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Gray Paint - Suggestions needed
We are trying to find a gray paint that doesn't look blue. We have paint sample spots ALL OVER our house, but they all look blue except the ones in the kitchen! We even got the brown toned gray. I wouldn't mind even a tan that would work well with gray - our kitchen cabinets are dark gray (lower) and white (upper). Our kitchen looks like the one in this house: http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/303-W-Gramercy-Pl-San-Antonio-TX-78212/26142016_zpid/#hdp-photo-lightbox
The colors we've tried are:
Benjamin Moore: Revere Pewter
Benjamin Moore: Gray Owl
Benjamin Moore: Ozark Shadows
Glidden/Martha Stewart: Nimbus Cloud
Behr: Ground Fog
At night they don't look bad, bur during the day they look really blue.
Also, would it be too much to use a light gray as the main color in our house? We have an open living room/kitchen, stairs that sort of wrap (there is a landing) and would also paint the upstairs hallway. Our walls are currently "toasted almond" (light tan). Our curtains are dark gray, couch is gray, etc. I'm open to suggestions!
Re: Gray Paint - Suggestions needed
we had the same issue. put about 12 samples on the wall and they all looked awful even though i loved the swatches. then i chose the least offensive one and painted a large section (underneath the bar in my kitchen) and loved it! so my suggestion is to paint a bigger section. if you hate it, paint another with a different one. you're going to have to do 2 coats regardless and if you already have the sample size then why not?
fyi: we tried all of those grays, too, and ended up with BM stonington gray.
hope that helps!
I just used Behr Silver Drop. It's the exact same shade as the drywall was before I primed it. Ha! Apparently I liked the way it looked when it was unfinished. But it's not blue or purple, so that's good.
If I had it to do over again, I'd use the next shade darker on the card- Dolphin Fin.
We used a lot of grays in our new house. My favorites are Windsor Greige (SW) and Heavy Goose (Martha Stewart).
(We also used Nimbus Cloud, but it came out a bit gloomier than I expected.)