Earth color selection
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I'm afraid I must be "color deprived" somehow. I've spent a lot of time looking at paint samples and trying to pick "earth colors" but the paint ends up being very different than what the sample suggests. I've tried a bunch of different colors, getting the "Paint Pods" from ACE Hardware (4 oz sample jars). The colors I've tried:

  • Fortress Brown (D14-6) - (not shown) too dark
  • Yuma (B21-6) - (not shown) too yellow
  • Sable Sand (C19-5) - (not shown) Initially I thought it to be too light, but I may revisit it.
  • Wicker (D17-5) - too gray
  • Thatched Roof (D16-6) - too gray
  • Rich Caramel (C17-5) - too red
  • Dakota Hills (C23-5) - too green
  • And I finally settled on:
    Popcorn Kernel (C13-6) - This is what I had in mind all along, but it may end up being too dark. We'll see how it goes.