Paint Issue in Attached Garage

[28HopUp]

Below is a link to the few album pictures I have of my garage -

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/album.php?albumid=691


I picked the colors prior to joining the forum, and used the plastic corrugated color to decide on the green accent and off-white trim (which looks white in the pictures). I really like the colors I have, HOWEVER I am now experiencing an issue with the green as I've begun painting the 'appliances' (trash can, roller cabinets, etc). The color on the upper walls reflects the indirect/fluorescent lighting in a much darker tone (which I like) than the items at the floor which catch bright, natural light from the open garage door. I don't have a good picture to describe it, but the items in the brighter light are washed out and appear to be tan. So now it looks like the cabinets are painted a fourth color, which I think looks washed out and ugly.

I need to figure out the best path forward. My wife thinks I'm nuts to give this much thought to a garage, but I want to have a nice green become the dominant color in the garage, with the corrugated becoming the accent color. I don't want to add a 2nd shade of green to the lower appliances, because that WILL be adding a 4th color. I don't mind painting the green walls another shade either along with the appliances, but I don't want to have the new color wash out again and end up in the same spot.

Have any of you experienced a similar shade shift in color resulting from having natural light from an open garage door?

 

[28HopUp]

A picture is worth a thousand words, so here are three pictures to explain what I'm talking about.

The two pictures with the paint mixing stick show how the paint matches both the trash barrel and the wall. Yet the stand-back picture clearly shows how much different they look in the garage.

My wife thinks I'm making too big a deal over this, but I think the trash barrel looks like ****. Guess I should have painted everything white. Suggestions please?

 

[SMKS]

My wife thinks I'm making too big a deal over this.

I concur.

You're worried about the color of the garbage can in you garage.

I consider myself to be pretty serious about my garage and even I think that is over the top.

 

[tolken4]

IT IS ON EVERYONE'S MIND, so I will just go ahead and say it.

It is clearly time to commit seppuku for your failures and the dishoner you have brought to you, your family and your trashcan.

 

[tolken4]

Paint the trash can black, safety yellow or red, or another color of your choosing. Easiest and cheapest fix to help you sleep at night.

 

[sting ya]

I think you should listen to your wife

 

[28HopUp]

I think you should listen to your wife

That isn't helpful!

Thanks for the feedback guys.

 

[chevy2]

I thought the same thing about my gutters as I owm a body shop & I deal with matching paint every day. I just wasn't going to allow a gutter to be put on my toy shop not matching I finnally cave in & had them put on. guess what I don't even notice them at all. Get on with your life & don't worry about your trash can matching .

 

[ZRX61]

I think you should listen to your wife

Sting ya's wife has hacked his account...

 

[sting ya]

Sting ya's wife has hacked his account...

No ive just been divorced before, so i learned the hard way

 

[mikeyr]

repaint the whole thing, best color for a garage is functional white, makes the whole place brighter.

 

[mmhouse]

Maybe you should live in the house and give the garage to your wife.

 

[28HopUp]

Maybe you should live in the house and give the garage to your wife.

Are you familiar with the whole idea behind this forum? [j/k]

It's not about being OCD. It's the fact that the color difference is so dramatic within a few feet. I get inspired by all of the wonderful garages here and see the various ways we can personalize our space (not the wife's) through color and design choices. And now I'm sidetracked because the green I was planning to use as the focal point is spot-on as a upper wall color but is washed out in direct light. It's just frustrating, and I wanted to see if anyone had experienced a dramatic color change like I am.

[and I'll admit that I MAY be a little OCD. Is that a bad thing?]

 

[mmhouse]

Are you familiar with the whole idea behind this forum? [j/k]

It's not about being OCD. It's the fact that the color difference is so dramatic within a few feet. I drool over the wonderful garages here and see all the various ways we personalize our space (not the wife's) through color and design choices. And now I'm sidetracked because the green I was planning to use as the focal point is washed out in direct light. It's just frustrating, and I wanted to see if anyone had experienced a dramatic color change like I am experiencing.

[and I'll admit that I MAY be a little OCD]

Okay, sorry, I'll try to be a bit more constructive.

I've not experienced this in my garage but I've certainly had similar color problems in the house. My wife and I claim to be the worst paint color pickers in the world because of these problems. We recently had an interior designer choose colors to re-paint the interior of the house. At least that way we could blame any problems on her!

I'm not sure I fully understand the problem from your description but it seems you have two or three choices.

1. Go with a different color on the items that are looking washed out in the natural light. I wouldn't try to match the upper green but pick something far enough off that it doesn't look like you're trying to match.

2. Go with a different (probably darker) green on everything.

3. Change out your light tubes to something closer to sunlight so the color looks more similar from top to bottom.

Hope this is of some help. The garage looks great by the way.

 

[darkk]

Just step up and buy true color bulbs for the garage and the color difference should be minimal.....

 

[28HopUp]

2. Go with a different (probably darker) green on everything.

3. Change out your light tubes to something closer to sunlight so the color looks more similar from top to bottom.

Hope this is of some help. The garage looks great by the way.

I REALLY appreciate the help guys! Those two options are probably the way I will proceed. I'm not sure of the bulb type I'm currently using in the 8' fixtures, but that is an excellent idea and one I hadn't considered. Benefiting from the advice/experience of others is why I enjoy this forum!