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Young House Love » Giveaways » Fab Freebie: Olympic Color

| By John Petersik | September 6, 2010 | 1,153 Comments

Fab Freebie: Olympic Color

***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries***

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.

Olympic ColorClix

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.

Olympic Burgers Palette

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.

Olympic Mock Bedroom

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.

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Comments

  1. Carrie says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:21 am

    PAINT ME! I’m inspired by a green painted wood floor that I saw in Coastal Living magazine. I don’t have any wood floors to paint but I’d love to incorporate the color somewhere in the new house I’m moving into next month!

    Reply
  2. TG says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:22 am

    “PAINT ME”

    I always love the color pallet of the beach. the color of shells and the tropical blue/green water. So relaxing.

    Reply
  3. Courtney says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:22 am

    PAINT ME!

    I’m inspired to incorporate colors from the Chinese art that we own.

    Reply
  4. Joanna says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:22 am

    PAINT ME!

    I just got a new deep red/orange print rug (on clearance at Marshalls!)that I would love to use for inspiration! We are moving in a month and winning paint would be perfect timing!

    Reply
  5. Kate says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:22 am

    PAINT ME! I’d use the color selector to pick some nice calm colors, from pictures of the beach this summer!

    Reply
  6. Leigh Lewis says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:23 am

    PAINT ME!

    I love the colors from the ocean: blue, gray & green. So relaxing.

    Reply
  7. Jill W. says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:23 am

    PAINT ME! A bedspread has inspired me to change the wall color in my bedroom.

    Reply
  8. HEATHER says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:25 am

    Paint me!!! I would use a decorated kleenex box for inspiration…no joke, i just bought a four pack with AWESOME designs on them!

    Reply
  9. Chanelle says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:26 am

    PAINT ME

    We just purchased a home and the shower has these weird aqua colored tiles. They are in excellent condition, so we won’t be able to replace them for a while. I’ve been struggling to find a color scheme for that room because I feel like nothing matches them! I hope ColorClix can inspire me!

    Reply
  10. valerie J. says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:27 am

    PAINT ME!

    I want to paint our guest bathroom a vibrant color that is different from the rest of the house and finding the fabric for the shower curtain led me to either coral or navy blue. Now I just need the paint…

    Reply
  11. Sharee Armstrong says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:28 am

    Paint Me!

    Reply
  12. Natalie Cofield says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:28 am

    PAINT ME ! Our 8 month old twins have beautiful blue (our girl) & brown (our boy) eyes :)

    Reply
  13. Vicki says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:29 am

    Paint me!

    I hav a guest room in the works with an armless chair I just recovered…That fabric is inspiring the whole room!

    Reply
  14. Rachael says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:29 am

    PAINT ME!

    Reply
  15. the cape on the corner says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:31 am

    paint me!

    retro diners are driving the renovation in our basement, so those 50s colors (black, white, red, turquoise) are the direction we are going.

    Reply
  16. Amy A. says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:31 am

    PAINT ME

    I usually find inspiration in pillows and rugs!

    Reply
  17. Josh A. says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:32 am

    Nature!

    Reply
  18. Heather says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:32 am

    Paint ME!!! Our whole house needs to be repainted…our living room alone is 5 color 3 of those are on a wall with our front door that’s not even 5ft UGH!!

    I am really inspired by this one picture my husband took on our honeymoon in Thailand. It’s a row of Buddha statues are outside lining a temple. The Buddha’s are gold and under a wooden under hang that’s red. The colors are so vibrant!!

    Reply
  19. Jami says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:32 am

    PAINT ME!

    I’m ready to go bold. There’s a painting of some poppies (my personal favorite) that I am feeling very inspired by.

    Reply
  20. Jeff says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:33 am

    PAINT ME!

    Our color inspirations come from items we already own that are going to be in the room. Boring!

    Reply
  21. Lorrie says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:34 am

    PAINT ME!

    Reply
  22. Beth - BTW says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:34 am

    PAINT ME!

    I’ve used everything from photographs to striped chairs to inspire. I think we are going for an ocean inspiration next!

    Reply
  23. Ashley says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:34 am

    PAINT ME!! I try and get inspired by the view out my window…the green woods, or yellow flowers…anything to bring the outside-in!!

    Reply
  24. Jeri says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:34 am

    Paint me!!

    Reply
  25. Laura M. says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:35 am

    PAINT ME! :)

    Reply
  26. Laura says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:36 am

    Paint ME! I have a couple embroidered pillows I’d love to use as inspiration.

