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The colorants used in mixing architectural paint seldom align with any aspect of artist's paints. Because with architectural paints you are mixing into a base can of paint. You don't do that with artist's paints. Influence of the base and dramatically different strengths and opacity of architectural colorants will change everything you think you know about how to mix color.

It's natural to want to drawing similarities between how fine artists mix and use color color and color for the built environment because artists paints and 2 dimensional theories, and 'rules' ,and guidelines are most familiar and easiest to grasp. However, color for the 3 dimensional built environment has its own set of theories, and 'rules', and guidelines. While there are aspects that overlap, the reality is that trying to make ill-fitting concepts borrowed from 2-D fine arts fit the 3-D built environment is where frustration with choosing wall color manifests; square peg, round hole.

I'm a color ogler in addition to being a color consultant; I love looking at other people's paint color choices. So, I adore this post!

Hope everyone remembers that while other people's paint colors can be inspiring, it's critical to test those colors in/on your home before you buy them yourself. Think I've mentioned before that I like to use Swatch Right paint-peel-and-stick color sample decals. www.swatchright.com

Color me obsessed with all things circle these days. Mandalas in particular. Need to add confetti to the list!

Now is the time to buy flutes. I waited way too late in the season last year and there wasn't much of a selection. Because I waited too long, couldn't find enough of the ones I wanted. Ended up with an okay-but-not-what-I-wanted set from TJ Maxx.

Cool Hand Luke,

Yes, I've seen it many times and experienced it in my own home. The streaks appear after the shower is used and disappear as soon as the moisture in the room is thoroughly cleared.

I asked a few paint manufacturing pro's that I know and learned that it is called water whitening. It sometimes happens to new paint and it has to do with surfactants in the paint that simply have to work themselves out. Water whitening is not the same as surfacant leaching.

What happened with my bathroom and also several of my client's is one day, all of the sudden, you realize the streaks aren't happening any more. That's when I knew the input I got about water whitening was indeed accurate and applicable to my situation. At some point it works out and clears up completely.

Use Swatch Right for testing wall colors. They are paint-peel-and-stick removable color sample decals. Paint it once, stick it up, look at it, peel it off, move it to another wall, behind the sofa, bend it into a corner, etc. Repeat as necessary. Can even repaint Swatch Right and use one over and over. http://swatchright.com/paint-color-sample-decals/

Foam core warps and doesn't conform to the substrate (the wall).