How do I pick the right shade of gray paint?

Look to your lighting
“Instead, choose a warm gray or grays with brownish undertones.” West-facing rooms also show better with warmer grays, while south-facing views, which get more sunshine, look great with cool grays.
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How do I choose a shade of grey paint?

How to Pick the Right Gray Paint for YOUR Home
  1. Choose a Variety of Paint Swatches. ...
  2. Pick Both Warm & Cool Swatches. ...
  3. Look at the Swatches In the Room You Plan to Paint. ...
  4. Don't Look at the Colors in Isolation. ...
  5. Consider the Existing Finishes in the Room.
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What shade of grey should I paint my room?

Best Light Gray: The Spruce Best Home Gravity Gray

A light gray is a great choice if you crave minimalist, monochromatic styles but want a color that's a bit punchier than white. The Spruce Best Home Gravity Gray is a light, cool gray with blue undertones that lends a silvery touch to your walls.
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What is the prettiest shade of grey?

These hues don't disappoint.
  • Warm Grays. Genevieve Garruppo for Homepolish.
  • Revere Pewter, Benjamin Moore. Benjamin Moore. ...
  • Conforth White, Farrow & Ball. Megan Tatem. ...
  • Cornforth White, Farrow & Ball. ...
  • Ammonite, Farrow & Ball. ...
  • Modern Gray, Sherwin Williams. ...
  • Elephant's Breath, Farrow & Ball. ...
  • Agreeable Gray, Sherwin Williams.
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Should I use warm or cool gray paint?

If the house has a lot of warm colors the cool gray will become a lot more blue and “icy” feeling. A warm gray gives you more of that popular greige and natural. Conversely a cooler toned house with a warm gray the walls turn very troupe or red.
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How to pick the perfect shade of grey paint



Does classic gray go with everything?

Classic Gray is a beautiful paint color that reads white. Use it anywhere, but pair it with bright and off-whites such as Chantilly Lace and Simply White.
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What does warm grey look like?

The term "warm gray" is a funny term, since you may never think to put the two together. Since many gray paint colors can feel cold because of their blue or purple undertones, a gray paint color that has beige, yellow or red undertone is a "warm gray".
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What color gray does Joanna Gaines use?

Sherwin Williams – Silver Strand

This gorgeous muted gray/green is Joanna's go to color for interior walls in many of the homes she's filmed on Fixer Upper.
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What is a neutral gray?

A “neutral” gray, like Munsell N8/, is not a black and white mix, but an equal mixture of all the spectrum (r-o-y-g-b-i-v) colors. A spectrophotometric measurement of such a gray will show it to contain approximately equal amounts of those spectrum colors.
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What is a nice grey paint colour?

Cool greys are perfect for south facing rooms and rooms with lots of natural light. They create a crisp sophisticated modern look and help to make small spaces appear brighter. Our 4 most popular cool greys are: Warm Pewter, Goose Down, Coastal Grey and Rock Salt.
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Does grey make a room look smaller?

In that way, very pale gray has a wonderfully warming effect without surrendering its ability to reflect light. Gray also can create a bit of depth, which is why it is such a wonderful color to work with in smaller interiors.
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What Colour goes best with grey in a living room?

White is one of the most popular colors to go with grey and can be adapted to suit any room and any style. You can pair a barely-there grey with a crisp white for a bright and airy space or contrast white with a deep, moody charcoal.
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Is Repose Gray still popular 2021?

“Repose Gray,” Sherwin-Williams

“The greiges–AKA grey and beige–are starting to show more popularity because they bring warmth to a room and coordinate with so many accent colors. Also, they're more forgiving than white on high-traffic-area walls in a home with a busy family.”
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Why is agreeable gray so popular?

Agreeable Gray is ONE of those paint colors. It's versatile, popular, and goes great with most home decor styles. Agreeable Gray actually has the perfect gray/beige combination and hence why it is so popular. Like most paint colors, Agreeable Gray will look different in each room thanks to different lighting.
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Which is better agreeable gray or repose Gray?

Repose Gray is a bit more gray than Agreeable Gray, which has a stronger beige undertone, making it more of a greige. So Repose Gray is cooler, but it's still a warm gray. It's also just a smidge darker than Agreeable Gray, but the difference is barely noticeable.
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What is the most popular Benjamin Moore grey color?

Here are some of our most popular shades of gray paint colors.
  • Edgecomb Gray. HC-173.
  • Silver Satin. OC-26.
  • Gray Owl. OC-52.
  • Stonington Gray. HC-170.
  • Wickham Gray. HC-171.
  • Gray Cloud. 2126-60.
  • Revere Pewter. HC-172.
  • Wish. AF-680.
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What is the new color for 2020?

A soft, rosy hue blooming with potential. Benjamin Moore's Color of the Year 2020, First Light 2102-70, is the backdrop for a bright new decade.
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What is the most neutral Sherwin Williams gray?

Sherwin Williams Mindful Gray 7016

There are no strong undertones making it the perfect neutral. It is another great light color but a bit darker than Repose Gray. Mindful Gray is also a Sherwin Williams Gray that is often used color on Fixer Upper.
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Is agreeable gray a greige?

Agreeable Gray is a greige that DOES get a wee bit tipsy towards gray, to the point that in some rooms (particularly north-facing rooms) it can even cast a bit gray-blue. Crazy, but true. However, even when it does pick up that cool vibe, it's very passive.
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What color gray paint do the property brothers use?

Benjamin Moore Chelsea Gray

Heck, the Property Brothers even used it to elevate kitchen cabinets in a recent episode of Buying and Selling. The opportunities are endless with this neutral base.
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Is gray a farmhouse color?

The farmhouse style is heavily based on neutral shades of white, beige, gray, greige (gray and beige), and sometimes a few pops of dynamic color like reds, greens, or blues.
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What color is versatile gray?

Sherwin Williams Versatile Gray

It is a greige (as indicated in the name) – part gray, part beige. While I've been happy (ish) with this color, at different times of the day, it does have a tendency to lean slightly violet.
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What is the difference between cool gray and warm gray?

One of the most frequently asked is how to difference between warm and cool grays, and their respective influence on a space. Cool grays will have a blue, purple and green undertone, while warm grays will have a yellow, red, or brown undertone to them.
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Which grey paints are warm?

  • Benjamin Moore Balboa Mist. Although technically an off-white, Benjamin Moore's Balboa Mist is a beautiful warm gray color that is a serene neutral. ...
  • Behr Dolphin Fin. ...
  • Benjamin Moore Revere Pewter. ...
  • Sherwin-Williams Dorian Gray. ...
  • Sherwin-Williams Mindful Gray.
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