What Paint Shade Should I Choose? 

Variety is the enemy of easy and speedy decision making. That’s my take after visiting the local paint store. 

    My eyes gloss over a plethora of paint colors whether historic, designer, traditional, or suburban modern color categories.

    I disregard the designer (most expensive) line.  As much as I adore authentic revolutionary color schemes, it doesn’t suit the house’s personality. Or mine. 

    Besides, I need white. Easy?

    Absolutely not, thanks to the hundreds of choices. Each color carries an alluring name like divine white, restful white, and snowbound. Soon, I shift from looking at the name rather than the color. Would the crisp linen color smell like fresh laundry? Could a coating of restful white create a feeling of calm? Sure, with imagination.

    These names are to evoke an emotion, create an image, or reflect a lifestyle. Consider how you would feel about painting your walls wolf moon, dirty snow, or flickering fluorescent? These names I just made up feel too bold, ugly, and unsettling for the average person. 

    What are this store’s most popular shades? The answer is on the back of the paint panels, like those  nature center exhibits, testing its visitors knowledge of say paw prints. 

    Flip, flip, flip. My favorites don’t match the answers. I feel a jolt of happiness knowing this about myself. And I’m not surprised because this is my life pattern. For example, I like the swish of cross-country skies over the whoosh of downhill skiing. Sailboats rule over powerboats. An electric vehicle gets me charged up.  

    My philosophy is to eat more plants and less meat. Tea talk vs. coffee chat. Plus, I’d rather be reading instead of watching a movie.   

    Color me different, and I’m fine with it. As for paint samples, I am leaning toward the warm whites hinting of yellow rather than the cool whites with traces of blue and grey.

    How does morning sun sound as a comforting color? Both the color and the name made it to the final round among my final 20 shades of white.

    Stay tuned.