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Hello,


Any interior types that can help? I have just painted my living room in Little Greene's French grey and disappointed in how lilac it looks. Yes, I did use a match pot and was obsessive about which colour to go for. If you Google images this colour, you'll see what I was aiming for.


Anyway, could anyone advise which colour accessories to go for to counteract the blue- lilac tones? Thanks.

poppet27 Wrote:

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> Hello,

>

> Any interior types that can help? I have just

> painted my living room in Little Greene's French

> grey and disappointed in how lilac it looks. Yes,

> I did use a match pot and was obsessive about

> which colour to go for.


xxxxxx


The problem is, the same paint will look different in different lights and on different walls.


What you can do is to still use a trial pot, but instead of painting direct on the wall paint some large-ish sheets of paper.


Then you can put them in different places in the room and see how they look at different times of day and in natural and artificial light.


I agree you should re-paint it. You'll never be happy with it if it isn't what you want now, however you try to accessorize it.


ETA: Sadly though, you may not be able to get the absolute exact colour you want. I had a particular shade in mind, couldn't get a match at all and ended up with my default position of white :(

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