I have a new picture of an old project — why not paint your dining room Vermilion?
Vermilion is a warm red, as opposed to the slightly bluer, cooler Alizarin. The color used here is H00820 from Fine Paints of Europe. Whereas we often see red in dining rooms (it’s the color of roses, red wine and rare steak) it’s usually a burgundy or maroon color, à la French restaurants. Here, we’ve gone slightly brighter to keep it contemporary, without suggesting a child's room.
- Mark Chamberlain, interior and decorative painter
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That chair in the foreground reminds me of a question I've been meaning to ask-- what's the proper name to describe that color that, say, a red poster or red plastic fades to after being in sunlight? The best I can come up with is "muted red" since "light red" implies "pink," and that's not right. I've seen it a bunch on "Mad Men," although I'm having a hard time finding a good example...
I am not sure about my dining room, but red would look great in my bathroom.
I would call it a tomato red. Does that sound about right?
I painted a dining room wall this color recently, and Benjamin Moore says its called Poppy.
Either way, its beautiful.
@Kimota, maybe barn red?
Vermilion's great, and I like scarlet even more.
@Kimota, how about dusty red? (As a description.)
Not sure. Last fall I painted my bathroom red and I have to say it's an idea that was much better in theory. I've been waiting for open window weather to paint it something else.
I painted my dining room vermilion (actual BM color name) when we bought our house. Who'd have known I was such a visionary?!?
So energizing!
Neat photo! Any idea of the source?
I love the Vermillion. Really livens the room up. It's good to see Red not just as an accent colour :D
@a.hidden.bird - that's the image on Sprinsteen's Born to Run album cover. It's him leaning on Clarence Clemons (the sax player). I guess is must be widely available as a poster to cut down.
@Kimota, grayed red, faded red, russet?
I painted my kitchen cabinets BM's Vermillion - IMO, it's the perfect shade of red...
@Kimota, Nantucket Red? Like the pants?