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I loved Farrow & Ball's "Blue Ground" but because there isn't a ton of good light in our living room I was afraid it would be too dark.
Then I found out from another editor that Farrow & Ball doesn't mess with the shades of their colours (ie you can't get a colour lightened). So I took the colour card (F&B's Blue Ground) to a Sherwin Williams store and had it matched. BUT, I had them mix the colour at 50% strength so it wouldn't be too dark. That's the final colour - Farrow & Ball's Blue Ground, colour-matched at Sherwin Williams, and mixed to 50% strength.
One final tidbit - I recently found a piece of a robin's egg shell on the sidewalk and took it home, because I said to my wife that I wanted to get IT matched for a paint colour. I've always loved the true robin's egg colour and its hard to find. When I got home, I put the little piece of egg shell up against our living room walls and it was an EXACT match! I'm not kidding, it was perfect! So if you want true robin's egg blue walls get Blue Ground matched and mixed at 50%.
Told you it was a long story!
Michael - Assistant Style Editor
Hi Michael I love the way you got the robin's egg blue color for your wall. I really like the picture of you and your wife Sara in the house and home June issue, I really enjoyed ready the Bargain Hunter. Thanks again:)
Thanks!!!
Hi CJ, I saw you were looking for the paint colour in my living room - its sort of a long story!
I loved Farrow & Ball's "Blue Ground" but because there isn't a ton of good light in our living room I was afraid it would be too dark.
Then I found out from another editor that Farrow & Ball doesn't mess with the shades of their colours (ie you can't get a colour lightened). So I took the colour card (F&B's Blue Ground) to a Sherwin Williams store and had it matched. BUT, I had them mix the colour at 50% strength so it wouldn't be too dark. That's the final colour - Farrow & Ball's Blue Ground, colour-matched at Sherwin Williams, and mixed to 50% strength.
One final tidbit - I recently found a piece of a robin's egg shell on the sidewalk and took it home, because I said to my wife that I wanted to get IT matched for a paint colour. I've always loved the true robin's egg colour and its hard to find. When I got home, I put the little piece of egg shell up against our living room walls and it was an EXACT match! I'm not kidding, it was perfect! So if you want true robin's egg blue walls get Blue Ground matched and mixed at 50%.
Told you it was a long story!
Michael - Assistant Style Editor
Thanks!! :)
Sorry, I forgot to say that it's Benjamin Moore paint.
Hi cj josh, the wall color is Blue Grass CC-640. That is a very pretty color .:)
It will probably tell you in the June edition of H&H magazine.
I saw the video and it could be BM's Wythe Blue but I'm thinking it looks a bit too bright in the video for that one.