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PAINT DILEMMA!! Please help.

6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago

I am torn between two Sherwin Williams colors for most of the walls in my house. I like light/neutral leaning toward grayish/beige/cream. I have FINALLY narrowed it down to SW White Duck and Oyster White. Shoji White looks great too. My house face East/West. Of the two which do you recommend? My ceiling and trim will be painted in Ben Moore Simply White. The Foyer will be painted SW Agreeable Gray. Thank you kindly!

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  • PRO
    6 years ago
    last modified: 6 years ago

    In a room with east/west light, pay more attention to the west exposure. Morning east light is fleeting, but as the sun moves around the house, you have longer hours of sunlight from the west and , depending on the season, sun will be high in the sky or lower to horizon.

    I think your three choices (the undertones) are either too brown, too green or too brassy for west light.

    This sample is a B.M.


    I am not as familiar with SW, so I can’t make a specific color recommendation, but a soft blue/gray (emphasis on blue) should work beautifully.




    Kal Leeman thanked JudyG Designs
  • 6 years ago

    Do you have suggestions?

  • 6 years ago
    last modified: 6 years ago

    I know the west light is tricky, that is why I leaned to White D, it didn't looked washed out and it was still creamy without turning too yellow. And I feel that Oyster White has more of a gray base.

  • PRO
    6 years ago
    last modified: 6 years ago

    Sorry, we crossed paths.




    Kal Leeman thanked JudyG Designs
  • PRO
    6 years ago

    I vote for Shoji White

    Kal Leeman thanked Celery. Visualization, Rendering images
  • PRO
    6 years ago

    I like Oyster White but the other choice would be the same as the trim but in a matte finish and IMO the fewer the colors the easier to work in all spaces and honestly I do not think exposure is a huge item. I think your lighting at night needs to keep the colors true so make sure all the bulbs are LEDs in 4000K if that is what you want from paint colors

    Kal Leeman thanked Patricia Colwell Consulting
  • PRO
    6 years ago
    last modified: 6 years ago

    White Dove BM is lighter

    Kal Leeman thanked Celery. Visualization, Rendering images
  • 6 years ago

    It's not White Dove BM it's White Duck Sw, easy to get them mixed because of name though!

  • 6 years ago

    I just finished using SW Upward (I would describe as a light blue with hints of grey and periwinkle), SW SeaSalt, SW Olympus White(really nice light pale blueish/grey) and SW Agreeable Beige which I know is overused but so perfectly pleasant on the walls and the right mix of warmth without yellow for me.

    Kal Leeman thanked Christy Parker
  • 6 years ago

    Thank you all! I completely changed my mind and now I'm on to BM Gray Mist & BM Fog Mist. I've attached a few pics. Which one?

  • 6 years ago
    last modified: 6 years ago

    I like the Gray Mist, can't go wrong with either

    Kal Leeman thanked Tess Kap
  • 6 years ago

    Gray mist looks better with your floors

    Kal Leeman thanked Sarah
  • 6 years ago

    I have SW Accessible beige everywhere and love it

    Kal Leeman thanked Kathy Furt
  • PRO
    6 years ago

    Grey Mist since you’re doing your whole house, appears to be a touch more neutral. Plus when you have every wall in same color it intensifies so Grey Mist being slightly lighter will be perfect.

    Kal Leeman thanked adalisa frazzini
  • 6 years ago
    last modified: 6 years ago


    Adalisa,Sorry my pics are not the greatest(my phone is 3 years old lol) My ceilings and trim will be BM Simply White. Still think Gray Mist? I saw that BM suggests Fog Mist with Simply White. But the two are so similar so I don't think I can go wrong ? My houses faces West, you don't think the sun will wash out the colors too much? Next to kitchen cabinets - Fog mist on top, Gray Mist on bottom.

    Next to counters Fog Mist is on left- under my red nail and Gray mist is on right

  • 6 years ago

  • 6 years ago

    Tess, I would love to see your pics of Drift of Mist!

  • 6 years ago

    I think you will have an easier time choosing if you paint your samples on 1/4 a piece of posterboard and move them around to different locations and look at them at different times of day. Those cards are too small to tell anything and the samples are not painted next to the things that are fixed (floor, counters etc) which is part of what you need to see.

  • PRO
    6 years ago

    Shoji is one of my tried-and-trues. Always looks great. But give it a test on your walls first. GL!

    Kal Leeman thanked Color Zen
  • 6 years ago

    V Smith, if you scroll up I have samples of each color painted on the walls.

  • 6 years ago

    Here are a few shots of SW Drift of mist. Tried to get different lighting. Obviously still under construction