Ultra Pure Havana Cream

I really thought I had closed out the color debate for our guest bathroom. 'Havana Cream' was to be 'it'. There would be no more $11 quarts of paint bought and we'd call it 'the color.' That didn't work out quite the way I planned, so the paint saga continues.

Last night I went to Home Depot to buy our third color, 'Havana Cream', for the guest bathroom. I waited in line, ordered and happily took my new prize home. While I was painting the wall to test out this sultry color, I noticed that it didn't cover well, much like our 'Ultra Pure White' ceiling paint and our 'Ultra Pure White' semi-gloss trim paint. These both take coat upon coat upon coat of paint to cover up the ceilings, trim and doors. [Let me interrupt myself to say that before you e-mail me with suggestions, we did try using a primer (kilz), and we tried sanding and we coated the trim with liquid sandpaper, but to no avail!]

As I was staring at the wall analyzing colors I kept focusing on how the 'Havana Cream' looked almost exactly like the 'Antique White' that the walls were already painted. Was my 'Havana Cream' just a wolf in sheep's clothing? Was 'Havana Cream' just 'Antique White' by another name? There was a strom brewing in my Caribbean paradise of 'Havana Cream'.

As I hammered the lid back on, I looked at the can and discovered the difference in paints. While our other two quarts ('Sweet Corn' and 'Pismo Dunes') had a pastel base, 'Havana Cream' had our dastardly enemy 'Ultra Pure White' as its base. Yes, I will be revisiting Home Depot tonight to investigate this further.

For your reference the colors in the photo are from left to right: Havana Cream, Sweet Corn and Pismo Dunes.