How to pick the perfect paint color every time?
Most designers recommend Plastic Emulsion or Flat Oil Paint. Even though these paints are more expensive, the higher cost is due to a higher ratio of pigment and titanium dioxide which is used as a binder and allows the paint to cover more easily. Make sure your painter or contractor knows in advance the brand of paint you desire, as you don’t want then coming in the day of the job with 20 Litre buckets of a brand you didn’t specify saying “Well, I matched the color, it’s all the same.” Labor is the most expensive part of any painting job, whether it is done by you or a professional. Make sure you use the best paint you possibly can find. No one likes to hear this, but the best way to avoid mistakes is to buy the smallest quantity of the paint you are considering and paint a 3 – 3 FOOT test swatch of the color in the room. Live with it for several days, look at it in different light – daytime, evening, etc.and then make your decision. Even if you have to buy a whole tin (4 ltr) of pain
