ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM

Paint is never quite what it seems.  It’s like a liquid chameleon changing shades at different times of day or in different lighting.

Dusted Moss 2 - tester

 

My tester pot of Dulux Dusted Moss 2 when applied to a sheet of A4 paper appeared a light celeriac shade of green but when applied to the wall, is actually more grey than green so instead of calming vegetation what I’ve ended up with is an ‘elephant in the room’.

 

Hmmm - looks a bit grey to me

Is there an elephant in this room?

Strangely at around 4 pm the elephant metamorphosized into a sage bush as the afternoon sun shone in through the window turning the room a lovely shade of greenish grey.  That’s more like it, less Nelly and more like lime jelly.

 

Is it grey or green?  Well it depends

On what time of day it is

The last coat of paint has been applied to the spare room which is slowly starting to come together.  The dark contrast of the greyish walls has made the cornice look whiter and will hopefully make a subtle backdrop for my Art Deco paper feature wall but more about that later on.