I have a GREY FREE home. I was so tired of grey that it was affecting my attitude. It didn't make me happy. Now I have the warm tones of light white yellow/nutmeg on my walls and deep chocolate brown tones on our casual chairs and buttery camel colors accented with black for the living room. In the master bath I have a deep forest green marble counter tops while keeping the light white cream walls (Sherman Williams color Paperwhite) with white cabinets polished brass drawer pulls and white baseboard and crown molding
We lived with grey on the walls for almost a decade so this is just an observation that although the colors you feature in this video "aren't grey" they read grey on screen. So we'll check these out in person. We enjoy your content quite a lot.
I never painted my home grey or bought grey furniture. It's too sterile and cold. There are very few people that can do grey well and make their home feel warm and inviting. When done well, it can be very beautiful. Thank you for all of the info!
My fav was pearly white. I love whites with taupe understones. They go with everything because they are more on the neutral side. They also work really well with natural sunlight to creates this ethereal feel to the space. A really great taupe white is vintage taupe by benjamin moore.
Just came across your video as I was trying to decide on colors to paint the complete interior of our home. I narrowed it down to either Natural Linen or Natural Tan .. I chose Natural Tan, only because it seemed to be a tad darker and thought it would be better to match our travertine floors ... but thanks for your videos .. it really helped me in my decisions.
I like the beige as well- but my wife and I have definitely fallen in love with Greek Villa for our warm white! Updated our kitchen from *yellow* to it and it made a big difference. Not opposed to grays, Grayish is our living room and the warmth with a bit of purple is very nice.
I just moved into my new build and lived in a townhouse during transition with the most depressing grey walls. I had my entire home painted SW Pure White and I absolutely LOVE it. ❤
Well, I lived in apartments all my life that were painted Apache White, with olive colored carpeting, so I love my grey house. When I first moved in I painted the bedrooms all different colors. Last year everything was repainted Polar Star. I love it!
I love your presentation style, which helps someone like me who has almost NO natural aptitude for color to understand what contributes to differences I see, but don't understand the how or why. Describing the "terms of the trade" as your using them in your narrative helps me have "oh, I get that" moments in each video. You help me have more access into an arena I'll never master, but I can become more informed and at least be able to approach my choices more effectively and with less chance for abject errors. (Case in point, I was looking for a color for a 5' x 5' half bath - no natural lighting. It was suggested to try Sea Salt, because it was so popular. Total disaster! But after seeing this video, I could have avoided that whole debacle.)
Just painted my kitchen ceiling and bead board with sea salt. Love it. Using it below chair rail in hall with alabaster trim and biscuit above. Quietude for living room and brainwashed below chair rail in dining. Hope it is going to flow as planned!
I have the grey version of the violet color on my kitchen walls for 12 years now. I need change and that blue ripple would look amazing with the oak cabinets and furniture I already own! Nice video!! Great colors!!
I do like light gray, actually. I personally can’t stand the overly warm colors of the 2000’s and 2010’s. I also hate the red hues that everyone would paint one wall thinking they just upgraded the sophistication of their home. Not!. Always hated it. But on a different note…. Oddly, I just painted my bedroom in Pearly Gray two months ago before I saw your recommendation. And I love it!
I loved (past tense) sea salt in the sample I brought home for my bedroom. It really is a lovely chameleon color. But even though my bedroom faces west and gets plenty of warm light, the paint always made the room feel cold and flat and, weirdly, gray. Swapped it out for Swiss Coffee last year and the bedroom suddenly felt more comfortable. So, careful with the sea salt. It’s probably great in a small bathroom.
Unpopular opinion- people prefer interior wall paint colors that look good on them. For instance, if you look good in cool undertones in clothing and hair, you’ll prefer cool colors; if you have golden undertones in your skin, you want warm tones in your home. Cool tones look better on me than warm tones, so I’ll take white or a light silver gray any day over beige. However, I like this video and all of your content. It’s relaxing to think about paint colors after a long day lol. PS for beige lovers, my place is a warm sand Behr color called Baja, and even I don’t mind it, and I am not a fan of beige.
We just painted our great room (kitchen,dining, living room) with SW Steamed Milk and I painted a small entry wall with SW Urbane Bronze. I absolutely love it! Other accents are brown, cream and a small amount of black.
Nice. My interior wall is Urbain bronze. I use the evergreen fog in my place. No it's not beige. No it's not white. Yum Yum Yum Yum Yum but that's just me
I'd love to see. I'm currently tossing around urbane bronze for my house we moved into last year. I currently just have patches of different colors all over because I can't narrow it down. It's also an 1850's home so trying to make it more warm.
I only watched this video because I see SO many comments against gray (which is perfectly fine, your house = your style) but after having a builders beige for 11 years, I’m embracing all the grays. Lol.
I love grey. I have painted all of my houses grey and white. 4 houses now. It always looks good. I'm an artist and my artwork look amazing hanging on grey walls.
I'm so proud! After days of agonizing research and introspection, lol, I chose Pearly White for the great room. But there is a slanted lime green ceiling looking up to a bright white cupola. It feels good to have your blessing! Love the violet shades.
