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Paint colour for this wall?

Gal2Gal2 Posts: 36
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Hi, can anyone please suggest a colour(s) for the wall to the left of the patio? It has never been painted and I would like to brighten it up but with colours suitable to the rest of the patio.

Thanks 

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,146

    You mean the low concrete-type wall?  

    I would pick out one of the colours in that wonderful stone wall - there are ochres in there, mossy and licheny greens, blues, creams, sand and purple and some reddish tones.  

    Have a look here  and match up just one of them to enhance the low wall and link it to that wonderful stone.  

    http://www.littlegreene.com/paint/finish/masonry?p=8 

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  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039

    Always worth listening to Dove, she is an artist. image

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889

    Whew, for a second I thought you were planning on painting that wonderful stone wall. 

    Silly old me.

    Devon.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    It also depends on the effect you want to achieve. Looking at the space, I feel you might want a bright colour. I'd personally have soft creams or greens, but that's just me  image

    I'd make a screen in a toning colour to hide the oil tank first....image

    A couple of small uplighters on that lovely wall would be nice at night. image

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904

    Silly old you Hosta??? I clean fainted! I wondered why anyone would want to paint that natural stone. image I'll see you in the dopey corner.

    Now that I've recovered (and noticed the little wall) I'd go soft pale mossy greens to bring the heathery shades out in the stone. It's my favourite combo and everything goes with green. Ever see a flower that didn't suit it's leaves? image

  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,087

    I'd go with mossy or lichen type greens too.   Then the other colours in teh lovely stone wall will show up better.

    Agree about some subtle lights for that back wall and also screening those tanks.

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  • Gal2Gal2 Posts: 36

    Thank you for all the replies :-) Yes I can confirm that it is the small wall on the left which I am painting! I love those ideas, especially screening the tank, lighting and shade of green. Thanks again, I will upload my results 

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    Is it the whole area that is your space Gal2, or just the bit we can see on the right of the low wall? I meant to ask that as it wasn't terribly clear.

    You might want to consider something along the top of the wall for screening too,  if the bit on the  other side isn't yours  image 

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,146

    Blue is great in places where there's good reflected light, like at the seaside - the quality of light is so much more intense because of the reflected light from the sea (hence artists' colonies at seaside places and the use of so much blue/turquoise at the seaside, and why any blue works so well with white) , but without the intense light it needs to look at it's best, blue can look very dull.

     

    Last edited: 08 September 2016 07:45:38


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