The colour consultation
Every BITR project includes a complimentary colour consultation. We bring large-format samples to your home and test them on your walls, in your light, before we open a can.
How colour selection works
You bring the references — photos, a fabric, a paint chip from another room, a brand spec — and we narrow the field to a shortlist worth testing on the wall.
If you need an exact match, we custom-match from a physical sample or from Pantone, RAL, or RGB specs. For commercial clients, that means the colour of your storefront holds to the colour of your wordmark.
Sampling on the wall
We bring large-format samples to your home. The test that matters is a large swatch — at least 12 by 12 inches — on two different walls of the same room. Live with the swatches for 48 hours and look at them in the morning and again at night before deciding.
A chip under shop lights tells you very little. The same colour on your own wall, in your own light, tells you what you are actually going to live with.
Undertones in Toronto light
Toronto light changes the colour you see. North-facing rooms get cooler, bluer light — warm neutrals like Benjamin Moore Revere Pewter and Edgecomb Gray hold up well there, and Swiss Coffee counterbalances the coldness. South-facing rooms get warm, golden light, so cooler tones balance nicely.
Undertones also shift with the hour. The coral we matched for Chubby's turns warmer as the sun drops — a quality you cannot see on a fan deck. If a colour matters, stand in the room at the end of the day with the actual sample on the wall.
The brands we spec
We are Benjamin Moore exclusive on walls and trim. Regal Select and Advance are our standard interior lines, Aura covers high-traffic exterior work like doors and benches, and the Historical Collection handles heritage homes — colours like Buckland Blue, Tarrytown Green, and Marblehead Gold that read true under both LED and natural light.
Where the surface calls for something else, we spec SICO. The patio floor at Chubby's is a SICO floor latex, rated for the foot traffic a King West patio actually gets.
White Dove is our single most-used colour: a soft, warm white that works in every room and every light condition.
Common questions
- Is the colour consultation free?
- Yes. Every BITR project includes a complimentary colour consultation — we bring large-format samples to your home so you can see colours in your own light before we start.
- Can you match a colour from a photo, a brand spec, or another paint brand?
- Yes. We custom-match from physical samples or from Pantone, RAL, or RGB specs, so brand colours hold from the wordmark through the colour of the building.
- How should I test a paint colour before committing?
- Large swatches, at least 12 by 12 inches, on two different walls of the room. Live with them for 48 hours and check them morning and night — Toronto's north-facing rooms pull cool and blue, south-facing rooms pull warm and golden.
- Which whites do you use most in Toronto homes?
- White Dove is our most-used colour. Chantilly Lace where you want the purest white, Cloud White for large open areas, Swiss Coffee for north-facing rooms that need warming up, and Decorator's White for trim and millwork.
- What about heritage homes?
- We work with Benjamin Moore's Historical Collection — shades like Buckland Blue, Tarrytown Green, and Marblehead Gold — to find versions of the original colours that read true under both LED and natural light.
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