What color gray is this?

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What color from Sherwin Williams would most closely match the gray trim in this photo? I’m looking for a warm greige. We used SW ”Agreeable Gray” on our trim but we want to go darker. Thanks for any help!

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Diana Bier Interiors, LLC

last year

No one except the owner of that house can tell you the exact color that is in the photo. Even if they could, the color could look radically different from what you see on the computer screen.

You have 2 options:

1. take the photo to the paint store and have them custom mix a color that matches the color you see on the screen. Then hope you like it once it's up on the house.

2. get a SW fandeck and select a color that matches the color on the screen. Then get a few very large samples of that color. Put them on your house and view the color at different times of day/evening to make sure you like it on a large scale.

Unfortunately there are no shortcuts to selecting colors, especially for large expanses like exteriors or large walls/ceilings inside.

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Patricia Colwell Consulting
last year
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Go the next color darker on the color strip. there are 6 shades on the strip online pick one or take that pic with you and match it .
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chispa
last year
That looks more taupe than gray.
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porkchop_z5b_MI
last year
The only grey I see is the concrete steps and the pebbles. Like chispa said, looks more taupe. But be veeerrry careful when poking around in the taupe family. As a general rule of thumb, taupe has pink tones it in it.

Is this your house? Or are you looking to re-create the look? On this house, all the colors work very well together, so I'd leave it alone if it's yours.
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
last year
I agree with all the above but we need to see what your house looks like please .
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aeoster
Original Author
last year
We are trying to recreate this look. i agree its more taupe or greige, but wither way i like it. This is our house now-i was afraid to go too dark/too gray but ”Agreeable Gray” was just way too light to create any sort of contrast.
aeoster
Original Author
last year
This is in direct sun.
porkchop_z5b_MI
last year
Oh yea...definitely no shortcuts. You have to judge on both sunny days and cloudy days, at differing times of day. Because much of the year is cloudy up where I am, I follow the advice someone gave me long ago -- if it looks good on a cloudy day, it'll look good any day. That said, if you're in a climate where it's sunny most of the time, you'd follow the opposite.
chloebud
last year
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Agree with these comments. It’s close to impossible to know without testing colors. You might just check SW Worldly Gray and Dorian Gray. Know that colors can look quite a bit lighter on the exterior.

This photo has Dorian Gray on the door and shutters. Siding is Repose Gray (also a pretty true representation of how light RG looks on the exterior).

As Diana posted, there are no shortcuts. Trust me, I’ve been there and drove our painters a little crazy!🥴
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
last year
Did you not get answers in the other post . I am having a real difficulty this morning bringing up pictures Houzz is again fixing what is not broken
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