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ceiling paint changes color in the light!!!

6 years ago

going crazy ..every sample i try looks pink on one half of my ceiling and green on the other!! walls r a manual mix of Sherman williams threshold taupe and taupe tone
was trying lighter ceiling colors ..lots of light floor to ceiling windows on all sides but north..PLEASE HELP...BROKE ON BUYING SAMPLES!!!!

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sambah006
6 years ago
Paint the ceiling the same color as the walls. Have the paint store mix up the wall color at 50% in ceiling paint.
buddy5783
Original Author
6 years ago
tried that 1ST...still looked beigey pink..nasty!!
tried everything..weird how when the same color is turned upside down it looks sooo different!!! thought undertones off ..tried dover white..looks different on each side but not as bad as having red undertones..now trying SW extra white
no pigment...can still see pink and green!!
so is it LRV ???? SO FRUSTRATED!!!
OH..BTW..CANT THK U ENOUGH FOR UR HELP!!!
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