Socket colour

[Bogart]

I know B&Q can match paint colours but is it possible to get sockets and switches in the same colour as the kitchen unit doors, in my case a blue/grey?

 

[Flyfisher]

Coloured electrical sockets are available, though I doubt there is such a wide range as most paints these days so an exact match is not likely.
https://socketstore.co.uk/products/sockets-and-switches/colours

Unless, perhaps, you went down the bespoke route and had them painted with a suitably hard-wearing paint, in which case the wide range of standard RAL or Pantone colours should be available. Probably only a practical option if money is no object though, expecially for small quantities.

Could always try DIY with spray enamel paint?

 

[Owain]

Forbes & Lomax transparent sockets

https://www.sparksdirect.co.uk/switches-and-sockets/plastic-switches-sockets/forbes-lomax-invisible

Hamilton Perception CFX

https://www.hamilton-litestat.com/decorative-wiring-accessories/perception-cfx/

Both let you insert your own paint or wallpaper behind the clear faceplate. Both are priced accordingly.

 

[CliffordPope]

If you aren't going to be constantly using the switch or plugging and unplugging things - eg a kettle socket or a standard lamp - then ordinary paint works fine.
But if you think about how you actually insert a plug, then it would need to be a very tough paint not to quickly rub and chip around the holes, which looks horrible.

 

[Abi Cott]

At work they have just painted the canteen wall blue and painted over a fused spur, and it stands out like a sore thumb. It just looks wrong and draws the eye because in fine art terms the "ground" really matters because the way the light bounces of a surface is how we see it. We see colour because of the way light is reflected from it. Light reflects differently from a smooth plastic surface than a plastered surface. I'd opt for the clear plastic option, far more invisible than a colour match paint or plastic.

 

[Bogart]

If you aren't going to be constantly using the switch or plugging and unplugging things - eg a kettle socket or a standard lamp - then ordinary paint works fine.
But if you think about how you actually insert a plug, then it would need to be a very tough paint not to quickly rub and chip around the holes, which looks horrible.

And I would make a right mess of it.

 

[Bogart]

Forbes & Lomax transparent sockets

https://www.sparksdirect.co.uk/switches-and-sockets/plastic-switches-sockets/forbes-lomax-invisible

Hamilton Perception CFX

https://www.hamilton-litestat.com/decorative-wiring-accessories/perception-cfx/

Both let you insert your own paint or wallpaper behind the clear faceplate. Both are priced accordingly.

Invisble ones not really required as the walls will not be the same colour as the kitchen unit doors.

 

[Bogart]

At work they have just painted the canteen wall blue and painted over a fused spur, and it stands out like a sore thumb. It just looks wrong and draws the eye because in fine art terms the "ground" really matters because the way the light bounces of a surface is how we see it. We see colour because of the way light is reflected from it. Light reflects differently from a smooth plastic surface than a plastered surface. I'd opt for the clear plastic option, far more invisible than a colour match paint or plastic.

Am aiming for something very near to the colour of the kitchen cabinet doors. The surrounding areas will be a totally different colour, not same on all walls so there should, in theory, not be a contrast introduced due to nearness of location.