tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7996566617043488147.post937530276645037351..comments2024-02-23T01:43:35.828-07:00Comments on Prairie Home Therapy: How do you test colour on a fence?Alana in Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08440969357242099169noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7996566617043488147.post-64635579959753680092008-07-09T20:10:00.000-06:002008-07-09T20:10:00.000-06:00On my monitor, the test patch exactly matches the ...On my monitor, the test patch exactly matches the house...<BR/><BR/>...but I'm still leaning toward agreeing with Anne about a darker browny green. Contrast sounds more like what you were aiming for originally, plus as the painted wood weathers, the color is going to shift away from the stucco color because of the different materials.drwendehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10583869876969470655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7996566617043488147.post-76851497629300360422008-07-09T19:45:00.000-06:002008-07-09T19:45:00.000-06:00Yep. The house is The house isn't painted--it's a ...Yep. The house is The house isn't painted--it's a stucco--and it is different colours depending on the exposure it has got over the last 50 years! Makes it really, really hard to pick paint for trim.<BR/><BR/>But this is the fence--which will pretty much always be seen in conjunction with the south side of the house. <BR/><BR/>Funny you should mention a browny-green. That was my second choice for a paint colour. Perhaps I can get a litre of that and try it out, but I'd like more opinions, first.Alana in Canadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08440969357242099169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7996566617043488147.post-47999357392924402392008-07-09T18:39:00.000-06:002008-07-09T18:39:00.000-06:00How close is this to the house color? Is that the ...How close is this to the house color? Is that the house color right there on the right? Because it seems like you'd either want to match it a little closer or contrast it more (darker, maybe a browny-green)?Anne At Largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02980087155991051007noreply@blogger.com