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Toning Down a Bright Paint Color

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Date: 12/06/2006 Topics: Home Improvement > Decorating > Paint Color Advice | Readers Request > Decorating  
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How do you correct a paint color that's too bright? I painted my kitchen a yellow that now looks shockingly bright. I would like a more mellow yellow. Can I paint over it with a real pale yellow color and hopefully get a more desirable shade?

Karen from Elkhorn Wisconsin
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Post By Glinda (Guest Post) (12/08/2006)
Adding white to your color will lighten and soften it. Mellow it out.


Post by gog060991 (2) | (12/08/2006)
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Hi Karen

Try masking squares (they could be uniform or irregular) and painting the alternative ones in varying shades of the same color. You will be quite surprised how good it looks. In one of the squares you could use blackboard paint and then you would have an instant notice board that can be used again and again.


Post by Ole Lulu (27) | (12/07/2006)
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If you don't want to do the ragging effect, you could mix some glaze with a lighter color and roll over your paint. A tip my brother taught me was to pick the color you like from the samples, then go one shade lighter. His favorite color is brown, so I ignored him. I only did that once. :)


Post By (Guest Post) (12/07/2006)
How about sponging over it with an off-white or ivory color.


Post by Persnickety Paula (321) | (12/07/2006)
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Isn't it something, Karen, on that little square paint swatch from the paint store the color always looks great; then, when you finish your room it isn't what you had in mind at all! I painted a very small bathroom yellow and you practically went blind every time you went in there because it was too bright! I ended up repainting the room, but i think you should try sponge painting over it first like the previous suggestion. You could use a lighter yellow or white. I used a rag-rolling technique in my bedroom and that really tones down the first layer of paint. You need to mix glaze in with the paint, paint a small section of the wall, and then use a rag and take off some of the glaze. I bought cheese cloth from Lowe's because it was very inexpensive and easy to use. Maybe while you are thinking about what to do with your kitchen you might just get used to the color and decide that you really like it!


Post By (Guest Post) (12/06/2006)
You could paint over it with a pale yellow. That may get it toned down a little.
My mom painted her kitchen orange, and then thought it was too bright. I suggested that we paint over it by sponging white but letting the orange show through. She loved it. you could try that.


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