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Need Gray Paint Color recommendation

6 years ago
I’m remodeling and will be doing White Skakers , white Quartz with gray veining in a waterfall island , and luxury vinyl planks in a dark gray Mohawk Graywaters.
I’m tearing down a wall so it will be an open kitchen surrounded by my family room , dining room and hallway.
I need help with paint colors in the gray family. Any suggestions and pictures would be great. I’m also going to adding blue accents with the lighting etc. here are some pics of the materials I’m working with.

Comments (6)

  • 6 years ago

    I have to agree with Sophie

    Renee Young thanked cpartist
  • 6 years ago

    Thanks but I’m not looking for flooring tips but paint colors. The floors I picked are a gorgeous color not a dull gray. I’m very happy with them and not changing that. Now I need paint

  • 6 years ago




  • 6 years ago

    The thing about paint colors is that a color that looks fantastic in one room looks horrible in another. It all depends on the light. Some very popular grays recommended on here were major duds in my house. A gray with blue undertones we loved in the LR was a definite no in a bedroom on the other side of the house.

    Grays in particular have undertones, blue, green and brown (the greige colors) being the the biggies.


    Do you have an accent color going on somewhere? That might be a good undertone to try out. I'd try that "Misty" color that Sophie posted if you're looking for a slightly blue-gray. Depending on how dark or light you want to be, "Sheep's Wool" or "Stonington Gray" might work. Were I you, I'd take a trip to the paint store and pull every color you think is even possible and tape them on your wall. Be sure to choose some colors that are outsiders - too dark, too light, too some probably-not undertone, even a color you hadn't considered like the "Simply White." Look at them in the morning, afternoon, and night. Look at them on a sunny day and a grubby day. Start pulling off the no-goes. When you get it down to a reasonable number of possibles, then buy some sample size cans and preview larger swatches on the actual walls, both in the kitchen and in the adjacent rooms. You might want a lighter version the hallway. You don't want to be like me when I first tackled the LR. The color I thought was "the one" just wasn't when I painted the whole room. Either was my next go. I painted that stupid room 3 times before I got it right!

    (This is what we finally decided on for the LR that was terrible in BR on the other side of the house.)




  • 6 years ago
    Suzanne thank you that is very helpful ! I’ll do that