BM Saybrook Sage? I bought that for my kitchen/keeping room (too small to call a family room). Haven't painted yet, though.

My favorite of the blues I've used in my house is BM Catalina Blue. To me, it's very calming as it doesn't scream color, if that makes sense. It seems more blue, or more green, or more grey depending on the lighting.

I just painted my new formal living room Saybrook Sage and although I cannot tell you how much I love it with the white dove trim, it is definitely green and not gray. It is also not blue at all. Try Wickham Gray maybe or Palladian Ble maybe?

I think maybe EK Gustavian Gray would be worth considering. It has that blue-green-gray thing you are after. It is "neutral" in that it works with a wide variety if different colors. (I have it on every ceiling in my house.) And (and this is the biggie) a full spectrum paint, by its very nature, does not "die" on you. Even when it is toned down, it maintains a certain liveliness.

Have you decided to stay in your house?

Well, in my house it looks much more blue, but I think this is the color I used in my kitchen, family room, entry, hallway and master bedroom. If I can get DH to agree and we get the time to rip down the wallpaper in the DR and LR I will be using it there too. To me it has become a neutral and in the size of my house, with all the dark brown wood trim and walnut floors it just works.

Here is a link that might be useful: Benjamin Moore Azure

Yes Amy, I have decided to stay in my house. I am now in the process of trying to get grandma's house ready to sell and agonizing on the best way to dispose of the furniture and household goods (use auction company, use estate sale service, or hold my own sale)

I like Martha Stewart's Atlantic (an old Kmart color) that I had color matched in Ben Moore. It's neutral and very soothing in my room with lots of windows and natural light. I still have the can here, so let me know if you want the formula that they used.

I just saw your post and am trying to find exactly what you are looking for. I brought home BM quiet moments and it is the right value but a little too much green. Want the same value but in the blue family.My whole house except laundry room is beige. I'd like the family room and kitchen which is in the center of our house to be a blue color that is soft but doesn't look like a baby boy room.
hanibi if you have the formula can you post it?

Has anyone used the older Martha Stewart color "Quaking Aspen"? I think this is one of her old K-Mart/Sears colors. I have heard it described as the "green" version of Silver Sage.

I've only seen pics from one website, but it looked amazing. Would love to see more.

I'm also intrigued with Martha's Atlantic color from I believe the same collection. Several people here seem to rave about it.

I used Quaking Aspen in a DR in a previous house. I've always described it as the green version of RH's Silver Sage.

I also have a gallon of Atlantic. Can't remember what room I did w/ it or was going to do w/ it. Currently the interior of DD's closet is Atlantic. Very pretty - not enough grey for me. Pairs fantastically w/ greens!

take a look at BM Ice Cap or Arctic Gray

Here is a link that might be useful: Arctic Gray

I have Atlantic, too. But, I agree with Ttodd, it is not gray at all. Ellen worked up a match for Atlantic, as well as another favorite of mine, Winter Surf.

I used an estate sale company for my stuff when we were leaving to go sailing. It was pretty great to just walk away, end up with a broom-clean house and a check, even though it was relatively small. You have to decide what your time is worth, whether you want to deal with all those individual sales transactions.

The one very serious complaint I had was that instead of donating the leftovers, they put it at the curb. I would never go that route again without being 100% sure of what they do with the things that don't sell.

Here's the formulation for MS Atlantic:

Using Ben Moore Aura Eggshell Base 1
S1 0x 24.00
Y2 0x 22.00
S2 2x 30.00
B1 0x 1.00
G1 0x 8.00

hth...

Benjamin Moore Silver Sage was one of the paints I sampled for my Kitchen. I fell in LOVE with the color but it was a little to blue for my granite. I was looking more for an earthy green.

It may be too "bright" for you, but boy it is a beautiful color!!!

Tracee, are you talking about the actual BM color called Silver Sage, or Restoration Hardware's Silver Sage matched in BM paint? I know there is a BM color called SS that is a lot greener than RH's version. It doesn't look blue at all to me, though?

Thanks Hanibi for the formula.
Tfm artic gray and ice cap are pretty. I'm trying to narrow down what ones to get mixed in a quart after I run out of the blues in sample sizes.
Thanks again

How about RH Atmosphere Blue? I have it in my windowless Powder Room on the walls and ceiling. It is extremely neutral.

Jerseygirl, I'm looking for something more green--I find that blues without any green in them look too cold for me.

Didn't you buy a blue/gray/green sofa?
Could you color match that, maybe going a bit lighter??

Congrats on your decision...

Loribee, yes I did, although I may be moving that into my "office" and purchasing a new larger sofa, probably in cream-colored velvet.

I appear to be repeating myself endlesslyl today! Here's what I just suggested to Declan'smom:

I always thing the best pale blues have a little bit of green in them, which protects you from coldness and from baby's room-ness.
My current favorite (which also looks wonderful behind honey-colored furniture like yours) is "Window Pane" from Sherwin Williams (SW 6210), which has looked lovely in every place I've specified it. It is very light-reflective, and makes a room seem to be light and open. It looks great with white, too, and with tan rugs.

