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grubbyknees

lightest brightest yellow

18 years ago

I live where it is cold, dark and very dreary most of the year. I'd like to brighten up the walls of my small house to make it more cheery. I've used what seemed to be creamy off whites, but they lack cheer.

I've wondered if I could just get a can of brightest white paint and add have small amounts of yellow added until I got the right amount of "sunshine" in it.

Paint store yellows are cadmium and ocher, isn't that right? which should I choose? which is the purest sunshine yellow?

Do you think this would work?

I want to accent with a soft sage green and terracotta. Green, because I only see it a few weeks of the year and terracotta for warmth.

Any suggestions?

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