A thousand shades of white
**Dalin**
an off-white. There has to be at least 200 of them! I've spent an
hour with them fanned out and looking in the natural light, the living
room light, the hall light, comparing them to the furniture, the rug,
the drapes and I am as confused now as I was when I started. I pick a
color, then change my mind. How does Cultured Pearl sound?
Dalin
Arch (TX)
get black carpets. That way she wouldn't have to clean anything, nobody
would see any dirt (unless you spilled flour in the living room. LOL
--
Arch (San Antonio, Texas)
My Picture Gallery:
http://www.picturefuse.com/view.php?dir=Arch
Val Adams
Ve
8:><:*
Bette
>From: **Dalin**
How does Cultured Pearl sound?
>
Not half bad. ;>) Bette
Yoj
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Sounds good to me. I'd go for it. ;-)
Joy
TexGal
probably bring bad thoughts to you! :)
Donna
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**Dalin**
wrote:
>Dey gotz 1 called 'Fluffee Sheepeez'? 'Lambee Pye' iz nize alzo...
>
>Ve
>8:><:*
LOL! There actually is one called white wool, but it has a pinkish
cast to it. Weird!
Dalin
Val Adams
Weird indeed, ewe would expect ochre, from the oil, or maybe greenish, from
rolling on the grass...
I am going to paint the bedroom screaming sky blue. Probably a mistake, it's a
north room and we may freeze our tushes off, but we like the color. Also toying
with the idea of scumbling in some cloud forms, hence the skim coat of joint
compound which (Oh, pleeezzze!) will hopefully finsih in forseeable future.
Oh, well, keeps us off the macadam and out of the byres..
Val & de Fuzzeez
Bill Becker
thing. BillB :o)
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**Dalin**
of Cultured Pearl I picked Pacer White. Not as pretty a name. <g>
And I handed the 1000 colors back to Rob and said "go now before I
change my mind again!" LOL!
Dalin
**Dalin**
wrote:
If ewe like it, that's oil that matters. <g> Ok, how does a skim
coat of joint compound make clouds?
Dalin
**Dalin**
<BillB...@Hotmail.com> wrote:
>No "Cultured Pearls". Go for the REAL
>thing. BillB :o)
LOL! I wouldn't dare wear them! But diamonds are nice. :-)
Dalin
Val Adams
**Dalin** wrote:
AAAAARGH! I deserved that, but it was still 'orrible!
well not all by itself, of course, ewe have to plan the strokes a little, making
roundish mounds and sweeps instead of neat flatnesses. Then when ewe actually
apply the paint, wet the wall first with water & use (dare I say it...) lamb's
wool pads...(gasp!) or at any rate roughly wadded rags instead of a smooth
roller. I have used the technique successfully in miniature, remains to be seen
if will work out right in full scale.
Val & de Indignanatly Inarticulate Fuzzeez
gruffydd
it on the wall then see how it looks. Isn't that the way all you ladies do
the deciding? Is mine the only one to do it that way?
**Dalin**
wrote:
I agree! <vbg>
>
>well not all by itself, of course, ewe have to plan the strokes a little, making
>roundish mounds and sweeps instead of neat flatnesses. Then when ewe actually
>apply the paint, wet the wall first with water & use (dare I say it...) lamb's
>wool pads...(gasp!) or at any rate roughly wadded rags instead of a smooth
>roller. I have used the technique successfully in miniature, remains to be seen
>if will work out right in full scale.
>
>Val & de Indignanatly Inarticulate Fuzzeez
Ah! I understand! It's going to be textured so it looks like clouds,
but you aren't actually going to be painting white clouds on the wall.
<g> It would be pretty though if you could find a cloud border.
OTOH at $10 a roll for those things....
Good luck!
Dalin
**Dalin**
Do you know a better way? <g> Only thing is if I don't like it I'm
stuck as it will be done when we are away so no chance to holler
"stop!" What does your wife do if she doesn't like it? We can't
return opened paint here.
Dalin
>
Beth
My car is pearl color.....imagine it on a big wall Dalin....if it has a
luster you might not want that......not an easy job.
We almost drove a painter crazy on a custom home site where I worked. Lady
had left the painter a note saying she wanted the room he had painted the
day before a half a shade lighter.....He came stomping into the office
hollering will somebody tell me what a half a shade is!!! We stopped doing
custom colors after that.....most our homes out here come in Swiss Coffee
when completed.
Beth
Beth
everything, just like dust on black cars.....Good thought though about no
cleaning...I'm for that.
Beth
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**Dalin**
No, it doesn't have any luster, it's just plain off-white and the
paint companies just like to give their paints strange names I guess.
