Color blind

"oops!"

When you own your home, you can fuck it up to your liking. This includes putting holes in the wall where they shouldn't be any. No major holes have be put in yet, but we have run across a problem that I know is constant in graphic design: color calibration.

Three weeks ago, the ladies brought home a giant book of swatches at least 5 inches thick. I was on my way to Charlotte and so I really didn't have time to contemplate colors. The ladies picked colors for the house, showed me the swatches, and all was good.

Fast forward to today: I've been waiting forever to paint in a place in which I live. Why paint a rental? Anyhow, I was directed by the Wifer to use a certain Sexual Chocolate color for our small hallway (it even smelled like chocolate!). I commented on how dark it looked but was assured it would lighten up after drying. Well, looking at the kids Easter room (it is Easter peep yellow - another color that was supposed to be lighter). When the Wifer Mother came home after grabbing home improvement supplies and Subway, she commented on our Sexual Chocolate hallway.

"Were we going to use that for the beams?"

The Wifer's mouth quickly turned to a potty mouth with all sorts of expletives and nasty words being spewed out. You see, the color we used in the hallway was indeed the wrong color. But hey, it's our house so we can fuck it up the way we want.

It does get better. We bought 3 gallons of what we thought was light brown. When placed on the wall, however, the color looks more like a light pink. This, is not good. So, we've got the following colors:

Easter peep yellow
Sexual Chocolate brown
Pink-y and the pain

We've a lot of work ahead of us!