Her dining room and kitchen were especially dark with typical 80’s low drop ceilings. I knew that there wasn’t much light in most of the home for my client. Now that you have an understanding of undertones, it’s time to choose the right gray! You might be surprised! Choosing the right gray Once you bring home samples, paint a swatch on each wall and observe what the paint looks like over different periods of a day. And bring it into the store as a visual reminder. I suggest you take pictures of the room from all 4 corners during the brightest time of the day. So beware of what you are up against before heading to the store. There are other pretty tricky factors such as natural/artificial light, the trees outside the windows, and even wallpaper that can impact the paint color you choose. If you can remember this, it will cut down your search for paint in half the time! Cooler undertones are in the blue, purple and green categories. Warm colors include undertones of red, orange and yellow. Ultimately I wanted a light gray with cooler undertones. I wanted to steer towards cooler tones such as blue and even green would be fine with me. And I didn’t want to choose anything in the brown family. Well, it’s because one look at the paint chip order, I noticed the very darkest shade is Van Dyke Brown.
Why did I immediately know that was NOT a color for her home? Once you can spot the undertone, you can decide quickly if the color is yours.įor example, my client wanted a greige and suggested Accessible Beige. Undertones are what makes or breaks your choice for the color. The undertone is a bit more inconspicuous. The mass tone is what you see on the paint chip at the store. Undertonesĭo you know the difference between the overall tone versus undertone in paint colors? So, it was fun to whip out my Sherwin Williams paint deck and explore the options for her! Her home is built in the early 1980s, so there are tall ceilings, closed-off rooms, and choppy floor plans. However, I have seen it used a bit too much. She suggested the old go-to paints of the past such as Sherwin Williams Accessible Beige or Agreeable Gray.
She also noted that her 3 teenage kids and dog would probably get white walls dirty pretty fast. The bathrooms were white and she wanted to warm up the other common areas. Recently, one of my clients wanted me to help choose their interior paint colors after their bathroom renovations were complete. I discovered three gray paint colors you can’t live without! I love how designing for myself and others allow me to explore new paint colors. Paint is a very popular topic and I can see why! It literally can transform any object, wall, cabinet, floor, ceiling into something magnificent and different.
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