How to Choose a Paint Color
You don't need to stand in front of the dreaded wall of paint chips. You don't need to hand your Saturday over to Pinterest. Choosing a paint color you'll love can be easy and—dare we say it?—fun.
You don't need to stand in front of the dreaded wall of paint chips. You don't need to hand your Saturday over to Pinterest. Choosing a paint color you'll love can be easy and—dare we say it?—fun.
1. You've Been Doing Research Even If You Didn't Realize It
You stop in a coffee shop, you visit a friend. You flip through a home design magazine and look at furniture online. Along the way, you probably noticed some wall colors and have a sense of what you really like, and what you really don't. Maybe you gravitate to bright, bold shades or time and again, you favor neutrals. These observations will help you narrow down your search for a paint color you'll really love.
2. Visit Our Gallery
Backdrop's website has a comprehensive gallery of images from real people in real spaces with real paint, not sterile, photoshopped walls that don't help at all. You can sort by color, room, or even look more specifically into painted shapes, trim, etc. You'll get a sense of the mood created by the color and a feeling for whether it's right for you. Interesting Fact: many of our customers use the gallery alone to guide their paint-buying decision, skipping the samples entirely. If that's you, decisive person, skip to the last step below.
3. See It In Your Space
Backdrop offers premium 12"x12” adhesive swatches that are a perfect match for every paint color we sell. Designed to stick (and restick and restick), you can move them around the room and see how the color changes with the light, what it looks like with each piece of furniture, behind your artwork and in the corners, where you’ll see the most variation in shadows and light. Order some swatches in the colors you like best, pop them on the walls and see what happens. Want a hand narrowing it down even further? Work with one of our color consultants.
4. Go With Your Gut
Trust your instinct. Don't overthink this. The color you like the most in swatch form is the one you'll like most on your walls or as an accent. And remember: this doesn't have to be the last time you paint. Down the road, if you want a new look, you can use a new paint color to transform the space again, right?
5. Calculate what you need
How much paint do you need? All you need are your room measurements and this calculator. We sell everything from rollers and brushes to drop cloths, too, so you can skip the trip to the store. Also nice: shipping is free.
That wasn’t so bad, was it? If you want to read some more about Backdrop before you make your purchase, visit our FAQ page.