Went with Conservative Grey in the main portion of our house; living room and halls. It doesn't really look grey at all, but presents more green or blue with a hint of silver depending on the lighting.
@@thepaintpeople Yes. The ceilings are coffered, so we went with Evergreen fog on the inset portions of the ceiling and then conservative grey on the walls (conservative grey is three shades lighter than the evergreen). The contrast is really nice.
Painted my entire house one month ago, SW Modern Gray, Master Bath SW City Loft, Guest Baths and Laundry Room In SW Sea Salt. I love modern gray, it’s like a cozy light beige, with some gray. It’s so much nicer than grays. It’s a beautiful color, and looks so modern and clean, yet warm.
These are so pretty! I’m usually leery when I see an all beige house, like they just found out some pipe is about to burst under the basement so they’re slapping on the easiest paint, trying to sell it on the quick. Plus,my house gets weird light which makes everything look stale beige yellow but I’m updating now and your videos are a revelation!
We went with Comfort Gray for our main areas. I really liked sea salt, but ended up going just a step darker on the color chip. It looks really nice, but sometimes comes across a bit darker than I expected. Still really pretty though!
Very interesting choices! I’m loving the beige colour and I definitely think it would be good for my entire house. Even going up or down in shades for various open spaces. Choices choices, and I’m still stuck on Taupe.
I have been sick of gray since it became popular. I don’t like the open concept either, to me it makes the kitchen an afterthought. It reminds me a factory. Why can’t people be original, do what you love, not what everybody is doing.
Hello James, I am new to your videos and I love them! You have the best paint info videos available. Silver Clamshell is a gorgeous color. Although it might sound like it leans grey, it has a warmer tone. If I had to describe it, I would call it the softer, warmer, elegant version of a lighter/pastel-ish greige. It is absolutely stunning and looks great with everything. I think it is a perfect choice for anyone who wants to infuse a soft, warm, beautiful neutral into their home while transitioning from everything grey! I personally have found it can pick up both blue and yellow undertones. I also think it would look amazing with the dusty greens that have been on trend for 2022. I originally chose SW Silver Clamshell for the main living areas of our 1974 tri-level in 2017. Our kitchen/dining is open to the lower level family room. Choosing a paint color was tricky since the lighting varied so much thoughout all the open spaces. Natural and artificial lighting, plus day to night changed other paint colors we tried, making them look harsh, cold and downright hideous. We also used it all throughout a second home I owned when we chose to sell it. So it is perfect for staging any trend and plays to most everyone's personal esthetic. We will be using Silver Clamshell for years to come as a backdrop in our main living spaces. We are currently looking for a new home to downsize to, and Silver Clamshell will be back in our main living areas. If you are someone who likes to change it up with a pop of color as the seasons change, or add in a little bit of the "IT" color or current style trend, Silver Clamshell is awesome. Obviously, I cannot say enough about this amazing SW neutral. I also agree with Kim Haas. I love Swiss Coffee and have used it for years as a ceiling paint color. It is such a beautiful creamy (not stark) white! We just have them tint our flat ceiling paint at the paint counter. *** They are both SW colors *** We used Behr paint and color matched it to Silver Clamshell, as we are closer to Lowes. My prior hometown only had a Home Depot when we painted the home I sold, so I believe we color matched it to one of the paint brands they carry. We never use the cheapest paints due to coverage. I have used Sherwin Williams paint all through a home after a house fire. It looked great as well, although that was years prior and what the paint contractor used. Just make sure that if you use another brand it could be just slightly different. Most likely would not be a noticiable difference imo.
We just bought a 1974 split level with opening to the lower level. It is so hard!!! I would love to see photos of yours. I have seriously been looking everywhere on the internet with little luck. Nothing in our home is symmetrical. It’s driving me crazy!
@@lindenjohnson5111 I know exactly what you mean. I never had trouble with paint in any of my prior homes! However, the way natural light comes into a tri-level makes it so tricky. It changed the look of the colors soooo much and NOT in a good way. Silver clamshell made all the difference, at least in our home. We have silver clamshell in the main level kitchen, and lower level living areas. One part of the LL is really dark with a drop ceiling and it still looks great. If I were you, I would get a paint sample and a couple cheap poster boards. Then paint a couple coats on them, and hang them up on your walls to see how light plays off of it in your home. I would hang them on 2 walls in the corner next to each other at eye level. I think that should give you a pretty good idea if it works in your home and you can reuse them from room to room. We are going to be moving in the next few months, and I plan to use silver clamshell in the main living spaces in our next home too. That is how much I love it. Imo, it plays well with both warm and cool tones, so I am pretty confident it will work. Although, I will probably follow my own advice and get some poster board. 😊👍🏻
I painted the rooms in my house bright bold colors. But I have decided to paint the exterior of my house gray. I know, boring but I decided it would be best considering the age of my house in the neighborhood etc. But I will still go with the vbright white trim just like the interior.
My daughter did mayonnaise to get away from the beiges and greys. she did white ceilings and trim. she cut the mayo 50 percent with white for the bathrooms and laundry.
