Annie Sloan Barcelona Orange Chalk Paint.
One of the perks of running a paint shop is that you normally get to try new colours before anyone else. When our deliveries arrive we are like big kids,trying to grab the new tins and try it first.
This is a colour that I was itching to try.Only trouble was I had nothing to try it on. And to date I have not found a suitable piece to paint with it. Completely undeterred by the lack of suitable furniture (an unusual event in itself) I found an off cut of wood and used that instead. Annie Sloan recommends using it with Florence ( aka Persian green) and so I thought it was worth trying. Here is the result :

“Think of a large ripe orange and this is the colour of Barcelona Orange. Apply dark wax and the colour becomes a luscious burnt orange. Its warmth and vivacity is a great accompaniment to neutral tones such as the greeny sludge colour, Chateau Grey or to the cool silveriness of Paris Grey as well as Aubusson Blue, its deep complementary partner. It is perfect for many interiors but particularly with the 1960s vintage look.”

I did a little more experimenting and found that if you had equal parts of Old White to the Orange – it tones the colour down somewhat.Haven’t tried it with dark wax yet but it is only a matter of time!

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