[maseo7]

What do you guys reckon is the best wall paint gallery in Grey to display your framed art to make it pop?
Sorry if this is not a good area to place this post but I was looking to re-paint soon. If you know the brand and the specific name of the color that would be great, plus a pic would be even better! Thanks guys!

[Winter]

F&B Cornforth White is popular with interior designers, almost industry standard

[Prints Charles]

F&B Downpipe or Plummet are both great for making art ping off the wall nicely.

(Peak middle class point reached)

[loother]

If you're after a darker grey Mole's Breath, also F&B, which I think was introduced last year, is rather good. #urban

[Prints Charles]

And people say this place has changed...

[Ruggs]

May 15, 2016 18:05:39 GMT 1 Winter said:

F&B Cornforth White is popular with interior designers, almost industry standard

I can vouch for F&B Cornforth White. 

[dodsi]

F&B is just expensive and not particularly good. I have this on good authority from my brother-in-law whom is in the trade and regularly is asked to use F&B and says it is really not very good compared to Dulux Trade paint (the word 'trade' being key here - not the normal range) which he swears by.

I am currently refurbishing my place and using Dulux Trade Grey Steel 4 under strict instruction! - no pictures currently as all my art is off the walls whilst things get finished up. No 4 in the range is the lightest, you can, in addition get 3 - 1 with 1 being the darkest. However - you can have this stuff mixed up to any colour you wish.

I am incredibly happy with the outcome of the works here.

[European Bob]

Take your F&B colour chart and get the Dulux mixed up! save yourself a few quid as well!

[bigv]

Being here in the states, what they hell is F&B? I mean, we have metric $@$@ tons of paint to choose from here (Valspar, Delux, Behr, Sherwin Williams, designer versions of house brands, etc, etc) but never heard of F&B

[DrWhite]

Farrow & Ball

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Blimey

i like white, everything white, simple, no need to think, and it saves cutting in, win win

[maseo7]

Thanks for all of the recommendations. It is greatly appreciated. I live in NY so I am not sure how accessible F And B is over here but thanks!

[Cardiff]

We've used a Dunn Edwards grey called "Shady" in our last few houses...reads as white-ish during the day and a little more grey at night. It's a bright, modern grey that doesn't feel cold or have any traces of blue.

We had over 30 swatches of greys painted on the wall before we selected this one...despite my OCD, I've never looked back.

[iamzero]

Just painted a room in Dulux Chic Shadow. Looks good to me.

[F*X]

Only us Brits would come up with a a grey called Mole's Breath. The rest of the world please bear with us normal service will resume shortly.


Although it is a good gray

[rjf76]

This is a brilliant thread ha ha...one that I will refer to in the coming months

[wave]

Cornforth white is a good neutral...makes my Micallefs pop.
If you want the same grey but lighter, Ammonite
If you want slightly warmer...Skimming stone.
P.S....if you go with F&B, kiss your money goodbye. Great paints tho.

[dodsi]

The dulux trade we are using is actually more expensive than the f&b stuff it appears. No money saving tip just better quality.

But from an art conservation point of view we are using the mouldshield stuff which is anti fungal so there is no risk of any mould growing behind any pictures.

[kendo]

Try F&B Blackened!

You'll probably end up spending more on test pots

[Fake]

I always liked the new color the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam used. Very dark but looks ace! 3.bp.blogspot.com/-UvSK7GXLo_g/Ugp7XlmEN4I/AAAAAAAACxs/tIUgL0jBAkg/s1600/nachtwacht1.jpg

[Harveyn]

I have always used white throughout the house until recent years. I now have 20% of our walls in two different shades of grey. I find it perfect for hanging art but the main problem I have now is to increase the % of grey would be too much IMO yet hanging art on white walls is completely inferior.

[stillborncrisps]

May 15, 2016 22:18:16 GMT 1 dodsi said:

F&B is just expensive and not particularly good. I have this on good authority from my brother-in-law whom is in the trade and regularly is asked to use F&B and says it is really not very good compared to Dulux Trade paint (the word 'trade' being key here - not the normal range) which he swears by.

