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Color Inspiration: Robin's Egg Blue

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We've been obsessed with Robin's Egg Blue ever since we saw this cheerfully painted dresser (below right) in our friend Clara's bedroom. Robin's Egg Blue is one of those colors, that as an accent goes with any color scheme. It's great to perk up those winter blahs, and as a reminder that spring is just around the corner — we hope! We've rounded up some more robins egg and teal blue photos after the jump...

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Robin's egg blue is one of those colors thats not exactly defined. To us, and in the Crayola box, its its a blue with a bit of green in it (according to Crayola, there's an equal amount of both). This time of year especially, it reflects a bit of nature inside, while there's still so much gray outside.

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We've always loved the lighter shades, but this winter we're really drawn to the deeper, more saturated hues like Clara's dresser (which she painted in Finer Paints of Europe 176-AR17).

(Images: 1, 3 pinkwallpaper 4. Windsor Smith 6. Carolyn Quartermaine, via Poppytalk 7. House of Turquoise 8. Design Sponge 9. from an earlier AT Boston post on Blue Porch Ceilings 2, 10, 11: Susan Liebe, a talented danish ceramist, and our friend.)

>>> Finer Paints of Europe available in Boston at the Drive-In Paint Mart

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Does anyone know any of those paint colors/brands specifically? I've got to get me some of that. ;)

posted by pixelbruin on February 17th 2009 at 5:59pm
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Me too! I'm painting my room that Tiffanys blue and would love a good color suggestion!

Thanks!
Ashley
rainycitystyle.blogspot.com

posted by RainyCityStyle on February 17th 2009 at 6:26pm
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My couch!

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb99/mbc1963/House%20Pictures/BlueCouch21709Buddy.jpg

Got this at the Company C floor model sale last winter for cheap money... because no one wanted to buy the robin's egg blue furniture. Yippee!

(Can I confess that I don't let my dog up on the couch, mostly? Because I don't want his fur messing with the robin's egg bluity? I have gray shed-fur-colored blankets that he gets to sit on instead.)

Mary

posted by Mary B C on February 17th 2009 at 6:26pm
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My favorite color! We painted a china cabinet this color, with red handles. I love it.

posted by BambiJo on February 17th 2009 at 6:39pm
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I love Tiffany's BLUE! What a lovely color! From Presents to Bathroom paint, I can always dig the refreshing feeling this color gives me!

Thank you for letting me Post a Comment,
Melissa with Yourfurniturelink and Mortise & Tenon LA

posted by mortisetenon on February 17th 2009 at 6:46pm
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I was just looking at Behr paint chips this week for this color. One that looks close is Mint Majesty. Another is Sweet Rhapsody.

posted by inkstainedwriter on February 17th 2009 at 7:32pm
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I just did this http://www.flickr.com/photos/cassielynne/3267581814/ to my dresser last week. I love these colors!

posted by cassielynn on February 17th 2009 at 7:38pm
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this colour is everywhere at the moment. these are some delicious examples.

posted by red.door.read. on February 17th 2009 at 8:31pm
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the room in that first photo is heaven!

though I'd say some of those are more tiffany blue that robin's egg... ;)

posted by foodefafa on February 17th 2009 at 8:42pm
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I just wrote a DIY on painting hardwood floors for bathroom duty... I painted the floor a high gloss Behr color called Shallow Sea. It is really pretty and gives a huge pop to the otherwise white and gray room.

See it here:
http://cottageofstone.blogspot.com/2009/02/diy-painting-hardwood-floors.html

posted by puck on February 17th 2009 at 8:51pm
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Cilantro by Pratt and Lambert is lovely. It gets brighter as they day progresses and then softens as dusk nears.

posted by Seaside on February 17th 2009 at 9:29pm
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This is one of my all time favorite colors! I redid this desk
http://katyoh.blogspot.com/2008/11/photographing-furniture.html. To get the color I took the paper I lined the drawers with (and the side of the desk) and had them match the paint color at the hardware store. So if you wanted a tiffany blue color you could grab a tiffany's bag and have them match the color.

posted by Katilm81 on February 18th 2009 at 9:33am
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http://katyoh.blogspot.com/2008/11/photographing-furniture.html

whoops this link should work!

posted by Katilm81 on February 18th 2009 at 9:35am
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Whoops, this link should work!

http://katyoh.blogspot.com/2008/11/photographing-furniture.html

posted by Katilm81 on February 18th 2009 at 9:36am
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And this one from AT:


http://atgallery.apartmenttherapy.com/assets/0001/4191/ballet-studio-1.jpg

posted by mjr on February 18th 2009 at 10:47am
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Hi Katilm81,

Lovely job. Great color combo with red coral handles and blue dresser. Just brilliant. Thanks.

posted by click212 on February 18th 2009 at 11:16am
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Mary, I love your couch, and your pooch is a doll.

posted by jooly on February 18th 2009 at 2:04pm
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thanks click212!

posted by Katilm81 on February 18th 2009 at 2:27pm
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Yum -- my favorite color family -- add in peacock, sapphire, teal, etc... especially in metallic versions... sigh!

posted by SherryBinNH on February 18th 2009 at 8:07pm
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I recently painted my dining table with Benjamin Moore Kensington Green, pretty similair to some of these shades

posted by kirstabelle on February 21st 2009 at 5:49pm
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The queen of Shabby Chic, Rachel Ashwell -- you will see in her books that this is one of her signature colors. It really does fit in just anywhere. Look at the photo of what appears to be a nightstand painted this color and placed against a mustard-colored wall. Perfect.

posted by 39520expat on February 22nd 2009 at 11:41am
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i keep coming back to look at that top photo. delish

posted by red.door.read. on February 22nd 2009 at 7:32pm
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Here are some of my favorite "Robin's Egg" blues (all vary)

Martha Stewart - Robin's Egg Blue (no foolin' on what that color looks like!)

Pratt and Lambert - Skylit

Benjamin Moore - Palladien Blue, Bird's Egg or Wyeth Blue

And here are a couple of custom "recipes" for robins egg blue both are lighter and more antique looking and less "Tiffany Blue" - http://acottageindustry.typepad.com/a_cottage_industry/2007/10/another-little-.html

posted by Lizzy C on February 23rd 2009 at 12:07am
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Whoever likes to paint in Tiffany Blue,

There is an article about it in "House Beautiful" latest issue (March), it may be helpful.

posted by miaues on February 26th 2009 at 9:14am
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I painted a chair for my white desk this color when I moved into my current apartment. I love it with the reds too. The bright reds and yellows kind of make a funky Marie Antoinette like setting when you use the right patterns.

posted by Alyssa1029 on March 13th 2009 at 1:56pm
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and I just wanted to point out, Tiffany's owns that exact shade of blue, really they do. and although we are allowed to be close, no one outside of the company can use Tiffany Blue.

posted by Alyssa1029 on March 13th 2009 at 1:57pm
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It's by far my favorite color! I actually found a robin's egg in my garden last week and ended up matching it to my Benjamin Moore paint swatches. I found that the closest matches were Antiguan Sky 2040-60 for the deeper tone and Spring Mint 2040-70 for the lighter tone. I have a photo on my blog of the swatches if it helps to see a photo.
http://redbirdcabin.com/?p=82

posted by RedBirdCabin on June 3rd 2009 at 6:34pm
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I LOVE the piece of art that shows the 2 dancers in picture #4. Does anyone know who the artist is? Or where I can find one? I love it!

posted by mrsroro on August 23rd 2009 at 6:05pm
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