What People Are Saying

Sandy Beach Soft Dirt

After much deliberation I am very happy with Palo Santo in our guest bedroom. It feels warm, earthy, grounding, and soft. It’s not quite yellow not quite beige; it’s a perfect in between that feels like a Northern California beach.

Perfect Periwinkle

After searching for the perfect periwinkle paint, I chose Backdrop and was not disappointed. It is a beautiful bold blue with a hint of purple. It's gorgeous.

five stars

GET THIS PAINT IT IS WORTH IT

BACKDROP IS A ONE COAT PAINT. lemme say that again 📣. To me, it’s the most important detail of this review. I wanted to wait until I’d used another brand of paint before writing this review. This is for the “I’m super detail oriented I want all the details before buying something” kind of people. Backdrop is honestly a joy to work with. You know that whatever color you choose will be beautiful because it’s curated, but also because the paint quality is just that good. It’s like… foolproof. My husband went awol and started rolling some paint on a part of our bathroom even tho it was my babyyy and surprisingly, it literally looks the same as the part I did. My sister used it too. The whole wall looks like it was just color blocked on (like when you use the paint bucket tool in an art app). No streaks. Also, it comes off your hands super easily and you can wipe it off tile and plastic and metal real easily if you do it soon after. It doesn’t smell strong, but it does smell. I don’t mind the smell and I’m super sensitive to smells. We are like a fragrance free household. What was the other brand I just tried? Sherwin Williams EMERALD. Literally their top of the line paint. At full price, it’s about $10 more than backdrop for a gallon. I just painted part of a wall and it’s streaky and patchy and I used the exact same technique as I did with backdrop paint. They have more colors to choose from, sure. But you can’t even return unused paint from there because they “tinted it”. I’m sure it will look good after a second coat, but I am a new mom in a new house and I don’t have timeeee to be redoing paint jobs. If I could go back, I’d probably try my best to find the most similar color at backdrop and use their paint for my whole house. Oh oh and “they” say that the more gloss the paint has, the harder it is to make it look good? I was nervous to do semi gloss for the bathroom cuz we used regular interior for our breakfast nook. Yesss the bathroom isn’t perfect. BUT it was not nearly as bad or scary or frustrating as I thought. Still looks amazing. The color in the photos for the bathroom are 36 hours in marrakesh (I mentioned it was pink and my husband, alarmed, said “no, it’s not?”. He’s actually the one who picked it. So, husband approved). It can look a bit orange in pictures, but it’s like a pinker alternative to terracotta. I doubt it has any yellow in it (yellow would make it more orange since orange is yellow and red). Anyways, sorry I don’t have any photos of the final decorated product yet. I was just salty about sherwin Williams and wanted to write this review asap. Hope it helps!

Love Love Love the Cake Shop Color!!

From the digital spec to real life it turned out even better than we imagined!

experienced painter loves it

I am an experienced painter, loving Benjamin Moore, Farrow, Behr, Aura, Lime paints and plaster. I loved backdrop. The coverage was great and it was not drippy. I used two coats but in some cases one may do it. Likes the recyclable can and fresh, simplified color chocie. Shipping was fast and the box was excellent.

Customer Service was above and beyond

Not only was the color exactly what I was hoping for, but when I had a few follow up questions for the customer service team, they were beyond helpful.

Cake Shop Perfection!

Was thrilled at how my entry way turned out! Cake shop delivered the perfect palette and I couldn't be happier!!

Inspired

We LOVE the selections we chose for our baby’s room. We used Harajuku Morning on three walls and Formentera for one accent wall. It’s stunning. I really appreciate the quality of the paints and the color selections. Fully intend to use some wallpaper too!!

Paint is gorgeous

We used these paints in our micro kitchens at headquarters and elevator banks and the color & texture came out beautiful.

Gorgeous color

The paint color was gorgeous and went on smoothly!

Just what I was looking for

I wanted something that would make a great accent wall color without darkening the space too much. This color works so well with all the different colors and wood tones throughout the room. Great coverage.

Perfect blue for bathroom

Finding the perfect blue was proving quite difficult in my windowless bathroom but I bit the bullet and ordered a gallon because I trusted backdrop to have created the perfect color. Luckily my instincts were right! Not too blue but just blue enough! Doesn’t feel too “baby’s bedroom” coded.

loved the paint, container not so much

The quality of the paint is amazing. So great to work with . I love it. However, the "olive oil" type lid tab ripped off immediately and it was extremely difficult to open smoothly after that. too bad, but maybe OG paint tins with a regular lid would be a better idea. Great paint though. id give someone a heads up about being verrrry carefull not to rip the black tab.

Love this paint!

I painted a stairway wall with tan lines and my bathroom (wall and vanity) with silver lake dad. Both were phenomenal — great quality

Amazing

The color! Working with BACKDROP was amazing at first. I thought I was gonna have to hire someone but I did it myself and I’m so proud of it and proud of myself. Thank you BACKDROP for making this paint. It’s beautiful. My room looks beautiful

Exactly as advertised

five stars

Gorgeous!

I loved everything about this paint. The colour is deep and rich and the paint itself is thick, velvety and has amazing coverage. I love the selection of colours and the branding is amazing!

Excellent customer service!

Love the color!

Higher Quality than Expected

After Hours is a beautiful charcoal black and did an amazing box with a reduced sheen for a commercial space. Very much pleased with the result.