https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 06:36:08 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/picking-the-perfect-pink-and-purple-paint#post-2650719 Thu, 10 Nov 2016 11:15:27 +0000 PinkElephant 2650719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: absolutely. I'm trying to narrow down what to buy for samples....I am a little worried that now the colors 'I'm looking at will be TOO white, but a decorator friend tells me they're going to look much more vivid on the walls. I'm basically sticking to the very top row of the color wheel </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/picking-the-perfect-pink-and-purple-paint#post-2650709 Thu, 10 Nov 2016 11:04:51 +0000 Foodnerd81 2650709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PinkElephant: definitely get samples and paint then on a couple of walls before painting the whole room (or giving the colors to the painters to buy the paint and paint the rooms). I feel like certain colors can go from soft and sweet to crayola really fast- including pink and purple. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/picking-the-perfect-pink-and-purple-paint#post-2650706 Thu, 10 Nov 2016 11:01:36 +0000 PinkElephant 2650706@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LulaBee: Oh yes - thanks! I was looking at Paisley Pink as an option for my unicorn nursery (on the other thread). Glad to hear you are happy with it </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/picking-the-perfect-pink-and-purple-paint#post-2650699 Thu, 10 Nov 2016 10:58:48 +0000 PinkElephant 2650699@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LCTBQE: Thanks! "Dirty pink" (haha) is exactly what I'm after to get that vintage-y look in DD3's room. I'm currently looking at "pink pearl" for that, if they can cut the color saturation to make it lighter for me.</p> <p>I think DD1 is unfortunately after a slightly more crayon box approach - not what I'd choose, but with the amount of change we are throwing at her right now (new school! new baby! new house! another new school!), I owe her something, and this is an easy place to give in :) I think Tippy Toes will be a good compromise.</p> <p>Now I'm just between Sugarplum and Grape Ice (afraid it's too dark) for DD2, and probably Rosemist or Rock Harbor Violet for the bathroom. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/picking-the-perfect-pink-and-purple-paint#post-2650449 Wed, 09 Nov 2016 15:42:07 +0000 LCTBQE 2650449@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PinkElephant: another Benjamin Moore color for you to consider: Mellow Pink--it's a beautiful blush color, verrrry slightly dirty, so it doesn't have that crayon-box effect. If too pale for you the darker iterations on that same sample card are also nice. I used it for my son's nursery :)<br /> ETA we also have prominent cherry wood in the room, the pink looks lovely next to it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/picking-the-perfect-pink-and-purple-paint#post-2650398 Wed, 09 Nov 2016 14:11:44 +0000 LulaBee 2650398@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>BM Paisley Pink is the perfect muted pink- did both of my girl's rooms in it. It's not garish, I actually like being in their rooms (and the rest of my house is white, I don't typically like color on walls). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/picking-the-perfect-pink-and-purple-paint#post-2650119 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 22:25:11 +0000 SLR 2650119@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have BM North Cascades 1411 in both of my girls' rooms. It's a pretty purple, not too pale but not too bright either.</p> <p>We had SW Inspired Lilac in my daughter's room at our old house. That was a nice one too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/picking-the-perfect-pink-and-purple-paint#post-2650079 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 21:29:03 +0000 Foodnerd81 2650079@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>And it looks way lighter when youfirst paint it on. Like I thought it was practically white at first but it dried purple. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/picking-the-perfect-pink-and-purple-paint#post-2650078 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 21:28:26 +0000 Foodnerd81 2650078@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PinkElephant: yes a little brighter than the swatch- but we had gotten sample cans to test first so it did look like the sample. We did the painting ourselves. We had actually planned to paint in our condo so got the sample paints a while ago, then decided it wasn't worth it to paint when we would be moving soon. So we did things a little out of order. But I brought in the behr (Home Depot) paint sample and the swatch card to a Benjamin Moore retailer and they had it in the computer so it got mixed exactly right. But dh went to get a second gallon without consulting me and accidentally got BM "crocus petal purple". So I would make sure to tell them it's a behr color if that's what you do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/picking-the-perfect-pink-and-purple-paint#post-2650073 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 21:17:08 +0000 PinkElephant 2650073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: oh and do you agree that your purple ended up looking darker/brighter on the wall than the little sample swatch square? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/picking-the-perfect-pink-and-purple-paint#post-2650072 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 21:14:08 +0000 PinkElephant 2650072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LibbyLou: great tip! Thanks.