<g> Actually when they mix them they go by numbers. I wonder how
many people don't pick a color because they don't like the name?
That's a funny story, I too wonder what a half shade lighter is.
Although I believe today on the paint chips I saw whites that were an
1/8th of a shade lighter than the one next to it.
I'm not sure I've ever seen a pearl colored car. It sounds pretty.
:-)
Dalin
Beth
I hope you like the color you pick....Tile, also, is ordered by number.
That's why when a buyer comes in the office and says that's not the tile I
ordered that they are installing...It's a nightmare for me, because all we
have on the spec sheet is the number....
Pearl and white cars are best out here.....I've had white twice, so I like
the sheen of the pearl.
1/8th of a shade....don't mention it to the painter, ok?
Beth
>
Michael Fanner
How perfectly Bwitish. 'Bung it on the wall'. Perfect. Unfortunately
Americans are more likely to smear the stuff on with some sort of brush
thing <lol>
--
Mick.
[To email, remove the keyboard and insert onetel]
MAEVE56
Michael Fanner
>>How does Cultured Pearl sound?
>
> whiteish:-)maeve
Sounds like it has a hint of pink if you ask me.
Jim Everman
> > whiteish:-)maeve
> Sounds like it has a hint of pink if you ask me.
> Mick.
Pearlescent..
Jim
Bob Flora
When I was a child one of my aunts crocheted big, round, beautiful
tablecloths. She started with a small strawberry-like shape in the first
row, then each succeeding row of shapes got larger and larger. The color
was "ecru," a sort of brownish white, and it was my first experience with
the myriad of "off white" colors. For that reason every time I think of
"off white" the first color that comes to mind is 'ecru." Strange how
things like that stick in the mind.
--Bob--
Bob Flora
"**Dalin**" <lj...@mindspring.com> wrote in message > I'm not sure I've ever
seen a pearl colored car. It sounds pretty.
> :-)
>
> Dalin
Saw a 1961 Pontiac convertible done in pearl. The car had been an Indy pace
car as I recall. There was a quart of paint in the trunk. Dealer said it
was for souch -up since it was a one-time custom mix- and worth $50 in 1961
dollars.
At car shows there are now numerous pearlescent custom car colors available
from both DuPont and PPG. I saw a 1940 Ford at a show a few years ago with
a pearlescent brilliant green front that changed imperceptibly to
pearlescent white at the rear of the car. Another pearlescent/metallic
paint now available is called "chrome illusion." It looks like a hologram,
changing colors depending on the lighting and angle of view. I saw a car at
a show this spring that was at once copper and purple. Very attractive, and
very, very, expensive.
--Bob--
Val Adams
depending on lighting; but did not cost anything extra, was just how it came.
Val
TexGal
in making any type of decision or selection. If I don't go with my initial
decision, it takes me forever and a day to decide and I wind up
second-guessing myself.
Donna
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Yoj
blue, or black, depending on light. My son has a light blue Toyota.
When he saw mine he said, "I thought *my* car was a pretty shade of
blue!" He will be buying a new car soon, and is determined that it will
be Mystic Teal. I love the color, but it wasn't what I wanted
originally. I was looking for one of the bronze shades, because they
show dirt (and cat paw prints) so much less. However, this is what was
available, and I'm happy with it.
--
Joy
Life is what happens to you while you are planning to do something else.
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**Dalin**
wrote:
Oh I've seen pictures of that "chrome illusion" paint. At first I
liked it, then I though it would probably wear on you after a while.
Too shimmery, too brilliant, too something....
Dalin
>
**Dalin**
<mickf...@thekeyboard.com> wrote:
>On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 21:40:18 +0000, MAEVE56 wrote:
>
>>>How does Cultured Pearl sound?
>>
>> whiteish:-)maeve
>
>Sounds like it has a hint of pink if you ask me.
It did, in certain lights. That's why I nixed it.
Jean B.
>
> I once suggested to Mickey that we pain the walls and ceilings black and
> get black carpets. That way she wouldn't have to clean anything, nobody
> would see any dirt (unless you spilled flour in the living room. LOL
> --
> Arch (San Antonio, Texas)
>
> My Picture Gallery:
> http://www.picturefuse.com/view.php?dir=Arch
Except you would. Black really shows dirt. I think the trick
would be multi-colored walls and rugs.
--
Jean B.
**Dalin**
>No, I didn't, Dalin. I'm one of those people that goes with my gut-feeling
>in making any type of decision or selection. If I don't go with my initial
>decision, it takes me forever and a day to decide and I wind up
>second-guessing myself.
>
>Donna
I find it easier if I have less to pick from. I can easily choose
between 10 off-whites immediately, but when you give me 200....
Dalin
>
Jean B.
