11/21/2023 0 Comments Aloof grayĪnother Sherwin Williams color I have used extensively is Repose Gray. How does it look in the morning? In the evening? By lamplight? With your existing furniture? Woe be to the homeowner who picks paint from a chip just as the painter arrives! Lo, he shall live to regret it! When the room is done but it’s not the color at all that you imagined, you will wish you had tested your colors on a larger scale and for a longer time! Trust me on this. Are the undertones too yellow? Maybe too blue or cold looking? A bit greenish? Or pink? (we’re not going for that nice blush pink here.) Lighting is everything! Once you determine your A-list of several choices, you MUST paint them onto posterboard, hang them in the room or rooms you’re painting, and LIVE with them for a few days. This reminds me to URGE you not to pick your wall colors strictly from your paint chip. So consider your lighting as you pick colors. In a less well-lighted room, even a higher LRV paint will look darker than it would in a brightly lit room. In a room with lots of windows, for example, you could use a lower LRV paint without sucking all the light out of the room. You can check your paint card for LRV, which is a scale from 0 (deepest black, absorbing all light) to 100 (whitest white, reflecting all light). You don’t want a very warm yellowy-white trim with a cool grey wall.Īgreeable Gray’s Light Reflective Value is 60, which means it reflects slightly more light than it absorbs. ALWAYS look at your trim color with your wall color to see if they’re compatible. A whiter white than Alabaster, it’s a stunner for trimwork. I also love to use Sherwin Williams Pure White. I find it a perfect white–soft, just the right amount of creaminess so that it’s not too stark with any grey or greige. In my bedroom here, I used Alabaster, another great Sherwin Williams color. Depending on your lighting and/or time of day, it can read grayer or more beige.īy the way, I get asked a lot about trim color for gray, and especially Agreeable Gray, since I use it so much. Because it falls in that “greige” range of grays, it pairs well with almost any scheme. In my opinion, it is a perfect warm neutral, and its popularity confirms my estimate. I’ve lost count of the number of rooms where I’ve used Sherwin Williams’ Agreeable Gray–including our master bedroom. What is a good gray paint color? Here are some of my gray rockstars. In my homes and also my design work, I tend to use warmer grays that won’t look cold or sterile. It can either take center stage as a star or sit quietly applauding the other lovely features of your room. From a soft neutral background to a deep, moody wow factor in your rooms, gray paint does it all. Why is gray paint so popular? Gray paints have taken the decorating world by storm because of their compatibility with so many other colors. Today I want to focus on some favorite GRAYS. I’m here to help you unlock the mysteries of paint choices! And also to share some of my go-to colors–the ones I’ve used again and again in my own homes and those I’ve helped my design clients pick. The one we thought was the perfect gray now looks purple! What is going on? When we finally get home with our paint chips (all 58 of them), we realize how DIFFERENT they look now in our home’s light! Whoa! That one that looked sandy beige in the store is greeny gold at home. ”And what exactly is GREIGE, anyway?” Uh oh. “What if I pick what I like, but it doesn’t turn out like I think it will?” “Um, I know what I like, but will it go with the other stuff I like?” “Hey, I know what’s trending, but that’s not really what I like!” “Gee, I know what I like but is it on trend…?” When we’re looking for the best neutral paint colors, what is it about standing in front of that paint chip display that unhinges us? Sooooo many choices!
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