@@thepaintpeople Yes. She is. It's a very light yellow. Cutting it to 50 percent for the bathrooms made it whitish but enough color to still be able to contrast the white moldings.
We bought a new house that we couldn’t make any changes to the selections. The interior color is SW Lattice. My first response was not good but since we moved in, it’s grown on me. It’s kind of like Sea Salt. I’m a BM Revere Pewter girl so this color is definitely a departure for me.
Love Revere Pewter as well. My previous house and our flip houses I've used it. But when I tried using in my current 1852 house it looks baby blue and im not a fan. It's crazy how color works in different places but great to learn the in's and out's of it all. Love his channel because he teaches you instead of just "this is the current trend" speel.
I enjoy watching your videos and I have learned some useful tips and things in general about paint. I would probably choose Sherwin williams and/or Benjamin Moore for most jobs. I only just recently used gray paint - Benjamin Moore gray owl, on kitchen cabinetry, and it turned out to be a great choice with our lighting and overall aesthetic. Our house is over 100 years old , it is in an urban setting and it has a loft-like feel. For quite a number of years we have had another Color by Benjamin Moore used predominantly throughout our home. For any of you people out there who are looking for a Color that is neither yellow nor orange-peach nor too white, the paint color “standish white” by Benjamin Moore is a color that I have lived with for years and is one that I thought some of your viewers may also be interested in checking out. There is a whole world just full of color(s) from which to choose and I don’t think that I would ever feel that I have to use just one color or any color in particular to put on my walls, but I do know this - once a color goes on our walls, it will probably remain on our walls for quite some time and therefore we have to choose carefully. Thank you for all of your suggestions and keep plugging away. T. Ferris
@@judymiller5154 do what YOU like and don't worry about trends unless you are trying to sell and want an all over neutral color. But even then most people will pick out their personal preference once they move in.
Love the Sea Salt, the bluish gray, and the violet-hued. Now I need to go back and write down the names lol! I love walls of color and can’t understand why we are so afraid of it. Thank you!
Im glad were entering a time of mixing colors while being neutral. Every decade basically had a paint color beige, white, gray. I personally like gray out of the 3. I grew up in a house with that awful 80s beige and white is too sterile. And most peoples style isn’t interesting enough to make up for how bare white is, so by default my preference is a light gray. My issue is less with paint color than the flooring, cabinet trends I see. Those are much harder to update.
So this explains why the colorist that came out to my house to help me pick colors was throwing everything at me but grey and I wanted grey, 🙂 I have a 3,500 sq ft house and 33 windows. I knew my house could handle the grey and I really sent her into a tailspin when I said that I wanted the pillars that are inside my house a shade darker than the walls. With the bright white trim and tile the grey really works and it makes the colors in my house just pop. The next project is a pantry redo. I want to paint the walls a deep purple with white shelving. It will add a pop of whimsey and match the accent tile in the kitchen.
I did. Remember when you were jumping up and down about the joys of evergreen fog? Well that's what I used. And I'm happy happy...now. Let's see what you're jumping up and down about happy happy this year. Oh my God. I enjoy blues. And white. And stuff. So this should be fun
My entire house was this color (sea salt) before I went pure white after I got bored in general/and the problem I had with sea salt as I have a lot of windows and with some rooms not facing sun so walking down the long balcony when looking around every wall tended to look different shades, from grey, minter green to like sea glass medium green. The exterior was silver strand. (Sea salt) Was beautiful and goes with just about any color for decor/minus old-type cherry wood furniture which I don't have/don't love. I never really could figure out what color it actually was if that makes sense. On rainy days it was kind of surprisingly a slightly depressing color. I think that color would work better in a smaller home, maybe like a cottage style or something, not in larger homes. Just didn't vibe for long.
I am obsessed with you & this channel! I was searching for Farrow & Ball videos. Based on that, YT randomly recommended your channel. The ONE time they recommended something watch worthy. But yes, I’m now addicted. If someone (myself) were wanting to reach out directly for advice/guidance, is there a way to do so? A business/personal site, possibly? In hindsight, maybe it would’ve been wise not to mention my new found “obsession,” then follow with asking how to reach out directly. Haha
Wow, where was this video when i needed a color ? Lol We just went with typical "eggshell" because we just got a house, and have lots of diy to do. So for now its eggshell than later after all the reno and diy we can repaint. But glad this video popped up for future references. Thanks
So sick of the all grey rooms in my new/old home so I started painting accent walls in flat black, it works with the white trim too...but just yesterday I painted other walls, the end walls of my dining/livingroom walls a Terra Cota, Moroccan Sky...I am so happy with it, it just makes my maximalist decor POP...I ain't skeered, I happy...!
I used Natural Linen for the bedrooms. It is so pretty; I think it's unfair to classify it as 'beige'. It's so soft and pretty and perfectly neutral which can easily coordinate with either warm or cool color furnishings. Great choice!
We’ve spent decades on beige and white. Gray was popular for 3 seconds in comparison and everybody suddenly hates it. Just admit it people. Gray is too advanced for most people. Stick to beige. It’s safer.
