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Help with Colour Selection

 

Choosing a colour scheme is very much down to individual taste and most people have an idea of what they want but don't know precisely how to go about achieving it.

Click on the images below to access pages on the whole subject of working with colour.  We hope that the suggestions and advice will give you the confidence and inspiration to create your own individual colour schemes.

Colour Scheme Hints

Colour Card Downloads

 Links to Manufacturers's Sites

Clicking on any of the brands below will allow you  to download and print colour cards of your choice.

Albany

Berger

Crown

Devine

Dulux

Fleetwood

Rustins

We make every effort to ensure that the colours on screen are as close as possible to the ones you'll use. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee an exact colour match.

Photographs and paint swatch colours will vary depending on  screen settings and resolution.

 

Try Before Buying

 

Testers of most brands are available at Albany stores. Always test paint before  committing to a large purchase.

 

A Few Simple Guidelines for Picking Colours

Listed underneath are links to sites which contain tips on colour schemes and  various methods of selecting and combining colours.

While products listed on some of the site may not be available at Albany stores, the information may be interesting and helpful nonetheless.

Albany

Benjamin Moore

Berger Paints

Brewers Designer Paints

Devine Paints
Dulux Mouse Painter

Fleetwood Paints

Valspar Paints

Dip into our Experience

 

Read about colours in the Crown RIBA Drawings Collection and get an insight into eight classical architectural periods.

 

'Colour  Made Easy'
Basic theory plus classic schemes.

Schemes based on historcial periods.

Fleetwood's gallery of room sets.