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Has anyone repainted their walls recently? Any designers on here? I'm looking for a really light gray paint for my walls, with no blue, beige, purple or green undertones. Just straight grey
OK...(designer here) There will always be an undertone. Greys are broken up into two types. Warm greys(Yellow undertones) and cool greys (Blue undertones). What you want to do is first decide whether a warm or cool grey matches with what you have going on. Then pick a grey that doesn't have a lot of saturation in the colour. Also very careful about the type of light in the space. That more than anything can "tint" the appearance of your paint. Incandescent light is on a warm spectrum and will render in yellow tones. The new LED bulbs can render both warm and cold.
Also, if your space get a lot of natural light I would suggest going one to two shades darker on the corresponding paint strip especially if it is a lighter grey because it will otherwise get washed out. Also the finish of your paint will make a difference on how it picks up the light. Most people go with an eggshell type finish because if hides blemishes better but it also doesn't pick up reflections as much a a semi-gloss or gloss paint.
Last edited by Lex350; 04-04-2019 at 12:08 PM.
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