Gray or greige colors for that matter don't seem to work that well in my house as much as I wanted to use them. No matter which color I tried, it just didn't look good. Most of my rooms are north facing and I am sure that plays a big part in it. I am still struggling with one of the bedrooms. I tried Canvas Tan but it was too dark. I did move up to Neutral Ground on the paint strip and it worked well in the one bedroom. The last color I tried was Gossemer Veil but it was too dark and dingy. I was going to try Drift of Mist since it's the lighter version but I am still not sure that will look good since it appears to be a very light greige. I do know that an LRV around 70 +/- seems to work well. I hope to find a neutral color that will work.
Hi there, if you like Neutral Ground, perhaps you should explore warmer colors? So, not grays or greiges? I'd look at warm, creamy off whites. Or even blush, peaches, etc.
Although SW Sea Salt is a great color, I absolutely LOVE Benjamin Moore's Cool Breeze! It takes the beautiful qualities of Sea Salt to another level. I also love BM Sea Salt, that soft beige-grey color. I think the Aura Color stories colors are the hidden gems of the painting world!
I worked for Lowes as a paint person and I hate, grey, taupe, beige and most tans. Including white I prefer hospital satin and semi-gloss. Ceiling maybe eggshell but never ever flat. I like Duramax and Olympic one paint. I prefer a stained door vs painted.
Yaaaaaaasaaaassaasss! I’ve been sick of gray since it first started. Every house I go into is gray & white. Bleached gray wood floors, gray walls, gray accents and rugs, gray furniture….just gray overkill. Smh.
I love gray. It's one of my favorite colors to wear as well . so IF there is some trendy thing going on with Gray , it is irrelevant to me . I don't choose colors based on trends. almost any shade of gray will always be on the wall.
I picked Natural Linen but would love a more colorful color for the dinning room and for the half bath on the main floor. Any recommendations for a darker coordinating color for Natural Linen?
I have a GREY FREE home. I was so tired of grey that it was affecting my attitude. It didn't make me happy. Now I have the warm tones of light white yellow/nutmeg on my walls and deep chocolate brown tones on our casual chairs and buttery camel colors accented with black for the living room. In the master bath I have a deep forest green marble counter tops while keeping the light white cream walls (Sherman Williams color Paperwhite) with white cabinets polished brass drawer pulls and white baseboard and crown molding
I have 1 grey room. Its a lighter purpley grey. I like it. But, I know what you mean about it affecting your mood.
There's nothing wrong w grey. It was overdone but it can be beautiful. Just not on flooring!! 😂
Awww man, so I'm not allowed in your home then?
Thank you!! I am SOOOO tired of the grey-phase!
What colors are you into these days Just Looking?
We lived with grey on the walls for almost a decade so this is just an observation that although the colors you feature in this video "aren't grey" they read grey on screen. So we'll check these out in person. We enjoy your content quite a lot.
I would prefer gray over the ever present boring builder beige.
Yes!
I never painted my home grey or bought grey furniture. It's too sterile and cold. There are very few people that can do grey well and make their home feel warm and inviting. When done well, it can be very beautiful. Thank you for all of the info!
My fav was pearly white. I love whites with taupe understones. They go with everything because they are more on the neutral side. They also work really well with natural sunlight to creates this ethereal feel to the space. A really great taupe white is vintage taupe by benjamin moore.
Just came across your video as I was trying to decide on colors to paint the complete interior of our home. I narrowed it down to either Natural Linen or Natural Tan .. I chose Natural Tan, only because it seemed to be a tad darker and thought it would be better to match our travertine floors ... but thanks for your videos .. it really helped me in my decisions.
I like the beige as well- but my wife and I have definitely fallen in love with Greek Villa for our warm white! Updated our kitchen from *yellow* to it and it made a big difference. Not opposed to grays, Grayish is our living room and the warmth with a bit of purple is very nice.
Thank you so much! Just came across this video that actually addresses those of us that is waaaaayyy over gray. Beautiful color choices.❤
Lived in so many rentals I hate beige colours. 😳
I just moved into my new build and lived in a townhouse during transition with the most depressing grey walls. I had my entire home painted SW Pure White and I absolutely LOVE it. ❤
We used Natural Linen when we repainted our rental property. It looked great in all the rooms, regardless of the lighting.
Well, I lived in apartments all my life that were painted Apache White, with olive colored carpeting, so I love my grey house. When I first moved in I painted the bedrooms all different colors. Last year everything was repainted Polar Star. I love it!
Thanks for doing a “not gray” video!🌸
Haha! You’re welcome Deborah!
I love the taupyness of “Veiled Violet” - very lovely! I also love “Silent Ripple”! Both of these colors are AMAZING~ love the video ♥️
Nice! Glad you like!
I love your presentation style, which helps someone like me who has almost NO natural aptitude for color to understand what contributes to differences I see, but don't understand the how or why. Describing the "terms of the trade" as your using them in your narrative helps me have "oh, I get that" moments in each video. You help me have more access into an arena I'll never master, but I can become more informed and at least be able to approach my choices more effectively and with less chance for abject errors.
