Well, those are two totally different finishes. One is gloss or semi-gloss, and the other is matte.
Trying to retain your sanity while married
Submitted 4 months ago by Mickey7@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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Zachariah@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 4 months ago
semi-gloss
Oh my fucking god the word is “satin” are you fucking insane that’s it I’m staying at my mum’s tonight
TheTetrapod@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Semi-gloss is shinier than satin and less shiny than gloss.
gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
Gloss/high gloss/glossy Semi-gloss Satin Eggshell Flat
LouNeko@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Don’t forget to take the kids to your sisters.
Aksamit@slrpnk.net 4 months ago
The undertones and finish on the swatch card are completely different to what is on the wall.
I see a warm pinky peach undertone and a satin matte finish on the card. The wall has a cool blue green undertone and a semi gloss/satin finish.
A whole wall in the colour and finish on the swatch card will reflect light in a very different way to what the current colour does and have a much nicer ambience for a home.
Wogi@lemmy.world 4 months ago
The ten of us that can tell the difference might as well be screaming in to the void my similarly photosensitive friend.
My wife can’t see the difference in the colors of the lights on the Christmas tree, and bought two different brands. There’s not enough of either brand to sufficiently light the tree so I have to get creative with the cooler lights.
Drives me absolutely NUTS.
Aksamit@slrpnk.net 4 months ago
Ooph, that would irk me too. Maybe buy a few more sets of lights from those same brands you already have (or even several yet again different brands), and try to wind them around the tree in a way that makes the mismatching look intentional?
tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 4 months ago
She’s right. It fits the room way better.
pseudo@jlai.lu 4 months ago
I mean, the current paint is ugly. From a practical standpoint, it may be nice but people need a bit more confort at home than at work or in a classroom.
5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
boomer humor noises
gibmiser@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Hey man, Noone plans on their partner having a pathological obsession with the hundreds of shades and finishes of “white”
Be it paint or something else, prepare yourself to be completely confused and frustrated and decide its not worth arguing about because you love them. I wish I could help, but over the years I have never figured out what to say to help her make her decisions. Best to say little and listen a lot.
5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
My wife didn’t like the color of the wall, so she sent me to get this color instead
Why is their wife unhappy with the color?
Why did she send her partner to get a different color?
Why did their wife send someone who cannot tell the difference? Why is that a laughing track?
This does not seem like it is about shade at all. It seems to be more about years of failed communication.
Or this is all fabricated and just a person making stuff up for laughing about shades of white they found in a paint shop.
doingthestuff@lemy.lol 4 months ago
I would say to run, but you’re already married. I get myself out of painting by continuously - and I have to do it all the time because I also run a nonprofit where people are always insane about paint colors - I just say color isn’t my thing, I delegate it to one person (I’d suggest OPs wife) and I don’t get involved or help. If someone doesn’t like ba color, they know who to talk to. And even if they want help I just remind them I don’t care about color and to ask someone who cares to help.
I actually do care, but I disagree with everyone around me so this is just a way of picking my battles. I have chosen not to care about color only because it saves me time and energy.
CHOPSTEEQ@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
Big same. “Yeah I’m colorblind so you don’t really want my opinion on this” when they’re debating shades of purple, and they never have to know I just can’t see green on top of red.
ramsorge@discuss.online 4 months ago
Clearly a different color.
M33@lemmy.sdf.org 4 months ago
You are absolutely right. And another one with cold led light. Plus another one with direct sunlight. Plus two more when he holds the card horizontally 😆
gsfraley@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Is that color named “Susan Collins”??
WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Too much jpeg. I think it’s Sherman Williams Sunny Cthulu
FelixCress@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I actually had a very similar situation. After painting the same wall three times in three different colours I told her to fuck off and I painted it white.
Mickey7@lemmy.world 4 months ago
The verbiage you need is … “I’m telling you right now that I don’t care. Whatever choice you make is fine with me. Can we agree that this choice is yours and if it fucks up I hold no blame. I will not blame you for your choice because as I said I don’t care.” This of course applies to both men and women.
ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Yeah but then you still have to paint it again because she doesn’t like it.
Gerudo@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Didn’t learn to paint a sample section first?
FelixCress@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Makes no difference. Large area looks different.
oldfart@lemm.ee 4 months ago
You are a very patient person, i would refuse the first time. I’m sure she apreciates you and was thankful to be with someone who can bear with her, and did not get silent treatment.
FelixCress@lemmy.world 4 months ago
She was actually quite ok with that after a few minutes. I think she realised it was getting silly.
fl42v@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
I mean, they do look slightly different when you place one next to another, but if you paint 2 pieces of wood in those colors and ask sb to tell which one is which (or which they happen to like better this instant) showing 'em one at a time, I doubt the probability of 'em getting it right would exceed that when choosing randomly. So, they’re effectively the same.
21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 4 months ago
My sister sells rugs and my brother-in-law paints cars, there’s people like this out in the world, and no not consistently women.
jdeath@lemm.ee 4 months ago
fyi, “Agreeable Gray” is the best shade of white, i like the satin finish so it’s easy to wipe off kid stains and fingerprints etc
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 4 months ago
A.k.a. millennial grey. I have several rooms this color.
If you’re looking for something warmer, go with Panda White.
M33@lemmy.sdf.org 4 months ago
A professional painter told me once: I won’t start painting until your wife is okay with the color samples. Then he proceeded to paint 3 different color tones and brush patterns. She made the choice. When the painter was done, she still didn’t like it but didn’t dare tell him herself… Of course the whole shit was painted again in plain white a few years later.
Mickey7@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I’ve been married a long time. The secret is that I never make any decisions. But even with that half the time I still get blamed when something fucks up
rustydomino@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I got blamed for a hair that was found in food. I’m bald. 😬😬😬
Magister@lemmy.world 4 months ago
only half the time? You are married for less than 25 years!
LouNeko@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Nature giving women higher color perceptiveness then men but also chronic indecisiveness is a cosmic joke.