Testing actual paint in situ is an essential part of the colour choosing process. Each of our shades can be bought in a tester pot. Many site-specific factors will affect the way colours appear, so it’s a good idea to test in more than one location, applying two coats over as large an area as you can.
Observe the colours in daylight and artificial light; the difference can be quite significant. Avoid positioning small swatches of several colour immediately next to one another – each will affect the way the others are read. Also, try to avoid comparing the swatch to bright white – this can be equally misleading.
In 1738 the architect William Kent renowned for his follies designed a small, stilted, timber garden room to stand in the middle of a pond within the Elysian Fields at Stowe in Buckinghamshire. It was first decorated by the Italian painter Francesco Sleter combined foliage and calligraphy in an intricate Chinoiserie style, with this sumptuous deep stone colour as a background. Paint research has shown this treasured building was repainted at least twice in the 19th-century and again in 1937.
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Absolute Matt Emulsion:
Choose this paint if you want the most beautiful, chalky, matt finish on your walls and ceilings.
- Suitable for many surfaces including walls , ceilings, plaster and lining paper.
- Dry in 2-4 Hours
- Virtually odourless in application
- Wipeable
- Environmentally-friendly