Period Colours !

[JoceAndChris]

Lime's bright white, and is never going to be a strong colour. I'd buy a range of darker pigments and experiment like mad, natural yellow, Cyprus umber warm, dark yellow ochre - mixing them together in differing strengths and see what happens.

http://www.earthpigments.com/products/natural-earth-and-ocher-pigments.cfm?location=1

When you store FnB paints the settling over time reveals they've used near black and dark green pigments in their yellows to achieve those muddy hues. Yellow and green = khaki/ mustard Yellow and brown = straw

Tricky.

 

[Moo]

I'm inspired by that top picture (the one with all the pictures), milady! Is it in one of your homes?

 

[LadyArowana]

I'm inspired by that top picture (the one with all the pictures), milady! Is it in one of your homes?

No, it isn't, but I thought it was interesting. We do collect prints ( of elephants ) some just b&w, some that have been hand coloured, and was thinking they might eventually inhabit the hallway and walls by the stairs. I use gold or silver tone frames and yellow is a nice background that will make them really 'pop'. Probably with something different below the dado. The previous owners had yellow in the main room, but without pictures it was a bit custardy and was putting potential tenants off, so it had to go. Although we should be getting new people in a couple of weeks and they have asked if they can paint, would be ironic if they decide to go back to yellow :lol: