Paint color problems. Does fluorescent lighting affect paint colors?

Question

My kitchen and family room share the same space. It's a large overall area, but while the kitchen has lots of windows and gets lots of natural light, the family room doesn't. The kitchen has medium oak cabinetry and hardwood floors. I want to paint the kitchen a warm yellow to enhance the feeling of warmth and light it has during the day and continue to color into the family room to lighten and brighten it up. I went to the paint store today and chose the perfect warm yellow. When I came home and applied it to one of my kitchen walls, it looked too yellow. The color of paint in the can was fine, but the color on the wall was too yellow. We have fluorescent lighting in the kitchen and family room and I'm sure the store had it too. Does fluorescent lighting affect paint colors? If so, how do I correct for it? Any suggestions would be very much appreciated! Thanks!

Answer 1

duh florescent lighting screws up your paint.

get better lights & then the color will look flub a dub dub s**y !

Answer 2

Usually fluorescent lighting gives things a slightly more greenish cast which is why your yellow paint looks wrong to you. I think they make color corrected fluorescent bulbs that take care of that. You would need to ask at the home improvement center. Good luck!! : )

Answer 3

The short answer is yes, all types of lighting affects colors in different ways. This is part of the reason you have such a big light bulb selection. There are lights that will attempt to match the suns natural light.

Some thing that comes to mind is the color of the wall you are painting, and is it primed. As well as how many coats of the yellow did you apply. The color it is going over can have a good hand in the color problems. Most paint stores can show you the difference in colors for common light types. This way you can find a color that you can deal with in both types of lights. A color that looks deep and beautifull in natural light can look pale in other kinds of light.

Or you can just replace the bulbs, go to home depot and ask some questions. Thats the route I would go, get the color you like then make the house display it properly.

Try more coats yellow is a light color.

Answer 4

You need to bring several shades of colors home with you and look at them under your lighting. When you have variable light sources in your house you will get a shift. Also look at the colors when the sun is up if that area receives outside light.