The Best Light and Bright Paint Colours for a Dark Hallway or Staircase (and some other great tips…) If there’s one space in a home that is usually dark and shadowed, it’s the hallway. The majority of hallways are narrow, gloomy and leave little room for visual interest and excitement. And we WILL get to visual interest and excitement…another day. TODAY we’re talking about paint colours, because if your walls aren’t the right colour, there’s nothing that will save you. So before I introduce the actual colours, let’s talk about some meat n’ potatoes stuff (you know, the basics). LRV and Dark Hallways/Staircases LRV matters a lot in a dark hallway. Why? Well, with very little natural light to throw around you want to make sure that your paint colour is working hard for you, throwing whatever light it can grab around the room. What is LRV? It basically refers to how much light a paint colour reflects or absorbs. Trust me, you need to read more about this, so check out
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