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Paint a smile on your faces people, because that’s what we’re giving away this week! Paint, that is, not smiles (though hopefully smiles sort of come along with getting a prize, right?). This week we’re giving away a room full of paint from Olympic (that means 2 gallons of Olympic Premium Interior Paint and 1 gallon of primer) to THREE people. Woo hoo! We love this stuff because now no matter what color you get mixed, it’s still 100% VOC-free. Can’t beat that, right? And that’s exactly why we used it in our bathroom remodel earlier this year. Plus, Olympic just launched a new, free desktop application called ColorClix to help inspire your perfect palette.
Once downloaded, the little ColorClix box invites you to click anywhere on your desktop – a photo, a video, an icon, whatever – and syncs that color with one in the Olympic catalog. Like if I wanted to build a room around the adorable picture of a snoozing chihuahua I’d just have to click anywhere on his fur to get an Olympic paint color (apparently Burger’s eyebrow is “Stony Creek”). It also displays the rest of the colors on the virtual swatch as well as recommended complimentary colors.
The program also lets you save all of your inspiration colors in projects sorted by room and then you can use those saved projects to virtually paint rooms on Olympic.com. You know, if you really wanted to go as far as to let your dog’s coloring determine the coloring of your walls.
So go have some fun playing with ColorClix and check out the rest of this week’s details:
- PRIZE: One room of paint from Olympic, including 2 gallons of Olympic Premium Interior Paint and 1 gallon of primer
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “PAINT ME” and…
- BONUS QUESTION: … tell us about a photo, object, or other inspiration item that you’d love to draw some paint palette inspiration from. Did you photograph a stunning landscape recently that could lend itself to an accent wall color? Have you spotted a vase or pillow at the store that could inspire a whole room?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, September 8th at 8pm EST
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: Three
- PRIZE SHIPS: The United States
- USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winners will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday. Good luck…
See our Giveaway FAQs page for more info. Pics from Olympic Paints.
Shanna says
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I have a nursery to decorate and want to use natural hues. We live in VA but I would love to use a photo of my native Montana for color inspiration.
Sarah says
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Pretty much any point on the road to Hana in Maui…
Penny says
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The sand at Nags Head for our great room!
Alisa D says
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We hope to use an old flag – all faded and aged- as the inspiration for our next space.
Erika says
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I bought a lamp at a thrift store way back when I was in high school and it has inspired several rooms over the years.
Kirin says
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The New England winter sky as inspiration for the perfect gray in our bedroom.
tae says
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your house :) light and airy…
Jessica says
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I move into my new house at the end of the month and I have been searching the internet for inspiration. It seems like my new favorite color is grey!
Melissa T says
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I am inspired by random thoughts! pretty much what ever color I am stuck on at the moment. Right now its a pale sea blue with light gray and bright yellow accents!
Sarah Johnson says
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This would be awesome to win as I just finished painting my trim and we are currently deciding on what color to paint the walls! Our inspiration? Earth tones! Our living room is Guacamole Green (sounds absurd but we love it!) so the color must coordinate as our living and dining room are joined by a BEAUTIFUL archway!
Jennifer says
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I want to paint our living room the color of one polka dot in our IKEA pillows.
Patti says
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My inspiration for my dining room re-do is an oil painting my mother-in-law bought for me from a street artist in Venice, Italy about 10 years ago. Pretty soft blues and yellow.
Kendall says
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bindc says
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Our house is situated in the woods so most of our rooms are in a neutral palette but I love to accentuate with bold colors. Orange, lime green, cranberry, etc.
Faith says
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I’ve been looking for the perfect color for our family room. This would be sooo much help!
Penny says
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Jeff says
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We paint every room to stimulate the appetite!
Jennifer Gessner says
PAINT ME! We are getting ready to paint our nursery (for our baby boy due in January). I have a photo that I love of my husband on a hike in Rhode Island. The blue sky, the beige and green of the ground we hiked on and the pop of red (courtesy of his red coat) are colors we are planning to use in the nursery! :)
Whitney says
Paint me! I have a pillow I made and I love the colors in it! I am going to use this website for sure!
