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Complementary Light Blue or Green Gray to pair with BM Wedgewood Gray?

Hilary Richards

4 years ago

The first floor of our home is (mostly) an open floor plan. I recently painted our Southwest facing dining room BM Wedgewood Gray, and I am now looking for a complementary lighter shade of Blue or Green Gray to go with it to paint the remaining main rooms and hallways in the house (one of which is a two family room). Any thoughts? Though there are several windows, all the other rooms on the first floor get primarily indirect northeast light - the goal is to make the the space feel brighter and less heavy than it does now (at least to me). The floors are white oak (finished with a clear waterbased polyurethane, so warm/yellow tones). The trim is currently close to SW Decorators White, but I would like to change it to BM White Dove or similar.

The choices that I've mostly settled on for samples are BM Pale Smoke, BM Glass Slipper, or BM Ocean Air, or possibly BM Constellation, but I would appreciate any other thoughts or suggestions.

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JudyG Designs
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
I wouldn’t go too far from Wedgwood Gray ( isn’t Wedgwood blue?), so try Sweet Innocence.
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KDC Virtual Color Consulting
4 years ago
The Wedgewood Gray is surprisingly green so if you're looking for a complimentary color try Benjamin Moore Ewing Blue CW-585 or Healing Aloe 1562.
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Hilary Richards
Original Author
4 years ago
Many thanks @KDC Virtual Color Consulting and @JudyG Designs!

In our home, the Wedgewood Gray starts off blue in the morning and then goes blue green as the room gets more light.

@KDC Virtual Color Consulting, I actually did a small sample of Ewing Blue, but I was worried it might be a bit bright? In the family room, the sample I did looks similar (though brighter) than the Gray Cashmere we have in the MBR, which looks like a pale green-blue or blue-green color in the light in that room. I was going to switch out what's in the master and put Gray Cashmere in the main living areas, but it looks a lot grayer in the family room than it does in the master, on the sample at least. For whatever reason, everything in this pic looks a lot grayer than it does IRL - BM Ewing Blue looks brighter in person.

Left to right, top row: BM Ocean Air, BM Ewing Blue, BM Gray Cashmere

Left to right, bottom row: 50% SW Sea Salt, 50% SW Rainwashed, SW Sea Salt

Left to right: BM Ewing Blue, BM Ocean Air, 50% SW Rainwashed
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KDC Virtual Color Consulting
4 years ago
The 50% SW Rainwashed looks the best from the swatches. It looks bright enough with just a touch of gray.
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