Colour It - Interior Paint Tester

How to sample paint colours on your walls:

1) Stir (or shake!) your tin before application.

2) Decide on your application method:

You have two options here. You can either paint directly onto the walls, or paint onto a large sheet of thick lining paper which you can then tape to the wall. Painting directly is usually the best (and easiest) option, but you may want to consider lining paper if your walls currently feature a printed wallpaper or very bold paint shade. (Colours "talk" to one another, so your impression of the new test colour(s) may be impacted by the surrounding existing colour. By painting onto white lining paper and leaving a white border, you can avoid this issue).

• If painting directly onto the walls, test more than one location, applying two coats and over as large an area as you can.
• If painting on lining paper, either paint multiple samples or move around your swatch during different times of the day

3) Paint (or stick) sample tests eye level

4) Don’t line up your sample swatches right next to each other (this will affect the way each reads).

5) Once dry, study the colour(s) in different lighting conditions (natural and artificial).

6) Check out how these shades look paired with your flooring, furniture, lampshades, and other interior items.