Thanks Ash. I have heard of paint discolouring and the colour that's on the wall has in fact got yellower although it has a lot of yellow pigment anyway. I can see the advantage of the Keim paint re longevity and presumably I could do away with a water seal so am tempted to contact them for a colour chart but I am still totally baffled by the testers turning blue! I think I've got some white chalk paint lurking around somewhere so I may try going over the testers with that once it warms up a bit again and then retest the colours again to see if that makes a difference

What colour do you like? what colour will your neighbours like? Start there and work upwards. Me personally I would go for white or ivory and would use a clear dirt repellant on top to make it last and be easier to maintain. It would would also work well against the surrounding properties that have offset areas of similar colour and brick. whenever you spec outdoor - do what you would indoors - Make sure it works alongside other things you have around it. I.E. other properties in your line of sight. Ps. I used to work for Sandtex doing colour specification and it was surprising to see how often people don't consider the neighbourhood when picking an exterior pallette. Don't just go of fashion 'trends'. They are called trends because they come and go. Winning timeless block themes we worked on were always ones that worked with a running theme across the entire block. Also exterior colours are very regional due to regional materials and colours that work well with those materials. Get out and about and have a look at what others are doing. Remember those you like and dislike and make a better judgement from that. 9 times out of 10, the ones you don't like will be fighting the material, not the trend.

It's a really nice colour. You may need to go the next shade up as colours tend to be a couple of shades lighter on the exterior but it depends what you like. I'd get some testers. If you're painting directly on the wall you'll need to paint out some of the yellow with white otherwise it will distort the colour. Paint large samples using a min of 2 coats on each side of the house so you can see how it changes. I saw your comment on the other post earlier, I'm finally in the middle of having mine painted (3 years on!). I actually ended up going for F&B colours in the end but colour matched to Johnstones everywhere as it was just too dear other than for my front door which will be in LG.

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