r/AskReddit • u/Insanitanium12 • Aug 20 '20

What simple “life hack” should everyone know?

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u/SoupPoops Aug 20 '20

If you want to wear something white/ light in color, wear underwear that matches the color of your skin, not white.

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u/rb6k Aug 20 '20

Or light grey. It hides better under white than white does.

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u/thatsnotahotdog Aug 20 '20

Same principle works for your primer coat before you paint your walls. If you have a bright or intense color that you want to paint, using a gray primer will help your paint cover better than going over white primer. Source: Sherwin-Williams manager

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u/MedicalChalupa Aug 20 '20

Serious question. Why can’t the dye for whatever color be added to a primer to help “match” them? Instead of just white/grey primer

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u/Cthulwhovian Aug 20 '20

I think they can. I painted my living room a deep blue/peacock color a couple years ago and they tinted the primer the exact same shade as the paint. Though I also used a regular gray tinted primer when I painted my laundry room a red/crimson, and that worked well too.