Stephanie Fiorenini says
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We just got back from the beach and I took a picture of some small boats- I loved the juxtaposition of colors, the white of the boat, the blues of the water, the tans and browns of the rocks- definite room/color inspiration!
Emily says
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Some old photographs of a month spent in Italy would be a perfect inspiration for a new living room color!
Amber says
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I have a piece of art that was a gift from my husband that is inspiring me to paint our guest room.
Jennifer Hayes says
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ANY PICTURE FROM THE POTTERY BARN CATALOG INSPIRES ME!
Katiegirl says
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I would love to take some inspiration from the flowers in my garden. My whole whose is in need of repainting though..it’s all this taupe color but in FLAT paint. EW!
Amber says
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The color I want most in my house is the color of my coffee in the morning after I add too much cream and sugar. So warm and comforting!
SamiJ says
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Need to paint our guest bedroom – and for inspiration we are using a large shell from our vacation. The pinks, creamy whites and browns are lovely and it even has a touch of blue.
Jessica Tenberge says
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We are in the process of remodeling our kitchen and are just getting the drywall hung and finished and ready to be painted next week!!! Anyway my inspiration was after a storm we had recently. The clouds were this perfect shade of light gray/blue with white clouds hovering overhead.
Monica says
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I inspired to paint our guest room a nice olive green color. I love earth tones!
Ana says
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I’m getting ready to paint my bedroom and have an inspiration photo from the city in Mexico where I just went on vacation.
lisa i says
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Oh… this would be such a great Win!!!
Leah says
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I have a whole house to paint, so I’m not quite sure where to start, but I have some pillows I won at a cancer walk (made by a survivor) that I think could give me some good inspiration for my living room!
Sam F says
PAINT ME! I have a blue-ish shopping bag that I had received from a clothing store purchase and just loved the color. I tried to have the paint store match the color but it turned out cotton candy/baby blue! I think this program would definitely be more useful and allow me to see what that color might really look like. I also have a duvet cover that is a muted blue-ish color. I’d love to match that to some paint color!
wanda k says
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i get inspired by UO and antrhopologie!
Cheri says
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I’m finding inspiration from blog pictures. I want to make my house flow better. Paint is going to help me do that.
Emily says
Paint Me, Please. I’m inspired by Lake Michigan. Sandy dunes, beach grass, the water…all translate into soft browns, blues, greens, and lots of glass!
kayduh says
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I love turquiose, so I painted my guest room a really bright shade. I’m not in that room every day, so I don’t have to worry about getting sick of the color.
Lori says
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I’m inspired by YHL :)
Jennifer G. says
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I like the colors blue and green. I recently painted my master bedroom light blue. Ocean breeze by olympic.
Kali says
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I’m inspired by work – I’m a graphic designer and come across wonderful color palettes all day long.
kristin says
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i love variations of the color blue- with some gray in it. we just moved into a house on sunday and have quite a bit of painting to do! (top of the list to repaint: a 1/2 bath with sponge painted walls and gold metallic swirls on it)
Emily Rae says
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I love my random china collection — whites, blues, and yellows.
Jodi says
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I normally use Pottery Barn colors for inspiration. They can design like crazy and everything always goes so well with everything else. Love that.
brandi says
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i have used a colors in a pillow as inspiration for a room!
Sarah says
PAINT ME!!! I would love to paint my new bedroom shades that match my comforter.
Ashley L says
PAINT ME!! I would love to paint my living room a shade that goes along with the Volk “warmth” painting. It is my absolute favorite and I saw it first on YHL!!
Tiffany says
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We are hoping to do our master bedroom. Our inspiration by the colors of my hometown–tranquil oceanic blues, sandy creams, driftwood browns and sea oat greens.
Bernadette says
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Yak butter Tea. My husband hated the taste of this in Tibet, but I loved the color and the smell. It’s neutral/mellow enough for a kiddie room…though I have no kids. Talk about nesting. I just love yellows within the context of my very gray house.
Bernadette
http://www.b3homedesigns.blogspot.com
Catherine says
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I was inspired by our recent trip to a small fishing village in Mexico.
beth johnson says
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I was inspired by a trip to Maine this summer. I’d love to get some ocean blues into my Colorado living room.
Sarah says
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Any calming palette wold be great.