(Case in point, I was looking for a color for a 5' x 5' half bath - no natural lighting. It was suggested to try Sea Salt, because it was so popular. Total disaster! But after seeing this video, I could have avoided that whole debacle.)
Thank you so much!
Just painted my kitchen ceiling and bead board with sea salt. Love it. Using it below chair rail in hall with alabaster trim and biscuit above. Quietude for living room and brainwashed below chair rail in dining. Hope it is going to flow as planned!
* rainwashed 🤣
That seems beautiful! ☺️
My favorite colors lately in my clients homes are S.W Neutral Ground. Gossamer veil, white heron,
I love Sherwin Williams SNOWBOUND. ❤
It's a good one!
I have the grey version of the violet color on my kitchen walls for 12 years now. I need change and that blue ripple would look amazing with the oak cabinets and furniture I already own! Nice video!! Great colors!!
I do like light gray, actually. I personally can’t stand the overly warm colors of the 2000’s and 2010’s. I also hate the red hues that everyone would paint one wall thinking they just upgraded the sophistication of their home. Not!. Always hated it. But on a different note…. Oddly, I just painted my bedroom in Pearly Gray two months ago before I saw your recommendation. And I love it!
I loved (past tense) sea salt in the sample I brought home for my bedroom. It really is a lovely chameleon color. But even though my bedroom faces west and gets plenty of warm light, the paint always made the room feel cold and flat and, weirdly, gray. Swapped it out for Swiss Coffee last year and the bedroom suddenly felt more comfortable. So, careful with the sea salt. It’s probably great in a small bathroom.
Thanks for that feedback Kim!
I have some and thought about a bathroom. But it looks really green/teal to me. I’m thinking laundry room?
I love beige!
Agreed. Im just changing with swiss coffee now and it is a great one
We used sea salt in our home and in the front part of the house looks way too gray. The rest of the house it looks more green
Unpopular opinion- people prefer interior wall paint colors that look good on them. For instance, if you look good in cool undertones in clothing and hair, you’ll prefer cool colors; if you have golden undertones in your skin, you want warm tones in your home. Cool tones look better on me than warm tones, so I’ll take white or a light silver gray any day over beige. However, I like this video and all of your content. It’s relaxing to think about paint colors after a long day lol. PS for beige lovers, my place is a warm sand Behr color called Baja, and even I don’t mind it, and I am not a fan of beige.
We just painted our great room (kitchen,dining, living room) with SW Steamed Milk and I painted a small entry wall with SW Urbane Bronze. I absolutely love it! Other accents are brown, cream and a small amount of black.
Love that palette Julia!
Nice. My interior wall is Urbain bronze. I use the evergreen fog in my place. No it's not beige. No it's not white. Yum Yum Yum Yum Yum but that's just me
I'd love to see. I'm currently tossing around urbane bronze for my house we moved into last year. I currently just have patches of different colors all over because I can't narrow it down. It's also an 1850's home so trying to make it more warm.
I have a color almost exactly like sea salt. We love it. It changes colors depending on the light. We were sick of gray too.
Gray brings out depression and makes u feel lonely 🙁
I like sea salt and veiled violet. Thank you for sharing!
Nice Margaret! Glad you like!
I only watched this video because I see SO many comments against gray (which is perfectly fine, your house = your style) but after having a builders beige for 11 years, I’m embracing all the grays. Lol.
I love grey. I have painted all of my houses grey and white. 4 houses now. It always looks good. I'm an artist and my artwork look amazing hanging on grey walls.
Same.
Our hall bathroom is painted with Sea Salt....very pretty!!
Grey in the Pacific NW for me is not a good option as most of our year is grey outside.
I'm so proud! After days of agonizing research and introspection, lol, I chose Pearly White for the great room. But there is a slanted lime green ceiling looking up to a bright white cupola. It feels good to have your blessing! Love the violet shades.
I’m proud of you too Leigh!! Lol
I love Sea Salt. I just put it in both of my bathrooms. It's a very light and airy green color.
I love it too.
Thanks...
I like light blue or even super pale lavender.
Veiled violet reminds me of working in a basement factory under fluorescent lights.
Went with Conservative Grey in the main portion of our house; living room and halls. It doesn't really look grey at all, but presents more green or blue with a hint of silver depending on the lighting.
Neat! Are you happy with it Jay?
@@thepaintpeople Yes. The ceilings are coffered, so we went with Evergreen fog on the inset portions of the ceiling and then conservative grey on the walls (conservative grey is three shades lighter than the evergreen). The contrast is really nice.
that violet was so pretty in the bedroom, and i would definitely use the silent ripple for ceilings. sea salt was so lovely.
Refreshing change right?
@@thepaintpeople yes! but i was never on the grey train, not b/c i dont like grey, though.
Painted my entire house one month ago, SW Modern Gray, Master Bath SW City Loft, Guest Baths and Laundry Room In SW Sea Salt. I love modern gray, it’s like a cozy light beige, with some gray. It’s so much nicer than grays. It’s a beautiful color, and looks so modern and clean, yet warm.
I agree Jazzy! It's a good one !
