50 shades of hell?
Do you have any idea how difficult it is to pick the perfect shade of grey?
One that is not too dark. Might as well paint the walls black!
A shade that isn’t too light. Those just look white on the wall.
Oh and for goodness sake, one that is not too blue! Why do so many shades of grey…turn blue? It’s like a really mean magic trick.
After four (hangs head in shame) trips to the paint store and one ridiculous google search for “how to pick a grey paint that doesn’t look freaking” blue?” I realized I am not alone. Nope, I was not nearly alone:
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Gah. So after those four jaunts to the paint store and 13 swatches slathered on my wall. Here is my real world advice.
Google. Choose with your brain, not your eyes! If you are looking for a grey or gray with NO blue. Find one described to have taupe or beige undertones. Pick up three of those paint samples, put those babies on the wall and then go for it!
The winner in this house? Benjamin Moore’s Silver Fox for the Kitchen and Lockport Gray for the media room. Pray for me. I really, really don’t want to go back to the paint store again. This is getting embarrassing.
Finding the perfect shade of grey can be so difficult !
There is definitely a challenge with finding the right shade.
It’s really very difficult to find the perfect shade of grey and laying it over a dark color really changes the color
I love grey’s but you have to be really carefully of the color you are putting to over,it shades different !
Going through this AGAIN with a bedroom makeover.
I hope you were satisfied with your picks. I love grey also and I’m always trying to figure out the shades I like most
Grey’s can be real tricky because i find they look so different from one place to another.We just paint through with the lightest grey on the color chart.I love it !
I agree, it’s very difficult to find the perfect shade of grey, and some of them really do look blue. I hope the paint colors you chose turned out good.