Salt White – That’s the color Cee’s asking for this week. If you think white is an easy color, visit you’re local paint store. We recently need to paint something white. I went to the paint store – I never choose paint – and I returned with the pamphlet of white chips. There were four pages! Four pages of “white” paint. Foks, that’s crazy. The actual prompt is shown below:

“This week our topic is Salt White Colors. Have lots of fun with this color. I took the photo below of rock salt in a blue shaker. Please try and stay away from black and white photos.”

Before I go into the archives to find some white, I want to remind you that there is still time to enter the Thursday Doors Badge contest. This post has all the information. Now for those whites:

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41 responses to “Pass the Salt Please—CFFC”

  1. I too have shopped for white paint. I came away cross-eyed and hating white. Nothing strikes horror to a homeowner more than seeing that the white from the previous owner has chipped. Just a touch-up is all that’s needed, but which white? Admiring the white in your photos is easy. That lilac is especially beautiful today! Yet I also like that photo of the “snow buds.” Nice!

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    1. The only thing worse than shopping for white, is shopping for off-white. I think every non-primary color is off-white. Matching paint for the chipped area reminds me of an art school assignment they gave our daughter. They had to cut a 1″ square out of a magazine page and paint it back in.

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      1. I’d rather have to do that art assignment than find a matching white! Or off-white. I like your way: every non-primary is off-white. That would save a lot of head-scratching.

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  2. You nailed the white challenge, but shades of white paint color these days is enough to give one a headache. I usually like having choices, but that many is mind boggling. Happy Monday, Dan.

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    1. Thanks Judy. Having choices is a good thing, but…

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  3. Wonderful assortment of white. That snow hole in the bush looks like a portal to another dimension!

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    1. I’m not sure where it goes. In the summer, we often find spider webs in that same place, and they, too, have a portal shape to them. I try not to get too close.

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  4. Great use of the prompt, Dan. I think you nailed it.

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  5. I know of what you speak. Earlier this year, we had both the inside and outside of the house painted. Our local Benjamin Moore store has a Golden Retriever ‘support’ dog there to comfort people who are about to lose their minds over paint colors. The dog was a true blessing, lemme tell you! After I described the white I wanted on the trim of our house, the salesman said, “Why don’t you just go with white straight outta the can?” “You can do that?!” Sold.
    You did great with all the whites, Dan.

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    1. Thanks Lois. I love the idea of the support dog. Who knew white could be such a hard choice?

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  6. Oh , man ! I know what you mean about paint colors . Didn’t it used to be simple , and white was either white or off- white . Then the colors became Navaho White , etc. Then you had to choose not only from various shades of white but different finishes , eg. eggshell . When I painted my first car there were three choices of automotive paint at Sears : red , black , green . Now , my walls in the living room , I think , are Waning Moon Twilight Desert White , flat . Maybe I should have chosen Fading Moonlight Arapahoe White , semi-flat . Eggshell for the doors .

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    1. And that paint from Sears would probably match 70% of the cars on the road! We ultimately went with “Cotton Tail” which I refer to as “bunny butt.” It’s a nice white, semi-gloss. By the way, there are now five finishes, just to keep things interesting. I wonder how many people are employed in naming paints.

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  7. Easier to just paint the room again than to attempt a touch up!

    Love the lilacs and the kissing couple as well as the rowboat and the corner in the Alaska lobby.

    I would be mighty afraid of what might pop out of the snow hole in the bush!🥴

    Happy Monday Dan. Enjoy what’s left of 2022.
    Ginger

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    1. WordPress ate my reply :(

      I keep my distance from that hole, Ginger. In the summer, there’s often a spider web with the same shape on that bush. It’s weird. I prune that bush every year, but the port returns.

      The Kissing Couple and the rowboat are my favorites.

      I hope you have a nice easy week.

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  8. Lovely photos, hope you had a great Christmas and Boxing Day. Wishing you a happy New Year. 💜

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    1. Thanks Willow – Happy Boxing Day!

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  9. I was chuckling about all the white paint, Dan. I ran into that myself when I first moved here. Forget the 50 shades of gray — there are more in white.
    The snow hole is a cool image (no pun intended). I loved the white lilac. But the Alaska building captivated me. It seems like I may have seen it before, but I would love to see more.
    Hugs.

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    1. I was staying in the hotel that is now in the Alaska building in 2015 while in Seattle for a meeting. You’ve seen it before, but a long time ago. Good memory!

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  10. What wonderful whites you have for us this week. I kept saying WOW all the way through your gallery :D

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    1. Thanks, Cee. I had a hard time putting a limit on these photos.

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  11. It looks to me as though you found salt white in a number of places! Good job, Dan!

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    1. Thanks GP. Up here, I knew I could handle this one with snow and ice if necessary.

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      1. I suppose you’re seeing far too much white this year, eh?

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  12. Nice photos Dan. And you can’t go wrong with snow! I think I’m going to have to dig into the archives for this one. 😉

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    1. I’m sure you have some good ones, Cheryl.

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  13. Happy snow white Monday from Wisconsin, Dan! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas weekend.

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    1. We did, Mary. I hope you did as well. It’s green and cold here right now.

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  14. Love the leaf picture! White is the colour purity it’s also the colour of sterile. Your pictures capture it beautifully. I’ve never liked the colour white as a main colour but love it as an accent. A white wall just makes me want to paint it. Silly me.

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    1. I’m not sure painting those walls would be a welcome gesture, Pam. I did try to find photos with an accent. One of my favorites is the rowboat.

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      1. You’re welcome! 🙂

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  15. Wow, some great photos, Dan. Are you digging out of the snow these days? I hope you and yours can stay warm. ✨🎄✨

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    1. We are dry and green, Gwen. We got over 2″ of rain, but no snow from this last storm. Thanks!

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  16. The whites you found are wonderfully magical – an unexpected pleasure – even the frozen bride in her wedding dress.

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    1. I’m so glad you enjoyed this post,

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  17. I get the multitude of white chips just to paint “simple white”. Went to paint the white ceiling in our stairway……ugh….never did get it to match, so had to do the whole thing….

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    1. Yeah, that happens a lot.

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