</p> <p>@Foodnerd81: pretty! This is very much in the realm of what I want....it looks like I imagine Grape Ice might. Did you custom mix a BM paint, or did they just give you a premix that was the closest match? I'm hiring painters, so I'm kind of reluctant to let them do the matchin g - I need to give them a BM color, I think </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/picking-the-perfect-pink-and-purple-paint#post-2650015 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 19:26:33 +0000 Foodnerd81 2650015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh and we have carpet (bleh) but her furniture is a warm maple so similar to cherry. I think it looks nice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/picking-the-perfect-pink-and-purple-paint#post-2650013 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 19:25:38 +0000 LibbyLou 2650013@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just went on Houzz and searched those paint colors you mentioned and looked at rooms. That's how I painted my entire house and I get SO many compliments on how it all coordinates. When really I just found a house with paint colors I loved and copied them. Even search for purple/pink bedrooms and then look for the paint colors in the comments. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/picking-the-perfect-pink-and-purple-paint#post-2650012 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 19:25:08 +0000 Foodnerd81 2650012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My baby's room is crocus petal by behr (we had it matched in a Benjamin Moore paint, actually, but don't mix it with BM crocus petal purple which is a very dark purple). I love it- light purple without being smack you in the face purple or so soft it's almost gray white. But it depends on the light- in our condo I had picked a different purple (BM winter gray) that looked all gray in this house. </p> [attach=2307/16/ogcmhw.450x600.IMG_9166.JPG] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/picking-the-perfect-pink-and-purple-paint#post-2649997 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 19:10:41 +0000 PinkElephant 2649997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@catgirl: @looch: ooh thanks! That's a similar saturation to what I want (or might use for the baby if DD1 insists on darker). The cherry floors pictured in the grown up room look a lot like ours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/picking-the-perfect-pink-and-purple-paint#post-2649991 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 18:57:23 +0000 looch 2649991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One of our bedrooms is painted Wispy Pink. It's technically my dressing room/ office. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/picking-the-perfect-pink-and-purple-paint#post-2649987 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 18:48:53 +0000 catgirl 2649987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My favorite pink is wispy pink by Benjamin Moore. All of these are my inspiration pictures if I get to paint DD's room. </p> [attach=6706/16/ogckth.186x280.image.jpeg] [attach=6706/16/ogckti.206x280.image.jpeg] [attach=6706/16/ogcktj.530x396.image.jpeg] [attach=6706/16/ogcktk.404x600.image.jpeg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/picking-the-perfect-pink-and-purple-paint#post-2649982 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 18:36:46 +0000 PinkElephant 2649982@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@peachykeen: Thanks! This is exactly what my decorator friend said. The colors I'm looking at now are the lightest saturation in their "color family" - they look a little light to me on the swatch, but I'm guessing on the wall they'll read more like the colors I originally liked. The color you chose sounds like that, too - I probably wouldn't have chosen it from the sample shown online, but when I look at the room photo, it's super pretty (and a classy color that will grow, not just be a baby color).</p> <p>The last thing I want is to get into something too dark...but I also don't want to have to squint at the walls to realize they are pink/purple instead of grey like the rest of the house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/picking-the-perfect-pink-and-purple-paint#post-2649980 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 18:33:02 +0000 peachykeen 2649980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It sounds like you want something a little stronger, but I'm painting DD's room Behr's Bella Mia (pale warm pink). I seriously looked at 20+ paint swatches because I wanted it to be something she could grow into. </p> <p>In our last house, I realized after a while that the colors that looked muted on the swatch look a lot stronger on the walls and against our white trim. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/picking-the-perfect-pink-and-purple-paint#post-2649976 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 18:26:25 +0000 PinkElephant 2649976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>More house questions! I'm choosing paint colors for the house we are buying. DD1 would like a pink room, DD2 would like a purple room, and I'll probably paint the bathroom between their rooms a shade that is somewhat in between the two.</p> <p>Has anyone painted a pale but still vibrant pink or purple room recently? Any favorite color shades? I'm working with the Benjamin Moore Classic color wheel (but am open to other BM colors). Originally I liked Grape Ice for the purple, but am now leaning towards something lighter, like Sugarplum or Peace and Happiness. For the pink, I had originally like Sweet 16, but am worried it'll be too dark and am now thinking Ballet Slipper.</p> <p>Floors are cherry wood, trim is white.</p> <p>Would love pics of your room (or a room you love) if you have them to share! :) </p>