Color Swatches
Here is the first batch of colors I've chosen for the house. This covers the Master Wing, and the Formal Wing. To get these colors samples here on this web page, I scanned in the color chips from the paint supplier and then tried to normalize the color to get to a single RGB value that I could use to set the table cell color with. Since this means going through both a non color corrected scanner, and then displaying it on what most likely is a non color corrected monitor, the chances that these colors will actually be accurate is quite slim, but they should be close. On my monitor, the colors look "sharper" then what they do on the paint chips. But hopefully the general idea is able to get across. If you are really intersted in finding out the real colors being used, I do list the color numbers of each chip so you could locate a Rodda store and pick out the chips yourself.
I personally was wanting to be a bit bolder with my color choices, perhaps only having the gallery spaces being in a muted beige. But I listened to my interior decorator, since after all he has more experience in this sort of thing then I do. If after living in the house for a few years I decide that there needs to be a little more action in some of the walls, it is easy enough to go in and repaint some of the rooms later.
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| #904: Taffy White |
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This is the general purpose "Trim" color that will be used on all of the
wood trim throughout the house, and on most of the ceilings. The only room
currently planned not to use this for its trimwork is the Library, which is all wood. I wanted to trim color to be a constant throughout the house, to help tie things together regardless of what else might be going on in the room.
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| #163: Summer Suede |
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This color will be used in the "gallery" spaces of the house. There is the long Gallery Hallway next to the Great Hall, as well as the hallway of the lower section of the master wing. The color needed to be one that wasn't too bold, so that it wouldn't compete with any type of artwork that might be hanging on the wall. Since the gallery spaces flow into the stairtower and the entry way, this color will currently be used in there as well.
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| #607 Stone Mountain |
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This color will be used in my office. I'll probably punch it up a little with some bold paintings or framed posters on the wall or something, but the blue tones are supposed to be soothing and relaxing, so I felt that this would be good for an office.
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| #33: Italian Mist |
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This is the color for the other office, which for the time being will also be the "Sun Room". Its patio entrance leads out to the private section of the garden, so I picture this room as being a sort of cross-over room between the inside and outside. So I wanted to allow a little bit of the sunshine to flow into this room as well through the paint color.
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| #107: Biscuit |
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This is for the exercise room. I wanted it to be muted and layed back. But with the very slightly brown tones, it reflects the wood of the library which is right across the hallway.
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| #579: Vintage |
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I was wanting to do the master bedroom suite in two diffent colors. The bedroom in blue, and the bathroom in green, but my interior decorator warned me that since the two rooms don't have trimwork to seperate the colors from each other it would be difficult to make this work properly. So I listened to him on this round, and chose to go with two different shades of blue instead. I felt the bedroom would take the lighter and airier color of blue, and the bathroom would be in a slightly stronger shade.
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| #578: Winter Blue |
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This is the stronger shade of blue for the master bathroom. The cabinetry in this room is white with black highlights rubbed in, and the marble around the tub and in the shower is a very soft beige with stronger veins of greyish beige runing through it. This color appears to do a good job of holding these together.
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I wanted the Great Hall to have a little energy in it. Red is supposed to be a good color to use in an "eating" room, as it stimulates the appetite, but it also is just a tad rough as well. So I decided to try to bring in some of the energy of red, while still playing off some of the beige colors that were encountered in the hallway right outside. This peachy color appears to be a good choice for this.
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Blue and green are both relaxing colors. Blue for the relaxation of looking out at the sky, and green for the relaxation of being out in nature. I see the Lower Art Studio (the room right above the entryway), as perhaps being a bit of a "retreat" room. So putting green up here seemed like the right thing to do. Since the Upper Art studio (the room above the Great Hall), is just a big bonus room, it will just be painted in the Taffy White color used for the trimwork.
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| #797: Herb Garden |
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Now we get to have a little fun. The Guest Rooms aren't really "living" rooms, or rooms that folks will be spending an extended amount of time in, so my decorator allowed me to get a little bolder with my colors here. In the Guest room without the window to the outside, I chose a strong green to make up a little for the lack of natural access, although they will still have the private patio entrance to get to the outside with.
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| #506: Blue Velvet |
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And in the second guest room, I chose an equally strong blue.
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