Regular blog readers will have seen that Art & Hue is mulling over paint colours for the new house, and the hunt is on for the perfect beigey blush pink for a couple of rooms (or should that be the perfect pinky beige?).

There’s been a real shift towards plaster shades and warm dusty peaches in recent years and it suddenly dawned that, like the situation here at Chez Art & Hue HQ right now, it may be because people are hunting for just the right shade of skin tone.

Make-up foundations are meant to correct and smooth, hide imperfections, and provide flattering coverage – and don’t we want our interior paints to do the same in many ways?

Now, make-up companies produce foundations in many (many) colours but there are always going to be core shades that are universal bestsellers.

There will be shades that can encompass most of the world’s population so, if a makeup brand out there wants to collaborate with a paint manufacturer to produce a range of foundation-coloured emulsions, it could not come soon enough.

Thinking about it, it’s hard to believe that a make-up company hasn’t already previously collaborated with a paint maker to create a range of eggshells based on the colours of their foundations – all makeup brands have their loyal customers who adore their products & colours so surely some would want to match their tone to their walls?

Of course, you may want to “colour correct” in the same way that some foundations and powders do (lilac to combat sallowness, green for redness, etc. but for paint find shades in the other direction, otherwise the wrong lilac background is going to make sallow skin look more yellow), or take the tone slightly darker as if you’d just got back from a beach holiday with sunkissed skin (or applied fake tan or bronzer), in which case there should be a paint colour for that too.

And if you find the right colour to flatter your skin, it can bounce off the walls to provide a glowing reflection, like Claybrook’s Montagu perhaps, which is a creamy soft peachy beige, and their Harvest Festival is the closest thing to YSL’s luminescent Touche éclat in a 5 litre tub.

Known for their colourful electric and joyful brights, YesColours have introduced new colours in recent years that are dustier – take a look at their Nostalgic, Restful, Serene and Dirty colour ranges to find a skin tone suitable for you.

A good starting point is their collection of peach tones (Restful Peach, Nostalgic Peach and Dirty Peach in particular) as well as their yellows, like Nostalgic Yellow and Restful yellow, which look as creamy as foundations. Nostalgic Pink is a great shade too and their brighter reds and pinks can act as lipstick and blusher tones.

Visit YesColours to browse.

Pop art print pictured is of Joan Calling from the Joan Collins collection in Blush.

British paint manufacturer Little Greene are well known for their pinks, with many shades available in a sliding scale of graduated tones which vary in intensity.

Start by investigating their current card shades of Masquerade colours (available in full fat, Mid, & Light strengths, along with Julie’s Dream), as well as their Travertine and Beauvais Lilac shades.

There are also many great archive colours you can order sample pots of, including Light Wicker, Shrimp Pink, and 50s Magnolia.

Visit Little Greene to take a look.

Pop art print pictured is of Grace Jones from the Black Women of Bond collection in Blush.

Paint & Paper Library have a great selection of colours on a chromatic scale so you can mix and match them, in one room or across a whole property, and know that they’ll all work together.

In colours similar to makeup foundation, their Powder, Plaster, Canvas, Leather, Paper, Cashmere, and Sand all come in five shades each so you can go as light or deep as you want.

With the new addition of Rose Cluster in their recently-launched Jewels collection, there are plenty of pinks to find the ideal blusher shade too.

Visit Paint & Paper Library to see more.

Pop art print pictured is of Diana Dors from the British Blonde Bombshells collection in Blush.

Known for their wall and floor tiles, Claybrook introduced a range of paint colours to coordinate with their wide range of bathroom and kitchen tiles.

Whilst it’s not the largest paint collection mentioned here, it’s incredibly focused with great colours to choose from.

Browse their soft pinks and beiges, like Harvest Festival & Powderpuff (both would reflect a flattering glow), and their richer skin shades of Montagu, Isabel’s Bloom, and Cinnamon Roll (like a suntan in paint form).

Visit Claybrook to explore.

Pop art print pictured is of Yvonne Mitchell from the Leading Ladies collection in Coral.

Norfolk based paint makers Fenwick & Tilbrook have many current and archive shades of beiges and pinks that could fit into the make-up category.

From golden tans to delicate pinks, they’ve also got a wide range of soft lilacs and purples that can sometimes be ignored by other paint cards.

Their subtle pinks, like Powder, Gypsum & Vintage Peony have a creamy make-up quality to them, as do their options of Trenchcoat, Marrakech, and Sandbanks.

Visit Fenwick & Tilbrook to see the available colours.

Pop art print pictured is of Linda Evangelista from the Supermodels collection in Think Pink.

Finally, a small mention of the two pinks in the Mad About the House collaboration with Graphenstone.

Not necessarily skin tones, although Bianca Italia could be the palest of English roses raised under a parasol all her life, think of the pinks as blushers or lip tints to bring flushed warmth to a space.

Visit Graphenstone to see the colours in The Italian Collection.

Pop art print pictured is of Blonde Bombshell from the British Blonde Bombshells collection in Think Pink & Yellow.

A side note: Art & Hue designed the paint collection’s branding in collaboration with Mad About the House, using pop art brushes, which are applied to the side of the adorable paint tins.