Best paint colour for bricks?

[James Holloway]

So, I am about to paint some brick walls, but it occurs to me that I don't really have a good brick red colour in my paints box. If you have done a lot of brickwork in the past, do you have any recommendations? I can get VMC, GW and P3 within an easy distance of home, so those are obviously preferred.

Thanks!

[Mason]

Hi James,
Check out Thunderchicken's Brickwork tutorial.

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=49154.0

In my opinion, he is the master of all things brickwork.

I shall be using it myself when I get around to making some walls of my own.
 

[Coronasan]

I used the Homebase paint suggested by Thunderchicken and it worked really well. And it is cheap!

[Col. Aubrey Bagshot]

Try the dulux colours in B&Q.
They mix them there in store ( and they colour match! ) and are actually VERY good quality.
So much so, that they work very well, when thinned, through an airbrush...
The pigment is that fine!

Ace range as well, and one small tester tin would paint an entire village

[6milPhil]

... and the sample pots from Wilkinsons.