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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-07-08 01:43 AM
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What's a good brown color to paint a hallway?
:shrug:

The hallway is small and narrow with no windows.

Help me out here. :shrug:
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-07-08 01:45 AM
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1. beige? How about a nice shade of yellow or something light?
Edited on Sat Jun-07-08 01:49 AM by chimpsrsmarter
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-07-08 01:50 AM
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3. Beige?
Fuck that shit.

I want it BROWN, dammit. BROWN.

Brown like Coffee Cat's 3x 10 oz mochas.

BROWN.

Got it? :shrug:

(And teh kitchen's going to be yellow. YELLOW. Yellow like the Sun engulfing the Earth. YELLOW, dammit. My bedroom's already BLUE like the mother of all Blue Grosbeaks. BLUE.)
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-07-08 01:59 AM
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11. well take one of those coffee cat mochas to the paint store and have them match
it, k Ms. Fuck that beige shit blue is now brown? Now when you're done painting that hallway, throw in a humidifier and take pictures of the first batch of mushrooms that are bound to grow there.



:rofl:
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-07-08 09:52 AM
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17. Mocha Au Lait or Coco Brown by Dutch Boy
http://dutchboy.com/colors/families/browns/earthy/index.jsp

Since there are no windows, a light tone of brown will keep the hallway from becoming a tunnel.
To add more reflective light in the area, use a semi-gloss white or creamy white on the ceiling area.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-07-08 01:53 AM
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7. THAT'S the kind of BLUE I'm talking about:


YES, it IS that dark.... and I LOVE it!
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-07-08 01:49 AM
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2. Off white.
Many shades of off white....but keep it light and neutral and perhaps "beighy" as was suggested. Don't go dark.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-07-08 01:52 AM
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4. Why do you hate America?
:shrug:

If you're going to take that attitude, you should just move back to the Soviet Union. x(
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-07-08 01:52 AM
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6. Red!! paint it red!! n/t
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-07-08 01:54 AM
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8. Nice post, Comrade
:eyes:
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-07-08 01:52 AM
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5. you might want to consider painting the walls
a rosy deep beige (matte) and trim out the baseboards with a deeper gloss brown.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-07-08 01:56 AM
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9. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
:o
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-07-08 01:58 AM
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10. whatever --
it is hard to decribe color...

I guess that is one reason that a picture is worth a thousand words.
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-07-08 06:01 AM
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12. Papaya whip
*snap*

"Papaya whip is a pastel shade of peach."



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colors
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-07-08 06:06 AM
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13. brown is a brown color
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-07-08 06:12 AM
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14. Zinnwaldite...
"Zinnwaldite is a color that resembles the mineral zinnwaldite."

I'm tempted to run down and ask for a can of that just to see the look on their faces.

Zinnwaldite is also, brown.
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Pool Hall Ace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-07-08 09:39 AM
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15. Here are some colors you might like.
Behr 740D-5 "Twig Basket"
Behr 730D-4 "Garden Wall"
Behr 760D-5 "Shortgrass Prairie"

They can be checked out here:

http://www.behr.com/behrx/workbook/index.jsp
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-07-08 09:41 AM
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16. A very light sand color.
A dark brown will make the space seem smaller and cave-like.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-07-08 10:51 AM
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18. Be very careful. I painted a fireplace brown one time and it looked like Kaka.
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-07-08 01:32 PM
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19. Some great samples as shown in a room (made these for you)
All Dutch Boy colors
(I like Dutch Boy and Sherwin-Williams because their chips are what the colors really.
No having to go a shade lighter or darker to get what you think you see.)

Let me know what you tink, and can go make up other pics if you see something close to what you want, but maybe a tone range lighter/darker, or color range warmer/cooler. :hi:

Mocha au Lait
Color: B16-3



Potato Skin
Color: B11-2



Coco Brown
Color: B12-1
Color:



Thick As Molasses
COlor: B16-1




Woodsman
B17-1
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-07-08 02:13 PM
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24. I like the coco brown
:shrug:
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-07-08 02:20 PM
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25. I like that one, too
Edited on Sat Jun-07-08 02:22 PM by Whoa_Nelly
and Woodsman.

Knowing you a bit, had thought you'd like Coco Brown, but also see Woodsman as having an appeal.

I like Woodsman because it has a bit more warmth and light in it, making it nice for a hallway space and a good color for transition to the living areas connected to it.

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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-07-08 02:26 PM
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26. That was my second choice
;)
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-07-08 01:42 PM
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20. Try Brown 25
from Uranus Corporation
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ZombieNixon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-07-08 01:45 PM
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21. Baby poop
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zingaro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-07-08 02:04 PM
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22. Our hallway is a light sandy yellowy brown color.
Actually, that's the color throughout the entire upstairs of my house because there's no logical break for color and the upstairs hasn't been on the fixit menu yet. But the color is really nice - neutral and not annoying.
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-07-08 02:05 PM
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23. How About
Brown?

:shrug:
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