Wall colour and quilt

kadina

6 years ago

Will this quilt go with a mauve/grey wall and curtains

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Bernadette Staal

6 years ago

If you took your duvet or pillow case with you to the paint store you are bound to find a colour match or they may be able to colour match the mixing of the paint to the duvet. It is a lovely duvet, it would be a shame to get rid of it but remember we do change our duvet covers from time to time and you can't keep painting the house and changing the drapes every time.

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Khanh Nguyen
6 years ago
Hi Kadina! Do you have a photo of your wall colour in natural lighting?
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farsideb
6 years ago
As mauve/grey are blue toned it should as it is also blue toned.
m_mdimond
6 years ago
As a former art restorer and now retired I am proficient at mixing colours, I agree with the two above me taking the pillow case is a good idea and the other thing is to do is make sure that the grey has a blue touch as some have a green touch or a brown touch etc so it is possible to get the wrong mauve grey which has a red/brown base to the black and white to achieve the mauve/grey, overall the paint store have people who will help you pick the right colour as often a colour on a small sample looks a lot different when applied to a whole wall. Good luck
hcok_julie1
6 years ago
I would prefer light coloured walls to match that quilt - as shown in the picture. Too much matchy matchy is tedious. As someone also said, surely you will be changing your quilt and bed linen on a regular basis, so better to have a background colour on walls and carpet which please you and then tone in your Bedlinen. Lovely quilt though!
Julia
6 years ago
Great quilt.Now- go out and buy another one with the same light grey in it. You can then paint the walls that colour and know you can really alter the mood of the room. OR paint a feature wall in the darker grey-moody, mysterious...
User
6 years ago
Hi Kadina,

Lovely quilt, it is quite a bold statement and imagine you would want it as a focal point.
Each room must have one. What about a neutral Dulux Taupe White as a feature wall to the right of your bed and Silver Curtain with Dulux White on White paint behind it? You can get A4 size colour cards and stick them up on the wall to make you final decision.
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6 years ago
I have had a little play and added a polished charcoal grey to go behind the silver curtain. Dulux Taupe White (half strength) and Dulux white on white to the ceiling.
pascoeyvonne
6 years ago
As your existing quilt has neutral tones, I think any colour on the walls or curtains will go with it. However I would take the advice of m_mdimond above as that person has had a lifetime of experience with mixing colours.
loco4567
6 years ago
what is the existing feature? the walls and curtains or the quilt cover? I assumed the walls and curtains already exist and the quilt cover was a possible new addition??

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