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.

Well, those are two totally different finishes. One is gloss or semi-gloss, and the other is matte.

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.

She's right. It fits the room way better.

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 color selection to one person (I'd suggest OPs wife) and I don't get involved or help. If someone doesn't like a 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.

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Clearly a different color.

wife bad.

Is that color named "Susan Collins"??

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 painted it white.

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

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.

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.