You may remember that I blogged about a new web site by Glidden Paint several weeks ago called My Colortopia. The site offers lots of advice on choosing paint colors, and there’s an especially neat tool called My Image Inspiration.
If you catch the indecisive bug (as I often do!) when choosing colors for your home, My Image Inspiration allows you to upload a picture of something you like and think would work for your space—a piece of art, a favorite fabric, furniture you may already have, etc. The tool then gives you a selection of color palettes to browse through, print, share and paint.
For fun, I uploaded a picture of this pretty—and very colorful--Waverly fabric to see what palette it would suggest.
Here’s a screenshot of my results. It gave me several different color palette options:
![Portobello_Vase_Blossom[1]](http://lh3.ggpht.com/-RxFLcFhJRDM/Tzz2VxcvT2I/AAAAAAAAHe8/8yGYLuusUuE/s1600-h/Portobello_Vase_Blossom12.jpg "Portobello_Vase_Blossom[1]")
The color choices were actually a little more muted than I expected for the fabric, but I do really like the colors in the first palette. I wonder if they would actually work together in real life. . . I think it would take actual paint swatch cards to find out.
Do you have a fabric, accessory or piece of art that you’re really drawn to? Take a minute to upload it here and see what paint colors Glidden recommends. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the results you get.
I have been sponsored by Glidden brand paint to write this post but the thoughts and opinions expressed are my own.
So, I have to say I am not so sure of the colors it suggested. But, I LOVE that fabric! Hope you are well!
ReplyDeleteThe fabric is lovely! The paint- not so much.
ReplyDeleteInteresting concept, but I don't care for the results. There are so many beautiful colors to pull from the fabric, and the ones it suggests are dull and don't seem to relate at all.
ReplyDeleteIMHO :)
I found My Colortopia through some blogs I read so I went to Home Depot this weekend to check out colors! I uploaded several photos and all the results were kinda neutral. My husband and I are buying a home so my coffee table is full of paint swatches! I like the tool but agree it usually gives not so bright colors, I'll take all the help I can get though. I think I'm afraid of color! I have looked at your last home paint colors several times for inspiration as well. I love your blog Emily, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI think Glidden really missed the boat with this. The colors they come up with never really seem to go with either the profile or the setting! It all looks pretty generic to me. They could have offered some muted, neutral colors, but they definitey need to offer bolder colors as well. This would be useless to me as is. Anyone can pick out beige, we don't need help with that!
ReplyDeleteI read somewhere that Sherwin Williams has one called Color Chip I think.....I'm with you ......wasn't crazy about the palet it picked out.
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