Black varnish: statement colour for furniture & co.

Areas of application for black varnish

Of course you can paint furniture a wonderful black colour. Black furniture is versatile: it goes well with all colours on home textiles such as curtains and carpets. But colourful or intensely coloured upholstered furniture can also be combined wonderfully with black lacquered furniture. If you combine black with natural tones such as beige, grey-beige and light brown, you get a really elegant effect.

You can therefore use black as a lacquer colour in almost all rooms in your home. A paint finish with black wood colour also looks great outside on window frames, front doors and garage doors. And a kitchen with a black painted wood surface immediately takes on a whole new look. However, in order to achieve a good effect with black paint, you need a really good varnish that applies perfectly evenly - and you'll find this among the MissPompadour Paints.

Black: matt lacquer for furniture with character

Black furniture always has its fans. But you don't have to buy new furniture to redecorate - simply paint the furniture you already own with black furniture lacquer. The elegant Black with Velvet has a bluish to violet shimmer depending on the incidence of light and its depth of colour makes it ideal for painting furniture. If you have painted your walls in a shade of green, choose Green with Black for furniture.

Painting in black with our semi-gloss varnish looks particularly dark and rich. If you paint furniture, doors or shelves with this wood colour, you will achieve a velvety matt, extremely elegant surface. Another almost black, completely matt colour shade is Secret Grey from the CosyColours Collection. All matt varnishes are only suitable for indoor use, but they create a great vintage feel, especially in interiors with old furniture.

Black varnishes for varnishing metal

Black varnishes can also be a great idea for other surfaces, such as metal. An old locker, for example, would look great with a coat of black paint in a chic, modern industrial-style interior. Easy Eggshell! is best suited for a frequently used locker. It creates a silky matt surface that is very resilient and impact-resistant. It is also particularly easy to clean, making it ideal for painting kitchen furniture.

The varnishes from MissPompadour are also suitable for painting radiators. With a coat of black paint, you can give your radiator the boring foreign body look and create an eye-catcher.

If you are painting metal, you should apply a primer such as MissPompadour To Bond & Block. The primer allows the varnish to adhere well. If you want to paint rusty metal, you should always sand off the rust well first and then pre-treat the surface with a rust protection primer.

If you are painting metal outdoors, also use Easy Eggshell! in black.

Plastic and black paint

Plastics and PVC veneers can also be painted with black-black varnish. Here, you should prepare with To Bond & Block so that the varnish can adhere well to the smooth surface. The same applies to doors and shelves that have a plastic surface. You can also paint the plastic surfaces of your kitchen units black. In the kitchen, you should additionally reinforce your surfaces with To Seal topcoat after painting.

The great thing is that you can use black varnish from MissPompadour indoors because it is low-odour during drying and does not release any VOCs into the air later on.

Tiles, stone and concrete in black varnish on various surfaces

A substrate of exposed brickwork can also be finished in matt black. A colour shade such as Brown with Black makes the colour shade a little softer and warmer. For tiles, you should use the Easy Eggshell! It is easy to maintain as it is scrub-resistant and washable. You can even paint tiles on a fireplace with MissPompadour tile paints. A primer should always be used for exposed brickwork and tiles. You can also use leftover paint for handicrafts - decorate your flower pots with black-black varnish, for example.

Black varnish for indoors and outdoors

Black varnish is also often used on front doors or garage doors. Nearly black tones such as Black with Slate are particularly popular here. This anthracite tone is softer than deep black. Easy Eggshell! is recommended for outdoor areas. It is weatherproof and UV light-resistant and can withstand the elements. Just make sure that water can run off the painted surfaces well - even The Varnish! cannot withstand standing water.

Large selection of black varnishes at MissPompadour

As with all colours, black is not just black. MissPompadour offers a wide selection of black shades. The darkest black is Black with Black.

Another varnish black at MissPompadour is Black with Velvet. This black is tinted with a very small amount of grey pigment, which acts like a soft focus. This makes the effect of the colour less harsh. Grey with Black, on the other hand, is on the border between black and grey.

A black that comes from the blue colour spectrum is the extremely dark Blue with Black. The rich dark Green with Black comes from the green colour range. Both shades are also known as near-black. Black with Slate, a dark colour shade from nature, and the dark Brown with Black, which radiates a dark warmth, are also slightly tinged with grey.

All of these colour shades are also available from MissPompadour as black wall paints.

The CosyColours Collection also includes Secret Grey, a near-black colour shade in chalk varnish quality.

Order matt and semi-gloss black varnishes from MissPompadour

To find the right colour shade for your home, it's best to order a set of colour cards. You can remove the postcard-sized cards individually and attach them to the object you want to paint. This way, you can examine the individual shades of black in any lighting.

Whether varnish black chalky matt or satin matt is the right one depends on what you want to paint. In any case, Easy Eggshell! is low-odour, hard-wearing and easy to maintain. It should be used on floor tiles, kitchen furniture and in hallways and bathrooms - anywhere where the varnish is used on a daily basis and needs to be cleaned frequently.

If you are unsure which colour shade or varnish is best for your project, please contact our customer service team ! Our advisors will be happy to help you by phone, WhatsApp or email. You can also find painting instructions and tips in our magazines.