But this will give you a good idea. Want to dive into something more specific? To find inspiration for your decor, select a gray color scheme to see examples of how you can use these colors in your home. Hi Marianne – thanks for the email and sorry to hear about your floor. You didn’t mention what your floor is made of.. wood? I appreciate all your help, as I really am color challenged. I was thinking of Sherwin Williams Silken Peacock for accessories, but now I’m not sure….. I’d love for the family room (cream and chocolate brown furniture, cream carpeting) to have a soothing, zen kind of feel with some pops of color. Here is my dilema: I have a ranch house, so the rooms are not huge or with high ceilings.I just painted my living room BM Thundercloud Gray w/ BM white dove trim. Good luck! Anew Gray https://www.sherwin-williams.com/home-builders/color/find-and-explore-colors/paint-colors-by-family/SW7504-keystone-gray/#/7030/?s=coordinatingColors&p=PS0 part of the Keystone family has a touch of pink for warmth and still neutral enough to add other colors. And then adding either blacks/charcoal or wood into the decor will make them pull grey as well? The family room.. You can always lighten then with white paint to dilute them if they are too dark for your bedroom. Can you paint the front door going deeper/darker/warmer? Woud love some advice…. There is the undertone of the paint, which will become stronger over time and will look different under different lights. Our bedroom is facing east. They are not warm grays but give off a warmer feeling because of their slight greige and warm purple undertones. Thank you! That often helps you make a decision on which paint lifts the room and looks the best for your natural light too. Thanks a lot ! and then wondering if we should do charcoal tops or wood stain tops on those? Hi Bonnie apologies for taking so long to get back to you – for some reason, your email slipped the radar…. It can be a decorative piece, a piece of clothing or even wrapping paper. If you are looking to create a softer look, don’t use the chart above. Use yellow or beige based gray, sometimes called greige, to bounce as much light around as possible. Hi Christine I have enjoyed reading all the posts. It was used by Mabley Handler on a Hamptons home bathroom. http://prntscr.com/m3yqow, and I think aqua could go very well. The trim is white. I’m starting to panic that it’s too risky though! Thank you for the color suggestions!!! Suddenly you can see that one might be bluer or more purple, and the other has a tinge of yellow or red. Depending on your choice of stain, it can add warmth (reds) and that could bring out the purple/blue in your walls. Bedroom furniture will be a soft white, ceiling is a soft white. Grey colour schemes. Western light is warmer at sunset while an eastern light is warmer at sunrise. Most of the natural light will be from the east. The light quality lets you use both warm and cool gray color schemes – all colors look great in your light. Your help is much appreciated . Need help! Would medium gray oak floors be too much gray? Any thoughts on what undertones should I look for in grey that will go with aqua accent colors? I like to keep it simple. The dark stained pieces will look great as a contrast and give some warmth back to the room. Contact Us, 25 Best Interior Design Software Programs (Free & Paid). Most paint colors called “gray” aren’t a pure gray; that’s white base mixed with an amount of black paint. What are your thoughts? It sounds like you could do a number of ways with this.. 1. It is a new pvc laminate. You can see here all the different colors you can use with it. Changing the bulbs alone can change your color from warmer to cooler, brighter to subtle. It has gray, mocha and a touch of green. I am trying to narrow in on a gray paint color to correlate with BM Mayonnaise glazed cabinets, north facing room. Green based blues are often the most neutral. Here’s the link I found https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/color-overview/find-your-color/color/2123-60/sea-foam?color=2123-60. Have you read the article on metallic furniture looks? Grey is a good contrast to the exuberance of pure pink, though if viewed under harsh lighting, the shades may start to blend together. Good luck! Is SW Mindful Gray an option? Paint a couple of large boards with your selections and use around the outside of the house to see which one goes best with your natural light. Thank you so much! You can make varying shades of grey by adjusting the colours between black and white, and even more tints if you add red or blue. It is best in a south facing room but works in a north facing room too. I was thinking a light color like Benjamin Moore Pale Oak but a decorator told me to go dark because of the vaulted ceiling. If you can create a few sample boards it can make the world of difference to the selection process. Dark woods are a good way to go, but as you say, they can make your look smaller. Grays with a lavender undertone appear softer and more feminine, gray painted walls with blue or green greys act slightly more neutral, while gray with a brown or red undertone will look warmer. At night it looks really blue. I painted the exterior of my house a gray that is showing purple undertones. Hi Jae I just wrote a blog post on Benjamin Moore’s Metropolitan. Thank you! Better to test it before committing to painting. I think blue is a great choice against gray. You really have a knack for this! If your accent color is yellow choose a gray with a yellow undertone on the same family – so if your accent color is yellow with a green undertone, choose a gray with a similar yellow/green undertone. We have natural light from the East, North, and West. Hi I need help picking a grey paint for the wall to go with bright purple and yellow, LSU colors to be exact. The effect created by such a scheme is just as contrasting as the one before but slightly less intense. I was going to paint the front of the porch ( stucco ) with a warm color to add warmth to that front of the house . With the right accent colors your gray paint colors can look practically white. Hi Ellen unless you really want to change your tiles (that is, you don’t really like them) see if there is a way to live with them. Depending on how much warmth you want in your bedroom, you can choose a gray/grey with a warm brown undertone to go with your bedroom furniture. You can go as dark or as light as your room size and natural light allows. Also should I keep going with the white into the family room? For modern colour palettes that lean heavily on black and white, dark grey walls can signal transition and/or separation between. I can’t seem to settle on area rugs or furniture colors so I’m open to suggestions, Than uou, Ellen. I have a North West family room that adjoins my kitchen and I am color challenged. Color Schemes that Go With Gray . Mindful Gray is again considered neutral a deeper color. You can go crisp or a little softer/creamier – but ligther than your tiles and backsplash. Dining room & 2 story foyer get loads of natural light (west facing). Im looking to redo my house.