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| I have been planning to paint my bedroom in Benjamin Moore's Wheeling Neutral HC-92. I have been searching high and low, flooded with paint chips every where around me trying to decide on a trim and ceiling color.
Should I just paint my ceiling in a few shades lighter than my wall color...good idea or bad? I have noticed others say a few shades lighter then wall color, does this mean making the same color lighter? Or does it mean going down a few shades on the paint chip? For example down from Wheeling Neutral you have Carrington Beige? Confused on this ;\
I am going for light creamy/beigy look for the ceilings and some kind of white for the trim to go along with it. Even more confusing is making sure the undertones work well together with Wheeling Neutral. Do I also stick to warm tones assuming Wheeling Neutral is warm? I want to avoid making it look dirty or dingy, or yellow.
I included a link as an example of what I would like to achieve... |
Here is a link that might be useful: Here is a similar look of the ceiling and walls I am trying to achieve
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- Posted by Jumpilotmdm (My Page) on Sun, Apr 22, 12 at 16:00
| You can do either the same color lighter OR move up on the paint chip, whichever you prefer. The paint chip is the safest as it is a known color, one you can see. Using the half or quarter formula of the HC-92 is a little more of an experiment and you may need the help of the people tinting it for you to know what the end result will be. Your picture says half formula to me. Good luck! |
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| Thank you Jumpilotmdm for the help! I will be looking into both options to see which one will work out. Ty |
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