Interior walls - shades of grey or beige?
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Agreeable Gray Cabinets/Accessible Beige Walls
Comments (2)We just painted our interior and built-in separate, but similar, colors to achieve the contrast you are talking about. We went with BM Dove Wing for ALL of the interior (walls, ceilings, trim), but BM Revere Pewter for the built-in. It makes for a distinctive, yet somewhat subtle, contrast. We like to consider LRV values to judge how different various colors truly are. Here they are for the two we used and the two you are considering: BM Dove Wing: 79.2 BM Revere Pewter: 55.5 SW Agreeable Gray: 60.0 SW Accessible Beige: 58.0 What are the materials of your walls and cabinets? If sheet rock and wood, respectively, I think you can expect there to be a natural contrast even if using the same paint color....See MoreBeige windows--Need help with interior trim and wall colors
Comments (6)The windows are in, so we are stuck with them. Unfortunately, we didn't know there could be an option for white inside/beige outside. My builder uses Sherwin Williams. I've just gotten home from a trip to their store to look at colors since Relaxed Khaki for a trim seemed way too dark. Now I'm looking at SW White Duck, Muslin, and Natural Choice. They all have high LRVs. They seem to work with the beige windows and with SW Wool Skein on the walls. The next issue I want to avoid is having the trim color too similar to the wall color. Do you think there is enough contrast with these colors? Any choices I should avoid?...See MoreGray paint color with pink-beige tile
Comments (5)Just bumping this, but the first step would be to make sure your light bulbs are cool/daylight and not warm... http://www.westinghouselighting.com/color-temperature.aspx...See MoreChanging interior paint from taupe/gray to beige. Suggestions please?
Comments (7)I have a custom-modified version of Sherwin-Williams's oyster bar throughout my house. The "custom" part is that I asked the paint specialist to "double it", so it's slightly darker and more saturated than the original SW oyster bar color. A color consultant advised me on the color, which I originally thought was a boring beige, but in hindsight was a great choice because it's very neutral. It has slight undertones of gray/green, depending on the light. It looks great with just about any other color accessories, including Persian-type rugs with reddish, blue, and green hues....See MoreRelated Professionals
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