These are so pretty! I’m usually leery when I see an all beige house, like they just found out some pipe is about to burst under the basement so they’re slapping on the easiest paint, trying to sell it on the quick. Plus,my house gets weird light which makes everything look stale beige yellow but I’m updating now and your videos are a revelation!
We went with Comfort Gray for our main areas. I really liked sea salt, but ended up going just a step darker on the color chip. It looks really nice, but sometimes comes across a bit darker than I expected. Still really pretty though!
Nice! Yes, it’s always a little darker on the wall isn’t it?
I love Gray Cashmere by Ben Moore. Gorgeous with just a hint of gray.
Ooo thanks for reminding me about this one Cindy! Great color.
I'm so glad someone finally made this.
Very interesting choices! I’m loving the beige colour and I definitely think it would be good for my entire house. Even going up or down in shades for various open spaces. Choices choices, and I’m still stuck on Taupe.
Nice! Sounds cool Deneen!
My friend just put veiled violet in her lounge, it looks amazing.
I love my gray because it has blue in it. Which is my favorite color. All my blues from navy to Mason jar blue, look great with my walls.
So happy I found this channel!
Happy you found us too!
LIIIEEESSSS they are still gray, you admit it! lol 🤣
You say tomato…I say…potato lol
I have been sick of gray since it became popular. I don’t like the open concept either, to me it makes the kitchen an afterthought. It reminds me a factory. Why can’t people be original, do what you love, not what everybody is doing.
Hello James, I am new to your videos and I love them! You have the best paint info videos available.
Silver Clamshell is a gorgeous color. Although it might sound like it leans grey, it has a warmer tone. If I had to describe it, I would call it the softer, warmer, elegant version of a lighter/pastel-ish greige.
It is absolutely stunning and looks great with everything. I think it is a perfect choice for anyone who wants to infuse a soft, warm, beautiful neutral into their home while transitioning from everything grey!
I personally have found it can pick up both blue and yellow undertones. I also think it would look amazing with the dusty greens that have been on trend for 2022. I originally chose SW Silver Clamshell for the main living areas of our 1974 tri-level in 2017. Our kitchen/dining is open to the lower level family room. Choosing a paint color was tricky since the lighting varied so much thoughout all the open spaces. Natural and artificial lighting, plus day to night changed other paint colors we tried, making them look harsh, cold and downright hideous. We also used it all throughout a second home I owned when we chose to sell it. So it is perfect for staging any trend and plays to most everyone's personal esthetic.
We will be using Silver Clamshell for years to come as a backdrop in our main living spaces. We are currently looking for a new home to downsize to, and Silver Clamshell will be back in our main living areas.
If you are someone who likes to change it up with a pop of color as the seasons change, or add in a little bit of the "IT" color or current style trend, Silver Clamshell is awesome.
Obviously, I cannot say enough about this amazing SW neutral.
I also agree with Kim Haas. I love Swiss Coffee and have used it for years as a ceiling paint color. It is such a beautiful creamy (not stark) white! We just have them tint our flat ceiling paint at the paint counter.
*** They are both SW colors ***
We used Behr paint and color matched it to Silver Clamshell, as we are closer to Lowes. My prior hometown only had a Home Depot when we painted the home I sold, so I believe we color matched it to one of the paint brands they carry. We never use the cheapest paints due to coverage. I have used Sherwin Williams paint all through a home after a house fire. It looked great as well, although that was years prior and what the paint contractor used.
Just make sure that if you use another brand it could be just slightly different. Most likely would not be a noticiable difference imo.
Welcome Patricia! Happy to have you!
Thanks for sharing. I have read everything and will use all the colours you have mentioned...
We just bought a 1974 split level with opening to the lower level. It is so hard!!! I would love to see photos of yours. I have seriously been looking everywhere on the internet with little luck. Nothing in our home is symmetrical. It’s driving me crazy!
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I know exactly what you mean. I never had trouble with paint in any of my prior homes! However, the way natural light comes into a tri-level makes it so tricky. It changed the look of the colors soooo much and NOT in a good way.
Silver clamshell made all the difference, at least in our home.
We have silver clamshell in the main level kitchen, and lower level living areas. One part of the LL is really dark with a drop ceiling and it still looks great.
If I were you, I would get a paint sample and a couple cheap poster boards. Then paint a couple coats on them, and hang them up on your walls to see how light plays off of it in your home. I would hang them on 2 walls in the corner next to each other at eye level. I think that should give you a pretty good idea if it works in your home and you can reuse them from room to room.
We are going to be moving in the next few months, and I plan to use silver clamshell in the main living spaces in our next home too. That is how much I love it. Imo, it plays well with both warm and cool tones, so I am pretty confident it will work. Although, I will probably follow my own advice and get some poster board. 😊👍🏻
I painted the rooms in my house bright bold colors. But I have decided to paint the exterior of my house gray. I know, boring but I decided it would be best considering the age of my house in the neighborhood etc. But I will still go with the vbright white trim just like the interior.
So people will be extra surprised when they walk inside. I dig it!
@@thepaintpeople yep :-)
My daughter did mayonnaise to get away from the beiges and greys. she did white ceilings and trim. she cut the mayo 50 percent with white for the bathrooms and laundry.
