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Any experience with skin flattering bathroom wall color and lighting (the bulbs)?

Specific light bulb brands/types and brand colors would be great! The bathroom is basically beige/cream all over. I want to stay away from pinks/roses. lost_dove1, thank you. I will look for those bulbs. tallsweetblondie, I'll test these bulbs out as well.

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  1. Peach colors are suppose to be better at making naked skin look more flattering and I have read that it is a good color to use in bedrooms for that reason so it should do the same thing for being in the bathroom. I don't know anything about which lighting would be better....sorry.
  2. Cool White flourescent bulbs...they are the most flattering & most realistic.....you won't have to worry about it looking good in the bathroom, & not in the real world.
  3. No blue or yellow or green (which is basically blue & yellow) or you will look cyanotic or as if you have liver or kidney disease. But purples in low light only show the black which looks grey which makes one look corpse-ish. Yellow? Jaundice. Orange? Worse jaundice. I know you don't like pink, I never did. But recently became a convert of sorts; it's all in the discreetness. Go to a high quality paint store like Benjamin Moore & look at their color cards. Get the big fold open sampler of their whites & get the pink-ish shade of that. The one that is so pale a pink it could pass for white. You can't really notice it looking at the walls, but it gives a nice glow. The paint professionals at a real paint store (not just the high school kid working the counter at the Home Depot) can help.
  4. Soft peach is the most flattering shade for any skin type. You can use several shades of the same color tone. There are special lightbulbs that are called "full spectrum" to simulate the daylight. The brand doesn't really matter. This gives the most natural light conditions.
  5. You're just not going to believe this, but actually black light (yes, the one's that are in clubs) make the skin look awesome. White bulbs are the best. Clear, white. No yellow at all, no florescent at all, and no other colors at all! Paint would be something that fits your coloring. If you're darker skinned (tan, not really dark), try light shades like turqoise, light pink, light green, light blue, blue-green, light yellow. Colors that look good on you, like what you'd pick out to wear on you. If you're really dark-skinned, try beige, cream, terra cotta, light orange, orange-red, red-brown, light brown, dark tan, etc. If you're really light-skinned (very fair) try darker, deep shades like a dark rosey color (not solid colors, though), a medium purple with yellow highlights (it's a warm color, not a cool color; not gray tones in it but red/yellow tones), dark blue (navyish), dark but SOFT. Don't do stark colors or solid colors. Even a pretty patterned wall-paper would look good.
  6. I think that in most bathrooms - the "natural" colour incandescents look best because they are the most realistic colour in comparison to sunlight. I prefer these because I don't have to worry that when I look good in the mirror, I won't look good once I get outside! Most manufacturers have these bulbs now... just look for "natural" on the box!