I am currently refurbishing my place and using Dulux Trade Grey Steel 4 under strict instruction! - no pictures currently as all my art is off the walls whilst things get finished up. No 4 in the range is the lightest, you can, in addition get 3 - 1 with 1 being the darkest. However - you can have this stuff mixed up to any colour you wish.

I am incredibly happy with the outcome of the works here.

It depends what is meant by 'good'.

Every painter and decorator I've spoken to or read on DIY forums hates Farrow & Ball because it's so much more difficut to apply than more regular paint (Dulux, etc), due to its more 'chalky' consistency.

Therefore I'm usually told that Dulux is 'better', ie easier/quicker for them get the job done.

If you've got kids, F&B would not be 'good' because it marks so easily compared to regular wipeable paint.

But... You can colour match all you like, F&B has a matt finish and that the regular paints just don't have. And within the whites, the subtleties in shades cannot be matched by Dulux - they just find a 'nearest neighbour' from their own million colours, which sounds like a lot of colours but in reality isn't. In my experience the matching of whites has been way off the F&B colour. It depends how picky you are.

[onetwothree]

Grey walls! Really?

Moderators please lock this thread - cannot deal.

[Deleted]

I would go for any neutral light grey. Or just illuminate each framed art with an led light.

[dodsi]

May 16, 2016 11:54:03 GMT 1 stillborncrisps said:

May 15, 2016 22:18:16 GMT 1 dodsi said:

F&B is just expensive and not particularly good. I have this on good authority from my brother-in-law whom is in the trade and regularly is asked to use F&B and says it is really not very good compared to Dulux Trade paint (the word 'trade' being key here - not the normal range) which he swears by.

I am currently refurbishing my place and using Dulux Trade Grey Steel 4 under strict instruction! - no pictures currently as all my art is off the walls whilst things get finished up. No 4 in the range is the lightest, you can, in addition get 3 - 1 with 1 being the darkest. However - you can have this stuff mixed up to any colour you wish.

I am incredibly happy with the outcome of the works here.

It depends what is meant by 'good'.

Every painter and decorator I've spoken to or read on DIY forums hates Farrow & Ball because it's so much more difficut to apply than more regular paint (Dulux, etc), due to its more 'chalky' consistency.

Therefore I'm usually told that Dulux is 'better', ie easier/quicker for them get the job done.

If you've got kids, F&B would not be 'good' because it marks so easily compared to regular wipeable paint.

But... You can colour match all you like, F&B has a matt finish and that the regular paints just don't have. And within the whites, the subtleties in shades cannot be matched by Dulux - they just find a 'nearest neighbour' from their own million colours, which sounds like a lot of colours but in reality isn't. In my experience the matching of whites has been way off the F&B colour. It depends how picky you are.

This solidifys my decision further then, the Trade paint covers better and is harder wearing. It is definitely worth the extra money over F&B if it means there is less chance of me re-painting. In terms of the matt finish on the Dulux Trade - it's very flat.

As a side note, paying somebody to apply multiple coats because it cannot cover as well is a large amount of extra money to pay for something that ultimately won't also wear as well.  Even paying mates rates my decorating bill is running very high!

[rjf76]

I'm not sure if, as well as the amount of art, I can pursuade the other half to use dark grey on walls because it 'displays the art better' ha ha......the pics look fantastic though!

[Winter]

Was going to write something more about paint then realised I couldn't be bothered.

[Hairbland]

May 15, 2016 20:57:57 GMT 1 Prints Charles said:

And people say this place has changed...

Can you pass the clotted cream? Thank you!

[Harveyn]

May 16, 2016 13:43:26 GMT 1 Winter said:

Was going to write something more about paint then realised I couldn't be bothered.

Racing green might be nice going by your Avatar.

[My Name is Frank]

dulux khaki mist 5.