Just looking for opinions.
Corner terraced shop.
I want it to look nice and to some degree notable but not 'f### me what have they done!'.
It's brick front, stone sides*. Larger stones/lintels around door/windows, stone gutters.
I thought a slate grey around doors, windows and gutter,
And perhaps turquoise or sage or something for the larger areas of brick/stone.
*Bottom half is pebbledash, can't decide whether to leave that as-is.
Ask the Conservation Officer in your local planning authority.
Or look around similar streets until you find something you like. So much depends on the shades of the stone and brick. And also the type of area.
Sage seems subdued for my taste. Slate grey too, is a bit dark.
Would soft yellow flat areas with mid-grey relief work? (Not like a wasp or bee!)
Take a photo of the front and photoshop (or equivalent) the colour scheme. IMO avoid green colours - think baby sick/poo. Think about how the colours will look on a miserable wet winters day. Perhaps think about a subtle LED up-lighting at anytime the shop is open during the darker hours.
Are any of the neighbouring properties been painted - if so chose something different by way of colour.
Have you asked your council, sometimes there are guidelines and in some cases definite rules if its an older property. What is it selling? Brian
Exactly it may be you cannot paint bare brick without it being rendered or pebble dashed. Some parts of Kingston cannot even put in new shop that look different to the old ones. Brian
well that depends on what the shop 'sells' (if anything).
lurid black, purple and pink if it is a tattoo parlour, ... etc
Paint all the signage out of focus, that should help drum-up trade :-P
Greys tend to create an image of something that is not particularly exciting, so may not be a good choice. Black would probably be a better colour for small highlight areas.
Greens are good colours for a shop as people tend to associate them with value for money. However, sage can be a bit insipid. Sea green might be a better choice without being too bright.
googling "color purchase psychology" gets some hits
Well it's a 'shop' property, but we have our workshop in it so it doesn't retail.
I did the woodwork (windows and door) of our oticians in black and purple the other year, I was very pleased with it!
We don't sell anything directly, and we're not in a conservation area or similar such.
I'd just feel dizzier then when I got there in a morning.
Do what del boy did in OFAH and use some florescant tunnel paint.
But what do you work? Chop Harleys may demand a different colour scheme from hand-built kitchens.
Not the highest of contrast ratios; I'm surprised if people don't wander in thinking it's an undertaker's. They tend to like black and purple.
Owain
Nice one one the side of this place
Seems to be quite widespread.
Owain
Specsavers ?.
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