Limewash Colour Guide for Singapore Light

Step 1: Identify your unit's primary light direction

• North-facing: cool, even, slightly blue light all day. Avoid green undertones — they amplify. Reach for warm-leaning neutrals.
• South-facing: bright, neutral mid-morning. Most shades read true.
• East-facing: warm golden morning, neutral afternoon. Warm shades glow at sunrise.
• West-facing: harsh hot afternoon sun. Warm shades roast orange — consider cooling them one step.

Our SG-tested limewash palette

Warm whites & bones

• Raffles "Bone" — soft creamy off-white. Safest whole-room shade for north-facing bedrooms.
• Raffles "Oat" — slightly warmer, photographs beautifully behind a wood headboard.
• Suzuka "Crema" — heavier texture, warmer than oat. Good for west-facing walls.

Mushrooms & greiges

• Raffles "Mushroom" — warm greige, tiny rose undertone. Best in south/east-facing units.
• Raffles "Stone" — colder greige. Excellent for north-facing units.
• Suzuka "Tortora" — deeper warm greige with visible trowel texture. TV-wall favourite.

Clays, terracottas & ochres

• Raffles "Clay" — soft terracotta. Reads dusty pink in north light, glows orange in west.
• Suzuka "Terra" — deeper terracotta with strong texture. Great single feature wall.
• Raffles "Ochre" — mustard-leaning. Tricky in fluorescent kitchen lighting.

Sages & greens

• Raffles "Sage" — muted grey-green. Reads grey in north, green in south. Test before whole-room.
• Suzuka "Olivia" — deeper olive-green with trowel texture. Bold but timeless.

Moody darks & charcoals (Suzuka territory)

Lime can't carry the deepest blacks like emulsion can — but Suzuka's thicker trowel film holds saturation better. For dark feature walls we almost always specify Suzuka:

• Suzuka "Carbone" — soft charcoal with movement. Stunning behind a bed.
• Suzuka "Notte" — near-black, slight blue undertone. Dramatic.

Shades we steer clients away from

• Cold "European white" — reads blue/clinical here.
• Pure cool greys — go greenish or purplish in HDB tube-light + daylight mix.
• Bright reds, royal blues — lime can't hold the saturation.

How to test before you commit

An A4 swatch is good. Rendering the shade on a photo of your actual room is much better. Our limewash visualizer supports the full Raffles palette plus Suzuka Strato textures — Singapore's only tool that does either, let alone both.

Once shortlisted, message us on WhatsApp 8751 5146 for physical samples. Pricing: limewash cost Singapore 2026.