a tad...
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@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
20 Feb 19
He took it back... and they fixed it... the new color is so much nicer!!
@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
19 Feb 19
Oh dear. Who'd have thought that it would be that different on your walls
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@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
20 Feb 19
We didn't see any yellow when we were looking at the paint chips! Definitely quite a surprise when it went on the wall!!
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@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
20 Feb 19
@FayeHazel She actually put a tiny bit of the paint chip and it was pretty darn close. It's all down to the light that hits the walls. You have no control over that!
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
20 Feb 19
@Hate2Iron I wonder if they gave you the right one??
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
19 Feb 19
I hope you only painted a swatch on each wall, to test it.
I am thinking of a jade green, something not too dark and not too neon in color. Is that what you were envisioning?
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@Marilynda1225 (91169)
• United States
19 Feb 19
Hope you can find the perfect color
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@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
20 Feb 19
Two shots of black and the color is pretty close to perfect. At least so far, I'm liking it. We should know more tomorrow!!
@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
20 Feb 19
@DianneN Oh yes... that's what I'm writing about today. We just might have ourselves a problem lol!!
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@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
20 Feb 19
LOL... I don't know what the room would have looked like if we hadn't been able to change it!!
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
20 Feb 19
@Hate2Iron Thank goodness you WERE able to change it. Did you try the new colors, yet?
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
19 Feb 19
I hope you can get the right hue you wanted.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
19 Feb 19
Yeah, those don't sound too appealing. When we remodeled our kitchen, I wanted a sage green, but when I had painted one wall, it looked like a drab, army green. Got another shade and loved it.
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@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
20 Feb 19
The store clerk added a bit of black and then a bit more and it looks soooo much nicer!
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@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
20 Feb 19
I think that we are going to be happy with the new color! Almost afraid to say it in case I jinx it lol!!
@JudyEv (382542)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Feb 19
Oh dear. I really hate anything that ends up baby poop yellow. 
@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
20 Feb 19
@Hate2Iron
So did he have luck getting the color of paint changed?
@janethwayne (5191)
• Philippines
20 Feb 19
I like blue and white for my basement if I paint the wall or maybe pink and white to make it bright.