>
> Saw a 1961 Pontiac convertible done in pearl. The car had been an Indy pace
> car as I recall. There was a quart of paint in the trunk. Dealer said it
> was for souch -up since it was a one-time custom mix- and worth $50 in 1961
> dollars.
>
> At car shows there are now numerous pearlescent custom car colors available
> from both DuPont and PPG. I saw a 1940 Ford at a show a few years ago with
> a pearlescent brilliant green front that changed imperceptibly to
> pearlescent white at the rear of the car. Another pearlescent/metallic
> paint now available is called "chrome illusion." It looks like a hologram,
> changing colors depending on the lighting and angle of view. I saw a car at
> a show this spring that was at once copper and purple. Very attractive, and
> very, very, expensive.
>
> --Bob--
Yes, I occasionally see such cars, and I like the coloring a lot.
I once heard it was wise to get a little paint if it was an
esoteric color, not that I have heeded that advice.
--
Jean B.
Jean B.
>
> That sounds cool! My Toyota is Mystic Teal. It is dark blue, greenish
> blue, or black, depending on light. My son has a light blue Toyota.
> When he saw mine he said, "I thought *my* car was a pretty shade of
> blue!" He will be buying a new car soon, and is determined that it will
> be Mystic Teal. I love the color, but it wasn't what I wanted
> originally. I was looking for one of the bronze shades, because they
> show dirt (and cat paw prints) so much less. However, this is what was
> available, and I'm happy with it.
>
> --
> Joy
>
boring compared to your car and some of the others being
described.
--
Jean B.
Jean B.
Might have looked odd depending on what color your curtains and
upholstery are then. Good decision.
--
Jean B.
Val Adams
can try for that. The only greenish they had at the dealer was muddy, and we
were kind of in a hurry because the old car was going wonky and he has to drive
so far every day. We test-drove a beautiful orangey/copper SUV type, but the
shocks sucked. Then we looked at a magenta/shifty red sort of compact, and hit
our heads on the liner. So that left us only the G35 (num?)models to choose
from, and they didnt have anything else with nearly as good saturation; we both
like strong colors. Didn't even find out about the color-shift effect;
(I want to say irridescence but that isnt the exact word, it's something about
splitting the bounce-light..)
until we got her home, then we were tickled purple....
(er...I presume other people also talk with their cars enough to learn gender,
fuel preferences, etc......? ;)
Val (& Little Blue Car, and Fuzzees, and all, and all....)
sigh; I am surrounded...
Yoj
I'll bet it would make it easier to spot in a parking lot.
Joy
Yoj
I'm with you, Dalin! I don't like having too many choices.
Joy
Beth
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Out here in the land of 20,000+ new homes a year that we build in LV, men
in white suits, gloves and booties, head and face covered with a hood, go
in and spray the whole house with a paint gun....they almost look like space
men . Come to think of it, maybe the suit is white because it's mostly Swiss
Coffee color that we use.
Beth
Bob Flora
"Beth" <beth...@cox.net> wrote in message
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> Out here in the land of 20,000+ new homes a year that we build in LV,
men
> in white suits, gloves and booties, head and face covered with a hood, go
> in and spray the whole house with a paint gun....they almost look like
space
> men . Come to think of it, maybe the suit is white because it's mostly
Swiss
> Coffee color that we use.
> Beth
No, it's because paints and other spray materials are becoming increasingly
toxic and the EPA is increasing the safety regulations about employees using
them, especially for extended periods. Full body suits and respirators are
becoming commonplace, as are specially ventilated paint booths with very
detailed disposal methods for the empty cans, coupled with fairly heavy
fines for violators. Read the label on any finishing material you use and
follow the ventilation instructions. Some are really toxic.
--Bob--
mj
> Rob brought me his contractors book of paint colors. I need to pick
> an off-white. There has to be at least 200 of them! I've spent an
> hour with them fanned out and looking in the natural light, the living
> room light, the hall light, comparing them to the furniture, the rug,
> the drapes and I am as confused now as I was when I started. I pick a
> color, then change my mind. How does Cultured Pearl sound?
>
> Dalin
Enough to drive you nuts!!!!!!! Cultured Pearl sounds good but, there
again, there are several shades of pearls. Decisions, decisions, decisions.
mj
mj
> Did you have trouble picking it? I changed my mind again and instead
> of Cultured Pearl I picked Pacer White. Not as pretty a name. <g>
> And I handed the 1000 colors back to Rob and said "go now before I
> change my mind again!" LOL!
>
> Dalin
Pacer white doesn't give me a clue. But, I'm sure it will look great. Don't
let 'what if, maybe, does it look okay' ruin your vacation time.
mj