    Reply
  27. Jacqueline says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:37 am

    PAINT ME!
    My bedroom is pink since the ’80s. I want it to become a soothing oasis of gray/blue, cream, and silver, with only a pop of pink in a pillow perhaps and in my lovely set of photos of pink flowers.

    Reply
  28. Mike says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:37 am

    PAINT ME!

    Tend to like deep, saturated colors….looking for a nice deep red to do my dining room in at the moment. Should look nice coupled with the new rich wood laminate flooring I want to install soon.

    Reply
  29. kristin johnson says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:38 am

    Paint me!!

    Reply
  30. heather s says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:38 am

    PAINT ME!!

    hubs and i just bought a huge painting of the beach so i’d love to find a light blue to paint the living room.

    Reply
  31. Karen says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:39 am

    PAINT ME!!
    i am inspired by an upholstery gray print for a chair that i might put in the nursery!

    Reply
  32. Kristen D says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:41 am

    PAINT ME!

    After browsing area rugs online, one that I came across on Target.com inspired me to change my living room color and theme.

    Reply
  33. Evan says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:42 am

    Paint Me

    Looking to repaint my dining room a toasty brown.

    Reply
  34. Christina says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:44 am

    “PAINT ME”

    I like to look at different houses and rooms online; it’ll be mostly someone’s house than inspires me. :)

    Reply
  35. Abby says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:46 am

    Paint Me!

    I am in the middle of painting my porch ceiling. Someone actually pointed me to your blog when they found out. I wanted a color on my ceiling like the sky. So I would take a picture of the sky and match it.

    Reply
  36. Cassie says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:49 am

    Paint Me

    After 8 months in our home I am finally getting around to decorating our master bedroom. Changing the wall color is way up there on the list of to-do’s !!

    Reply
  37. Amanda B says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:51 am

    PAINT ME! I’m inspired to paint our new rental because it’s very dark and I’d love to lighten it up!

    Reply
  38. Nikki G says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:52 am

    PAINT ME!

    HGTV *always* gives me inspiration for painting our rooms. Right now I’m hoping to win this so that we can repaint our kitchen. I was feeling the seafoam green when we moved in, and now it’s one of the last odd-ball colors left in our (mostly)now neutral palette.

    Reply
  39. kim says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:53 am

    Paint me!

    I’m always inspired by the colors of autumn.

    Reply
  40. Ryan says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:53 am

    PAINT ME

    My inspiration is whatever my wife identifies as my inspiration.

    Reply
  41. mel zeiger says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:53 am

    PAINT ME!!! I’ve fallen in love with the pictures from The Mincing Mockingbird, on etsy. I’d love to have a bedroom with the soft browns, blues and creams :)

    Reply
  42. Elizabeth says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:53 am

    Paint Me! Lately I’ve been inspired from a grey/blue and orange painting that I want to put in our office!

    Reply
  43. ChristinaTE says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:54 am

    Paint Me!
    I have a photo of our little girl taken when she turned one that I’d love to use as inspiration to add some pops of color to our master bedroom.

    Reply
  44. Wendy says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:54 am

    Paint Me!

    Our master bathroom still has wallpaper hanging on the walls. Definitely need to remove it, do some upgrades and put a fresh coat of paint on it.

    Reply
  45. Schuyler says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:56 am

    PAINT ME!

    I love a photograph I took in Napa Valley that shows the true beauty of natural colors…very inspiring!

    Reply
  46. Nicole Zoe says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:58 am

    PAINT ME! I found this gorgeous yellow bedding set from Calvin Klein that has brown and grey undertones. It is inspiring the whole tone of our room.

    Reply
  47. Krista B. says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:59 am

    PAINT ME

    I think sea glass colors are very inspirational…soo pretty!

    Reply
  48. Kevin M says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:59 am

    PAINT ME! We just used some Olympic to finish our daughter’s bedroom, but need another few gallons to finish our kitchen & hall.

    Reply
  49. Danielle@Newlyweds Paradise says

    September 7, 2010 at 11:01 am

    Paint me!

    I love taking color inspiration from a catalog. Especailly ones like West Elm or CB2. They always combine the neatest combos!

    Reply
  50. LesleyG says

    September 7, 2010 at 11:02 am

    PAINT ME! Currently I’m using a blanket my sister made for me (with beach colors that reminded her of me) as inspiration for my bedroom.

    Reply
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