I just painted a sample of repose grey on the wall and I’m seeing the same thing. Very blue. Living room faces south. I googled pics of repose grey and I see pictures that don’t look anything like each other- “I like that repose grey... oooo not THAT repose Grey.” The first pic is a no go... the second pic is what I love. I’m no designer but I’m seeing a warmer color with more green undertones in the pic I like. I guess repose is just not for me. 😓

sorry for the delay everyone, we ended up going with Mindful gray. the others looked too light. this is artificial lighting after just painting it. will post a picture when everything is back in its place and during daylight! :)

How do I know how it will look on the wall as far as what the color it portrays? Is there a value for that? Excellent question. The hue/value/chroma color notation is a fact. That's why it's called factual color. It's derived from following a set of standards to measure the color. It's repeatable. You and I could both follow the same process and measure a swatch of the same color in different locations and get very similar results. How a color actually looks in a space is actual color. Everyone guesses about how a paint color is going to show up in a specific space. There's no such thing as fool proof paint colors. Which is why everyone has to follow some kind of a process to test color in context of the space, inherent lighting, and contents of the room We can use use factual color notations - hue/value/chroma/LRV - as a framework to anticipate how it will actually show up in a space. For example, we use the notations to make sure the paint color relates to some important element. Like a rug or even the floor. Because if there's a level of relationship between the paint color and one or more elements, then odds are excellent the paint color is going to be perfect. We also use each channel of hue, value and chroma to find paint colors with specific characteristics. For example, based on your comment that you're looking for a color similar to Swirling Smoke only lighter I'd suggest you take a look at: Silent Smoke PPG1025-2 Dogwood Blossom PPG14-24 Paraffin PPG-14.31 I don't want to say "undertones" because from what I read that word is overused and cringey. Is that hue? The problem with "undertones" is everyone is making it up as they go. Undertones are just someone's subjective opinion about what a color actually looks like - according to their color acuity - in whatever context and light source they happen to be lookin' at it. Which is why you'll find dramatically different opinions on the internet about what a paint color actually looks like. Whereas hue family is, as mentioned, a factual, measurable attribute of color.

I want to use the white 52 as trim. Does it pull any undertones with these colors? Not sure what pull any undertones means exactly. But we know that White 52 belongs to the Green-Yellow hue family. It's very low in Chroma (colorfulness) and it has a Value of 9.26 which is the brightness that you'd expect with a color of white. Low Chroma, high Value colors of white from the Green-Yellow hue family like White 52 are often perceived as "just white" and appear neutral under a range of light sources and in various contexts. Eider White and Repose Gray have more Chroma and are darker than White 52; you'll get a nice pop of contrast. In terms of the colors relate with White 52, they're next to each other on the color wheel. Which means they go together. Not that that matters all that much because colors of white from the front half of the green yellow hue family typically go with everything because of their neutral appearance.