![]() Who ever told you that it can’t, wasn’t very knowledgeable in their field. All colors can be lightened or darkened in one way or another. I work at a Home Depot in the paint department. PS- For pics between posts, join us over on Twitter, Facebook and/or Instagram! There’s not a *huge* difference, but it’s just the intensity of Gray Owl we were looking for, so we’re gonna roll with it! #literally Here’s one more pic of the lightened version next to the regular strength version of Gray Owl: You’d do just the opposite to make a paint color darker. For example, you’d only mix 5 drops of yellow and 5 drops of black into the white base paint. To lighten any color by 50%, you would cut the number of drops in half. ![]() He gave us an example of a paint color being 10 drops of yellow, and 10 drops of black. When you mix a paint color, you start out with a can of white base paint, and you drop a certain number of other colors into it. Ooh! And to the commenter named Sarah (Hi, Sarah!) who asked if we’ll be painting our kitchen cabinets- the answer is yep! We’re going Simply White on the uppers and lowers on the stove side of the room, and a shade of green on the island.Īs for the paint lightening process, we asked a friendly fella at our local Benjamin Moore store to break it down for us and this is what he said. ![]() After that, we’ll swap out the off-white switches for bright white ones at some point, too. We’ll be painting the baseboards, crown molding and doors Simply White as well. You can see the biggest difference in the new trim color up at the top of the window trim. We decided to go with the 50% lightened version of Gray Owl because we like the way it looks and it seems to flow nicely with the Gray Lake-painted walls in our sunroom next door.Ī commenter named Cami (Hi, Cami!) asked if we could post a photo of the lightened Gray Owl next to the regular Gray Owl, so here’s another shot of the current kitchen paint colors (Manchester Tan and Algonquin Tan), and the ones we’re switching to (Simply White and Gray Owl lightened by 50%) next to regular Gray Owl: Benjamin Moore Newburyport Blue exteriorīeautiful blue bathroom from Robin Winter-Bailey Designs.We’re up to our eyeballs in primer today, but since we had a few questions about why we decided to lighten our Gray Owl paint by 50%, and what it meant to lighten paint, I wanted to publish a quick post about that here today. Navy bedroom Benjamin Moore Newburyport BlueĪn 1870 Queen Anne home with the exterior painted in this lovely blue, images from New Hudson Home. Trim and ceiling painted in Benjamin Moore White Diamond. Navy bedroom Benjamin Moore Newburyport Blue walls combined with white trim and neutral carpet and soft furnishings. House exterior garage doors and front door painted in Newburyport Blue Dark blue doors provide a nice accent to the white trim and cedar shingles dipped in bleaching oil. ![]() House exterior garage doors and front door painted in Newburyport Blue. Painted walls, trim and bookshelves in Benjamin Moore Newburyport Blue by Cory Connor Designs. Benjamin Moore Newburyport Blue Paint 2020 This nautical blue combines well with white and gray. A classic navy that is dramatic and powerful but without the vibrancy that can make a blue overbearing. It doesn’t overpower a house, but helps to create an anchor when used as a feature or when painted the exterior of a house with it. ![]()
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