Nice! Is she happy with it?
@@thepaintpeople Yes. She is. It's a very light yellow. Cutting it to 50 percent for the bathrooms made it whitish but enough color to still be able to contrast the white moldings.
We bought a new house that we couldn’t make any changes to the selections. The interior color is SW Lattice. My first response was not good but since we moved in, it’s grown on me. It’s kind of like Sea Salt. I’m a BM Revere Pewter girl so this color is definitely a departure for me.
Love Revere Pewter as well. My previous house and our flip houses I've used it. But when I tried using in my current 1852 house it looks baby blue and im not a fan. It's crazy how color works in different places but great to learn the in's and out's of it all. Love his channel because he teaches you instead of just "this is the current trend" speel.
I enjoy watching your videos and I have learned some useful tips and things in general about paint. I would probably choose Sherwin williams and/or Benjamin Moore for most jobs. I only just recently used gray paint - Benjamin Moore gray owl, on kitchen cabinetry, and it turned out to be a great choice with our lighting and overall aesthetic. Our house is over 100 years old , it is in an urban setting and it has a loft-like feel. For quite a number of years we have had another Color by Benjamin Moore used predominantly throughout our home. For any of you people out there who are looking for a Color that is neither yellow nor orange-peach nor too white, the paint color “standish white” by Benjamin Moore is a color that I have lived with for years and is one that I thought some of your viewers may also be interested in checking out. There is a whole world just full of color(s) from which to choose and I don’t think that I would ever feel that I have to use just one color or any color in particular to put on my walls, but I do know this - once a color goes on our walls, it will probably remain on our walls for quite some time and therefore we have to choose carefully. Thank you for all of your suggestions and keep plugging away. T. Ferris
I believe I’ve picked out my new bedroom colors from this video alone.
One wall going Silent Ripple, my other three going Natural Linen.
Love to hear it Jennie!
Different paint color in one room is dated. Use one color and use different color as accent like art work chair plants
@@omotanwa2986 no more accent walls?
@@judymiller5154 do what YOU like and don't worry about trends unless you are trying to sell and want an all over neutral color. But even then most people will pick out their personal preference once they move in.
Love the Sea Salt, the bluish gray, and the violet-hued. Now I need to go back and write down the names lol! I love walls of color and can’t understand why we are so afraid of it. Thank you!
Veiled violet and silent ripple!
No fear Carol! Go for it!
Im glad were entering a time of mixing colors while being neutral. Every decade basically had a paint color beige, white, gray. I personally like gray out of the 3. I grew up in a house with that awful 80s beige and white is too sterile. And most peoples style isn’t interesting enough to make up for how bare white is, so by default my preference is a light gray. My issue is less with paint color than the flooring, cabinet trends I see. Those are much harder to update.
I had a friend whose mother’s favorite color was beige. So was her personality
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She sounds awesome Cathy lol!
So, she was beautiful with everything! 😊
LOL!
So this explains why the colorist that came out to my house to help me pick colors was throwing everything at me but grey and I wanted grey, 🙂 I have a 3,500 sq ft house and 33 windows. I knew my house could handle the grey and I really sent her into a tailspin when I said that I wanted the pillars that are inside my house a shade darker than the walls. With the bright white trim and tile the grey really works and it makes the colors in my house just pop. The next project is a pantry redo. I want to paint the walls a deep purple with white shelving. It will add a pop of whimsey and match the accent tile in the kitchen.
Ick, I don't want yellow beiges to be back, but these colors are okay. I love Sea Salt!!!
Another great video, James. I always learn something when I watch!! Thank you! 👍🏼😍
Thanks for watching Jillane! Appreciate it!
I agree with you about the beige color
I’m writing all this down these videos are great thank you
Heyyy! Nice to hear BB! Thanks so much for watching!
Same
I have incredible white throughout my house and white heron throughout the basement. We love it. I do like white heron a bit more though
I did. Remember when you were jumping up and down about the joys of evergreen fog? Well that's what I used. And I'm happy happy...now. Let's see what you're jumping up and down about happy happy this year. Oh my God. I enjoy blues. And white. And stuff. So this should be fun
My entire house was this color (sea salt) before I went pure white after I got bored in general/and the problem I had with sea salt as I have a lot of windows and with some rooms not facing sun so walking down the long balcony when looking around every wall tended to look different shades, from grey, minter green to like sea glass medium green. The exterior was silver strand. (Sea salt) Was beautiful and goes with just about any color for decor/minus old-type cherry wood furniture which I don't have/don't love. I never really could figure out what color it actually was if that makes sense. On rainy days it was kind of surprisingly a slightly depressing color. I think that color would work better in a smaller home, maybe like a cottage style or something, not in larger homes. Just didn't vibe for long.
I love sea salt. I usually pain my master in it. In some places it has looked greenish in my bedroom now it looks blue. Looks great with silver!
