Paint Color?

[Stroonzo]

I tried a search, but I did not find any information or discussions on paint color. Specifically, I am curious about opinions on paint color. For my garage project, I am going with Bright White (basically the whitest white I can find) in an eggshell finish on smooth drywall.

Now let's not get stuck on the sheen selection. To each their own. For those fortunate enough to have a level 5 drywall job with non-wavy ceiling joists, congrats (and enjoy your satin or semi gloss easy to clean paint).

The main question here is color. I am going with the bright white with the following thought in mind. I want the room to be as bright (reflective) as possible and able to take advantage of the T8 lighting. Selecting the color temp of the bulb will provide me with either a yellowish (2700K), bright white (4100K), or daylight (6500K) look or feel to the environment.

For me, I have selected and purchased a 30 pack of 4100k bulbs to go with the Ultra White finish on the walls.

What are your thoughts on paint color and this logic of mine. It makes sense to me, but who knows...

 

[gregtwojeeps]

My one car garage I painted with Porter Paints (PPG now) Advantage 900 bright white and just installed a off white porcelain floor tile to keep it bright. A 900 is a latex high gloss that reflects light well, and water sheds off of it like water on a duck's back and cleans easily. ( I wash my car in the garage).

I know gloss shows wall surface defects but it is a garage, my Jeep is not THAT picky.

Even with four 4' two bulb T8 fixtures, I am short on light for the side of my car but the rest of the garage is lit up well. Darker colors will darken your space and you will have to compensate with more lamp usage/electricity use = $$$$ JMO.

 

[maynard9089]

When we built our garage a friend who owns a paint and drywall company did the drywall work and sprayed the entire thing with a bright white Sherwin Williams primer. His suggestion was to leave it that way and see how I like it before painting it with a better finish. That was 2010 and it still looks great. The only reason I would paint it now is to put a little color in it but the white throws around a lot of light. It is 26'x26' with 12' ceilings and just the lights in the Liftmaster openers are enough to light the entire thing. You really cant tell its primer either.

 

[NUTTSGT]

My ceiling is white/semi-gloss and I have T8 strip lights with 4100K bulbs. You'll be fine unless you're doing surgery.

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

I agree on white, but I've often wondered how good/bad a garage would look in silver. NOT gray, silver!

 

[topcoat]

As a painter, I am persnickity on this one. White white is too white, especially with shop lighting.

In our shops, I have done more of a navajo white and brought in as much natural light as possible.

I think it is important to soften it up a little. But it depends on how much time you spend in the space. I am often in it for 12 hrs a day, so I need something that reflects consistently in both artificial and natural light for the type of work I do, which is very visual.

 

[creativecars]

Once I painted a shop a light blue with some royal blue and white graphics, it was nice, but the bright white floor is what made the biggest difference in the brightness of the shop. Made it much easier to clean up and find that bolt that fell under a car, you know the one that rolls to the center of the vehicle.

 

[6768rogues]

I agree with the white but personally I prefer 6500K lighting.