All grays are going to have SOME undertone...whether it be beige/taupe or pink or green or blue... Sounds like you want a cool gray. Gray cashmere has a green undertone. I take the next deeper tone on that chip, misted green (2138-50, was too green. First set of suggestions is from the Color Preview fan. (And if you don't have all of ben moore's fans...I suggest you invest in them. It makes life easier.) Ok... take a look at metalic silver (2132-60) and pilgrim haze (2132-50). silver lining (2119-60) and nickel (2119-50) are nice as well. From the Classic Fan: coventry gray (HC-169), stoningoton gray (hc-170), sterling (1591), blue springs (1592), and adagio (1593). Stonington and Coventry don't read taupe to me...but I don't know the formula so they might IRL. Affinity collection: eternity AF-695, storm AF-700, cinder AF-705 Hope that helps...but the best thing to do is buy all three fans.

Dark Purple goes with it. I did my bathroom with pale pink towels and accessories. I imagine a bright orange would work nicely (search for pipdog's living room and see the orange with gray/blue). And of course, yellow works well with gray as well. As I noticed when our house was empty, the gray walls without any other color and decor in the room really did look "challenging". I have to keep telling myself this when I see my new house after it's painted--I picked Smoke Embers,the chip below Nimbus. Nimbus is gorgeous, and I like I said, I used it in my previous home in several places. Also white, it looks great with white. And dark brown. And black. And check your lightbulbs down there in the basement. They could be throwing things off for you.

My living room was initially lavender....I freaked... and added an extra coat.... I freaked again and just tried my best to paint the greige or breige into those walls. I gave up in disbelief...MY.ROOM.IS.NOW.PINKISH.PURPLE. Fortunately, the problem vanished with four completely dry walls. The color so neutral I can redo this room with absolutely any design or fabric or carpet or special item and it adapts to mix and match with every color imaginable. Love it. The room I chose has challenging light shifts, but Pale Oak meets every shift in light with reliable neutrality. You will be able to be very creative with all added elements in a room painted this shade!

It's definitely difficult to figure out paint colors, especially when dealing with PPG on which there is very little info online. I searched on here for Swirling smoke because I'm considering that one (and about 10 others..). Will your builder color match SW or BM? It's easier to find info on those. Our builder is using PPG but they say they'll color match. Swirling smoke has orange undertones, huh?? Hmm. I was looking at Whiskers too, but am just thinking I might have them match SW's Agreeable gray and call it safe (somewhat) So basically I'm not helping, sorry, but wanted to let you know I'm right there with you with being lost and confused on picking paints for a whole house!