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My best friend is trying to buy a flat and to energise her for this grim journey of owner ghostings, asbestos, incompetent agents and outrageous prices, she needed a bit of escapist fun looking at chi-chi paints.Unfortunately, she brought me: a person with all the visual sensibility of a house brick (Terre D\u2019Egypte? Porphyry Red?). I sat vacant and unhelpful as she discussed nuances of verdigris and celadon, interjecting when something obvious struck me. \u201cThat one is yellow!\u201d I would say, with toddler-like delight; or, \u201cI like that.\u201d Mostly I looked at colour charts. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2024\/apr\/22\/lets-hear-it-for-the-true-geniuses-the-people-who-name-paints\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Let\u2019s hear it for the true geniuses: the people who name paints | Emma Beddington<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; It\u2019s easy to mock \u2013 and I fully intend to \u2013 but it takes real&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-BpV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":69180,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/vincomvietnam-ho-chi-minh-sale\/","url_meta":{"origin":143835,"position":0},"title":"Vincom\/Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh sale","date":"October 16, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Interest in the country may grow if minority investors are treated well\r \r Source : ft.com\r Read more...Vincom\/Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh sale","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":47901,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/chi-med-on-track-to-launch-first-chinese-cancer-drug-to-market\/","url_meta":{"origin":143835,"position":1},"title":"Chi-Med on track to launch first Chinese cancer drug to market","date":"March 13, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \r \r Source : telegraph.co.uk\r Read more...Chi-Med on track to launch first Chinese cancer drug to market","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":148760,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ho-chi-minh-to-northcote-southern-hemispheres-largest-modular-housing-project\/","url_meta":{"origin":143835,"position":2},"title":"Ho Chi Minh to Northcote: \u2018Southern Hemisphere\u2019s largest modular housing project\u2019","date":"January 12, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\r 'We see New Zealand as a long-term strategy - slow but long term.' - Alistair Sawer of TLC\r \r Source : nzherald.co.nz\/Property\r Read more...Ho Chi Minh to Northcote: \u2018Southern Hemisphere\u2019s largest modular housing project\u2019","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":91906,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lai-chi-kok-hong-kongs-version-of-dongdaemun-and-camden-market-for-fashion-start-ups\/","url_meta":{"origin":143835,"position":3},"title":"Lai Chi Kok \u2013 Hong Kong\u2019s version of Dongdaemun and Camden Market for fashion start-ups","date":"June 20, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r It appears that most major cities in the world have a market hub for budding entrepreneurs. 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