Break The Color Rules #gliddentesters

I'm taking the Break The Color Rules Challenge which means that I will painting my bedroom in a shade that I wouldn't normally choose.  In the past, I have always chosen pale colors because they are soft and easy to paint over when you decide to change it up.  This time around, I am looking for something bold.

My husband, James, and I headed to Walmart to look at the Glidden Brilliance paint choices. 

We visit Walmart several times a month, so I knew exactly where I needed to go.  I haven't painted in few years, so I was excited about this shopping experience.  The toughest part was trying to pick out three different colors to test out on our bedroom wall.  The first few colors that I picked up were really pale and my husband said, "is that even a color?  It just looks white".  After searching through some more colors, I found that he was right.

My first thought was that I would go with a color that wasn't too light or too dark.  The more I thought about it though, the more I liked the bright and bold colors.  I envisioned my bedroom and what color I would like to wake up to every morning.  I also thought about what color I would normally shy away from.  I have never painted a room blue, so I ended up choosing these three colors:

I know, one of them is a shade of purple but it's close to blue.  I am happy with all three of these colors and couldn't wait to see what they look like on the wall.

The top of the Glidden tester bottles have a brush attached, which makes testing each color super easy.  Our wall started out looking like this:

My husband and I painted three squares on the wall above our bed to see what the paint would look like once it had time to dry.

As you can see, the paint dripped a little, but like I told my husband, it adds character.  Or at least that's what I'm telling people for now.

After seeing all three colors on the wall, I knew which one I wanted to go with.  Lucky for me, my husband had the same idea.  Which color did we choose?  You will find out next week!

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This project has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Glidden Testers/Paint #collectivebias. All opinions are 100% my own.