Words by our colour consultant Fiona de Lys The Victorians use green to blend garden facing rooms with the outdoors and true to historic origins ‘Invisible Green’ is a best-selling green for achieving just that, particularly when used with landscape artwork such as here in the Garden Hall. The space that really comes to life in the afternoon when the warmer light of the South facing sun streams in, so a great accent colour to use is one that speaks of heat such as ‘Etrsucan Brown’ or ‘Red Ochre’ or ‘Sang de Boeuf‘. For me, in this setting it’s the ‘Red Ochre’ and that’s because the eye leads onto the vibrant pigment in the original terracotta flooring in the hallway behind me and to maintain continuity between wall architrave and stone flooring ‘Dove’ from the adjoining kitchen is continued throughout the ‘Spanish White’ on the ceiling. ‘Dove’ as the trim option is one that carries a little bit of warmth and green and a little bit of black to give it a grey quality. This is a very warm colour. It works particularly well with any of the Greens. Another very popular colour for South and West facing ceilings and if you look beyond me you can just about see how ‘Lilac Pink’ in the east side of the house. It’s behaving as a warm shade in the afternoon light. Invisible Green Order a Sample Etruscan Brown Order a Sample Red Ochre Order a Sample Dove Order a Sample 100 60 40 20 Spanish White Order a Sample 'Invisible Green' with 'Dove' on the woodwork and 'Spanish White' on the ceiling. Photography by Paul Whitbread @paul_whitbread_photo 'Invisible Green' with 'Dove' on the woodwork and 'Spanish White' on the ceiling. Photography by Paul Whitbread @paul_whitbread_photo 'Invisible Green' with 'Dove' on the woodwork and 'Spanish White' on the ceiling. Photography by Paul Whitbread @paul_whitbread_photo No matter which room, aspect or lighting, these blogs along with the reels over on our Instagram page @edwardbulmerpaint will be your starting point for building an interior scheme with complete colour confidence. If you already have one of our natural paint colours in your interior but are looking for a woodwork or a ceiling colour to pair it with, or perhaps you would like to paint a wall, woodwork colour and cabinetry all different then this is the guide for you. We shall simply help you ‘get the look’ and you can drop all the samples into your basket with just a click. BOOK YOUR CONSULTANCY APPOINTMENT HERE
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