Have you looked at BM Blue Diamond?It's a blue with a green undertone.It's featured in the September 2010 issue of House Beautiful on pages 52-54. I think it's very pretty.

Definitely check out BM Quiet Moments or Healing Aloe. Just used them in 2 different rooms in our beach house and love them. The lighter one is a barely-there color (can't remember now which is which!).

I found Silver Sage at my local Ben Moore Store on a swatch. At one time there were 8-10 green paint samples on my walls as I searched for the perfect green!!

Here's a pic of 4 of them. Silver Sage is on the bottom right and compared to the others, it did look the most blue. It's one of those colors that changes in different lights and shadows. My kitchen gets a lot of natural light.

I wanted it to be the perfect green, cos' It was my favorite of all the samples, but it showed too blue for me!!
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Silver Sage on bottom right.
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Bronwyn's mom--I have a bedroom in Quietude, and plan on painting the adjoining bathroom in Rainwashed, both from the Windowpane strip. I absolutely love those colors--months later I'm still in love with Quietude, but I almost think they are to "sweet" for a living area, if you know what I mean. I want something a little more neutral in the living area, which is why I was looking at Comfort Gray. Still worried about the grayness of that strip. Wish SW had made a strip "in between" the Quietude and Comfort Gray strip!

Tracee, so that color is Silver Sage #506? If so, it really does look blue! What are those other samples? I like all of them actually!

Another vote here for EK gustavian grey. I used it in a guest room and I love its soft neutrality and how it changes throughout the day.

SW Sea Salt which is very close to the SW Window Pane Bronwynsmom suggested falls is another color that falls into the color you've described wanting. We have that in our master bath and it's lovely.

Have you tried BM SeaGlass? I believe it is on the same swatch as Quiet Moments. It is one of those / that changes colors depending on which room it is in and how much light it gets. I have it in my powder room with no natural sunlight and it reads more of a blue color. My neighbor has it in her dining room with a lot of natural light and it reads more of a green/blue/grey.
' worth looking into.. HTH

Sorry about that.. I meant Beach Glass. That's the problem with doing too many things at once

I started to second guess my posting and whether that bluish color is actually Silver Sage -- I am so sorry, I know how confusing this can be and I don't mean to add to the confusion! It could actually be Benjamin Moore Cashmire Grey. Whatever the color is, on this dark, dreary, rainy morning - it now looks more green.

This is why it is always a good idea to get samples and put up on your own walls so you can see at different times of the day.

All my samples and 1000+ paint swatches went in the trash after reno - part of the "cleaning" out process. I can't help you with those other colors and don't want to guess!!!

Trust yourself, you have beautiful colors in the other rooms!!!

Curious as to what the OP chose. I'm looking for the same thing.

I just painted samples on my basement walls of BM Beach Glass and Quiet Moments. The QM is lighter and a little greener. The BG looked almost identical to QM when wet, but dried to Blue! I am going for the Beach Glass as I wanted that touch of bluish. It looks like quite a changeable color too, as my walls differ a lot between natural light , artificial light and shadow.

I was JUST coming in here to post about Beach Glass and Quiet Moments! In our master bedroom we used Quiet Moments cut to 75% to make it a tad lighter. It's gorgeous. But it doesn't read green or sagey at all. It's the perfect mix of grey'ed green/blue. Beach Glass is what my sister-in-law used in the main area of their upstairs loft and hallways. It's got more blue in it and is just lovely.

I think RH Silver Sage and BM Silver Sage are different colors, no?

Another shade I haven't seen mentioned is SW Rainwater. I think that's the right name. It's lovely too! But I'm very partial to Beach Glass and Quiet Moments. They're both very neutral and just gorgeous!

BM Wedgwood Gray?

BM (Affinity) Tranquility?

I am with boopadoo, above. BM Azores is a deep (saturated) blue-green with enough gray in it that it works as a neutral. It is scrumptious! It plays well with other colors and looks wonderful with natural wood as well as white trim.

correction--the name is Azores, not Azure. But it's the BM Affinity color boopadaboo linked to. And it's wonderful.

I have been looking into Heavenly Blue by BM..... haven't used it, but it looks, well, heavenly.....

Here is a link that might be useful: Scroll down and you'll see it...

After much searching, and the help of a BM color consultant (I just happened to post about her in another thread about two minutes ago), we found BM Pleasant Valley -- it turned out to be exactly as you describe in the OP. I ended up taking it to 50% for a dark area and using it full strength in a full-sun area--either way is just stunning and not too blue, not too green, not too grey. We're big Sarah Plain and Tall fans here :) I would also recommend to get a sample and paint it up on board before you rule it out based on how it looks on the chip.