I am obsessed with you & this channel! I was searching for Farrow & Ball videos. Based on that, YT randomly recommended your channel. The ONE time they recommended something watch worthy. But yes, I’m now addicted. If someone (myself) were wanting to reach out directly for advice/guidance, is there a way to do so? A business/personal site, possibly? In hindsight, maybe it would’ve been wise not to mention my new found “obsession,” then follow with asking how to reach out directly. Haha
Really enjoyed this video and suggestions offering some variety!!! Thank you!
Hey, thanks Grumpy!
Is interesting, i do not notice the undertones until this gentleman points them out then it is ‘oh yeah I see it!’
Funny thing is... I got so 'tired' of beige and tans. Those were around forever.
Wow, where was this video when i needed a color ? Lol
We just went with typical "eggshell" because we just got a house, and have lots of diy to do. So for now its eggshell than later after all the reno and diy we can repaint. But glad this video popped up for future references. Thanks
ooooo I like the Veiled Violet. But also love me some gray colors generally speaking
#6537 Choice Cream (Sherwin williams), I think is nice. IT's nice and warm, almost peach, but not quite.
So sick of the all grey rooms in my new/old home so I started painting accent walls in flat black, it works with the white trim too...but just yesterday I painted other walls, the end walls of my dining/livingroom walls a Terra Cota, Moroccan Sky...I am so happy with it, it just makes my maximalist decor POP...I ain't skeered, I happy...!
Thank you. I lean toward very dark grays, but they don't work in every space. I really love the purpley tones of that Veiled Violet.
Nice right! Good to have options!
I used sea salt and love it.
I love Antique Gold by Sherwin Williams-all over and yellowish
Do you mean sw antique white?
I like the last two Silent Ripple and Sea Salt
Pearly white looks so zen.
yesssss.
I used Natural Linen for the bedrooms. It is so pretty; I think it's unfair to classify it as 'beige'. It's so soft and pretty and perfectly neutral which can easily coordinate with either warm or cool color furnishings. Great choice!
That's a gorgeous, easy-to-live-with color
Mm😊m
Natural linen is really wonderful
We’ve spent decades on beige and white. Gray was popular for 3 seconds in comparison and everybody suddenly hates it.
Just admit it people. Gray is too advanced for most people. Stick to beige. It’s safer.
Please make a “favorite medium and dark green” video ❤❤❤
I would love the faintest warm pink on the wall. I thought First Light from Benjamin Moore. What would you think to a whole house in that?
Me too, in my bedroom, but too many of them are peachy and ashes of roses, is too grey, but sounds so romantic.
I just painted my living room, dining room and kitchen repose grey 😂 I am slow and fall behind when it comes to trends.
You're right on time Heather! All trends come back around again!
Repse gray is still a popular gray.
Oh how I love Veiled Violet! If BenMo's Victorian Mauve and Silver Half Dollar had a baby, the result would be SW Veiled Violet, yes?
Aw, paint families lol!
Sick of gray to! And all white too!
Gray or greige colors for that matter don't seem to work that well in my house as much as I wanted to use them. No matter which color I tried, it just didn't look good. Most of my rooms are north facing and I am sure that plays a big part in it. I am still struggling with one of the bedrooms. I tried Canvas Tan but it was too dark. I did move up to Neutral Ground on the paint strip and it worked well in the one bedroom. The last color I tried was Gossemer Veil but it was too dark and dingy. I was going to try Drift of Mist since it's the lighter version but I am still not sure that will look good since it appears to be a very light greige. I do know that an LRV around 70 +/- seems to work well. I hope to find a neutral color that will work.
Hi there, if you like Neutral Ground, perhaps you should explore warmer colors? So, not grays or greiges? I'd look at warm, creamy off whites. Or even blush, peaches, etc.
Try BM Devon Cream Works great in most rooms including my north and east facing living room
I still love Studio Clay.
Love SW daydream and twilight
I love sea salt and I think Grassland.
Although SW Sea Salt is a great color, I absolutely LOVE Benjamin Moore's Cool Breeze! It takes the beautiful qualities of Sea Salt to another level. I also love BM Sea Salt, that soft beige-grey color. I think the Aura Color stories colors are the hidden gems of the painting world!
Yes, great choice!
Grey, grey, is it a color? Oh ya, on a submarine!!!
Sea salt is awesome
I worked for Lowes as a paint person and I hate, grey, taupe, beige and most tans. Including white I prefer hospital satin and semi-gloss. Ceiling maybe eggshell but never ever flat. I like Duramax and Olympic one paint. I prefer a stained door vs painted.
Every apartment I had was beige...I won't touch that color in my home. Lol
Yaaaaaaasaaaassaasss! I’ve been sick of gray since it first started. Every house I go into is gray & white. Bleached gray wood floors, gray walls, gray accents and rugs, gray furniture….just gray overkill. Smh.
Nice choice of colors. Silent Ripple is a very nice color. Thanks
Isn’t it?
I love gray.
It's one of my favorite colors to wear as well .
so IF there is some trendy thing going on with Gray , it is irrelevant to me .
I don't choose colors based on trends.
almost any shade of gray will always be on the wall.
Same 💯
I picked Natural Linen but would love a more colorful color for the dinning room and for the half bath on the main floor. Any recommendations for a darker coordinating color for Natural Linen?