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Outback Paint

Outback Paint

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Lead time: 5-10 working days

The unique landscape of the Australian outback with its beautiful reds, purples and pinks inspired this beautiful hue. It’s a soft yet rich hue that draws you in, its unique pink-y shade reads as muted yet earthy. It’s a very warm tone and perfect for living rooms and bedrooms where we are crave instant cosiness. Deeply complex and highly sophisticated, take it to another level adding warm neutral accessories.

It's one of our darker colours, enveloping, grounding and super restorative.

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Represented in our lifestyle imagery, as the light transitions throughout the day the colour may appear differently due to the natural pigments in the paint.

-UK Mainland Only - 

2.5L and 5L tins are made to order and therefore subject to a lead time. For any further information or international orders please email customerservices@abigailahern.com

Please note that the representation of the colours on the screen can be different from the shades in the tin. We recommend ordering sample pots to check the colour works for your space before ordering larger tins.

Measurements & More Info

Dimensions:

Sample pot emulsion: 50ml
Eggshell: 2.5L
Emulsion: 2.5L
Emulsion: 5L

Coverage is dependent upon the surface being painted, but the following can be used as a guide:

2.5L tin of emulsion/eggshell will cover approximately 25-35 square meters (one coat)

5L tin of emulsion/eggshell will cover approximately 50-70 square meters (one coat)

Typically, two coats of paint will be required to give the desired finish (although this is dependent upon the thickness of application and the surface being painted).

Overseas customers: 5L tins are not available for delivery; please order using 2.5L tins.

Care Guide:

Please always follow manufacturer's instructions on the tin.

UK Delivery £3.95 or FREE on orders over £120*

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FAQs

Paint Questions Answered

What is the difference between Eggshell and Emulsion?

Emulsion is a flat matte paint with no sheen and should be used to paint your walls and ceilings.

Eggshell has a slight sheen but is more durable, so it should be used to paint all of your trims including window frames, skirting boards, door frames and radiators.

Eggshell can be used on walls too.  It's perfect for high traffic areas like hallways and bathrooms and can add a contrasting design element to your scheme if you want to create extra intrigue with textures especially when you use the same hue. 

How should I test paint colours?

Always buy sample pots before you decide on your colour palette and make your decision after you’ve painted the largest area you can. Swatch cards can be too small to provide a full picture so take the plunge and paint a wall or at least half a wall.

If this is not an option paint a large sample on a big piece of card or lining paper. Tape it to your wall look at your sample throughout the day to see how it looks and feels when the light changes. It helps to keep it there for several days/weeks to really get the feel of your considered hue. 

How much paint do I need?

Coverage is dependent upon the surface being painted, but the following can be used as a guide: 

2.5L tin of emulsion/eggshell will cover approximately 25-35 square meters (one coat)

5L tin of emulsion/eggshell will cover approximately 50-70 square meters (one coat)

Typically, two coats of paint will be required to give the desired finish (although this is dependent upon the thickness of application and the surface being painted).

Should I paint my walls and ceilings the same colour?

When you paint the ceiling out in the same colour as your walls you blur the boundaries and the room feels bigger and creates a seamless transition. If you have a white ceiling you accentuate the boundaries and quite often the lack of height in a room.  Pushing the same colour around your whole room creates the perfect backdrop for the rest of your furniture, rugs and accessories.  If you are not ready to take the full plunge into colour drenching your whole room, consider painting your ceiling in a slightly lighter tone to your walls, a white ceiling only ever looks good with white walls (if you like that kind of thing of course)!

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    Outback Paint


    Why you'll love it

    If you’re feeling bold this is a showstopper of a paint colour. Cosy and sophisticated, Outback works in both traditional and contemporary spaces alike. Grabbing immediate attention it’s such a good colour for adding a little wow factor and intrigue to a space. 

    No Fail Styling Tips

    Perfect for bathrooms (it adds such an unexpected wow factor), beautiful in entertaining areas like living rooms and dining rooms, this luxurious laid back colour tone feels both restful and dramatic. The welcoming, rich colour is a lovely choice for any room you want to make feel more intriguing and cocooning, so it also works especially well in home offices and dens. Why not do as AA does and stick to this one hue throughout the room. By painting the ceiling, skirting boards, window frames and doors, and of course the walls all the same colour, magic happens. Colour drenching in one colour throughout, blurs boundaries and makes the space feel instantly bigger. Clever no?
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  • About Our Paint

    Our earthy, muted soft colours have all been designed to coordinate harmoniously together. From swampy hues and summery grasslands, to winter forests and even the colour of the earth after a downpour, these hues have all been inspired by nurturing landscapes.
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