We used SW Sea Salt in our master bath and it's very pretty, exactly how you describe. You may also want to consider SW Comfort Gray or SW Rainwashed. For our guest bath we used SW Tradewinds. It's darker than SW Sea Salt but very pretty too.

Both colors are photo lighter than they are in person, the first one is SW Tradewind & the 2nd two are SW Sea Salt. They really don't look so washed out in person.

I like the sea salt! Very calming.

Another lovely grey with purple undertones is Valspar Smooth Pebble. My neighbor painted her bedroom this color and it's beautiful.

I inadvertently picked out a gray-beige with a purple undertone. It's very pretty though. I have it in my dining room. The color is BM's hot spring stones. Not sure if it's anything like what you are looking for but here is a picture:

Your colors sound gorgeous - I love paint, it is so fun! We have a 1920's house and went with a lot of the same colors you are considering. Our dining room is lavender, it's BM Hampshire Rocks on the bottom and Violet Pearl above the chair rail. Our bedroom is BM Revere Pewter, a mellow and warm grey. Hope this helps!

That Revere Pewter bedroom is gorgeous. That's on my list to try.

Here is my dining room in SW Techno Gray (SW6170).

Hope you find your perfect grey. You must also want to check out BM Pismo Dunes.

I don't know from experience about grays with purple undertones but have been intrigued by plenty a gray-purple paint swatch. I usually lean towards the ones that have a hint of brown...

Here's a link at the bottom to Techno Gray -- It very much reads blue-gray on the wall even though it's actually more green on the strip if you compare it to a true blue. It's both in our master bathroom and bedroom...love it--it's amazingly neutral and goes with anything. We have SW comfort gray in our living room--love it also! However, it can read more aqua-gray than blue in a lot of light.

Here is a link that might be useful: Techno Gray Master Bath

I was in search of the perfect "Gravender" myself. In the end I chickened out because too many people could actually see the purple undertones and pleaded with me not to do it. So I didn't. But, I do believe it will be coming to a basement near me soon. ;-)

The color that had captured my fancy was BM Pigeon Gray. Here it is in Julianne Moore's apartment with this color:
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Keep them coming!
I LOVE the BM Pigeon grey! But I'm afraid because that is a photo shoot picture. All kinds of perfect lighting and stuff. Thats why I like the "real" pictures. I still might have to try that Pigeon Grey though.

I have heard raves over the Revere Pewter. I might try it too.
And the Hampshire Rocks is too icy looking for what I'm looking for. But I love to look! Thanks for posting!

I love the pidgeon gray too though I wonder if it is too baby bluish. I want a gray but with a smidge of blue that will go with white and stainless.

I think the photo shoot is actually showing the color more accurately than regular home-owner photos. I cannot get the grays in my room to photograph the way my eye sees them. However, when we had that photo shoot done of the kitchen backsplash, the color gray in my kitchen was spot on.

Regardless to how they look on the computer screen, gray is very odd and it really looks different in everyone's home. I think of all the colors I have ever used, gray is the one that drove me craziest. The biggest trick I learned during my gray quest was to look at the entire color strip, it will really show you what color that particular gray leans towards.

I ended up settling on Baltic Gray for my foyer because I have a chocolate brown dining room, and this gray was leaning towards the browns. The Pigeon Gray is really gorgeous. Do a Google image search for colors you are considering. You will find a lot of photos from different sources. And what will be interesting is seeing how different each color looks in different locations.

Here is the link to my "Gravender" thread from last summer. Lots of ideas there.

Here is a link that might be useful: Gravender

Gorgeous colors!!

laurainlincoln - can you tell me where you got your table? I love it!

"The biggest trick I learned during my gray quest was to look at the entire color strip, it will really show you what color that particular gray leans towards."

Beeskeeperwife - Yes!!! this is true! I just got some samples of BM grays and when I held up all strips together, I could instantly tell which grays were blue/gray, green/gray, brown/gray etc!

I am also leaning towards the Baltic Gray that you suggested for my basement. I'd love to mix it with orange accents. Dh and son are a tad reluctant and want to know why we should bother to drywall only to paint the new walls the same color as the existing concrete!!! LOL!!!

Will I regret gray in the basement??

Elaine

I don't think you'll regret it as long as it's a warm gray--with a bit of brown in it.

I was just looking at the "gravendar" thread - love it! It's giving me ideas for our master bedroom.

beekeeperswife - I love your kitchen (which is also giving me ideas) and admired it the first time you posted your professional photos. Would you mind sharing what granite (?) your kitchen counters are? And what color brown is on your walls?

binsd, thanks, you are too kind. My granite is Bianco Antico. It's wonderful. My walls are Valspar Italian Leather (dark) and Coastal Villa. (BM mixed the colors for me).

AHomeWest - Thanks! I think I understand. I know that I don't want a blue/gray which is definately leaning on the "cool" side. I guess the gray that leans brown would be more "warm".

Here is another recent post asking for advise on gray colors which might help.

Here is a link that might be useful: Basement Gray Post

Looking for gray with brown in it can someone help sc

Weimaraner BM in our master bedroom. Very brown grey with slight purple undertones in some light. My sunroom is clam shell (SW I think) much more brown no purple.

Benjamin Moore revere pewter will look more tan grey...beige. I did most of my house in it and love it. Lots of pics on houzz

I don't know how lavender you want your gray to be...but here's my recent thread with some gray/blues where I tried some and they read too lavender. So I tried others that were gray/blue and I'm currently trying to decide between them.

Take a look at these pics and check out Lily White (leans lavender) and Silver Cloud (a silvery blue). There are other colors here too.

http://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/3641749/so-bummedcolor-problems?n=47