We are actually wanting to go in the opposite direction and go dark! Could you do a video on this? Sick of white and light and want cozy and moody! Thanks!
I love gray!! Always have and always will. My home in early 90s had gray. Then I went with the darker and some bolder colors. Building a new home now and plan to go back to gray and other soft colors. I am not painting based on current trends. Going with what I love.
Best SW off white color (besides Alabaster) is Greek Villa. 😍 Absolutely love #4 as well. Those three colors are my go-to fo cabinets and all over the house paint colors.
USA viewer here. My apartment is painted SW Alabaster for the walls and trim. SW Dovetail was used on the interior doors. Looks awesome! The creamy-ness of Alabaster comes out in certain light. It’s a nice soft slightly warm off white.
Classic Gray for the win for me, at least. I have it in my living space. And I agree James, so many people see the word Gray and walk away. But it doesn't look Gray at all.
I assure you, we are SICK of white! 😅 I honestly believe that HGTV was like, "Oh 💩, we forgot to release this year's list - oh well, I'll just pull the 2017's (or '18, '19, '20...) list and tell the masses these are still the hot it colours of the season.😂 The amount of eye rolls given! When I saw the first three colours, I realized what was happening and was able to recite the rest. 🥱
Revere Pewter facing west, high summer in the midwest, bright yellow/orange afternoon light, green tint on the double pane windows and you have definitely got pea soup green. I think this color works in large open spaces where it can stay in the background and further from the windows and in winter or north facing rooms. I just love the color in theory but I've always had to change it out for the above reasons. Revere Pewter is a heart-breaker.
The Grey Owl walls in that laundry room look great with the stainless, white woodwork, charcoal chalkboard and even the light wood. That can't be out of fashion. Why? Because it looks great.
I painted my bedroom Revere Pewter specifically because it reads as a soft green, not a grey in my space. BM Richmond Grey (HC-96) also reads as green not grey. It is a great one for sunny rooms where you are trying to tie the inside to the outdoors.
Hello from Chicago. As a regular watcher of this channel , I like all the Benjamin Moore colors you review and I like the palettes you create. More greeneige palettes, please.
Why are the grays (Classic Gray and Gray Owl) only paired with very cold flooring colors? Offsetting the cooler gray with a warm wood floor would cut down the overarching coldness of the rooms you are showing. I think a good part of the trend of moving away from gray is that too many people were doing grey everything--walls, flooring, furniture, rugs and throws, pillows, etc. It's harder to mix warms and cools, but worth it when done well.
Great, so we are transitioning from boring greys to boring white and back to gray. I thought that we are transitioning to more adventurous colors. I had to wait all the way to #7 for Revere Pewter. I painted my living-room that color and its the most boring color. I love your videos and I am taking your advices, especially taking risk with greens but then we are back to boring colors. I have a 150 year old Colonial and I am trying to find colors that would help show its charm. It's very tricky.
Hey there, I want to paint my living room white, it's currently gray (flat bland gray from the previous tenant lol) two questions I don't know what finish I would use, like eggshell or semi-gloss and I don't completely understand undertones so I don't want something with a yellow or mint green undertone after painting I'd like it to be just a bright white I also have gray furniture! Any ideas would be really appreciated! Thanks Thanks
I'm planning on painting all walls including baseboard in Ben Moore's cloudy gray - lovely grey with a hint of lilac in it. But one feature wall in Wenge. Hoping the colors work together since Wenge seems to have a subtle violent undertone.
As someone who lives where there are very few choices, please do your favorite home colors from Behr paint. I'm looking for inspiration for both inside and out and I'd hate to have custom colors for everything! Thank you!
It is really hard to choose a white or (a neutral), so people look on social for ideas… This list reflects that - given that numbers reflect the number of peel and stick samples sold - not paint cans if I read the article correctly. The Oxford White could just come up under similar colors when searching for colors on the company website…
My mom has Revere Pewter as her all over color of the main level of her house but because of the different lighting levels throughout, it looks like there are 2 different colors in there. It covers an entryway, kitchen, hallway, dining room and living room. 😂
My mother did a gorgeous gray + silver + white home...in 1994. Looked great for about 5 yrs. Color is super subjective. How we respond has so much to do w our life experiences.
We always sherwin williams. I watched many of your you tubes, decided to go with Grandms Linen for the cabinets and Wine bottle for the walls. We used Swiss white in the kitchen, my first choice was grey, I used a paint board, too many people have grey. The man at sherwin Williams said Swiss White was named after people in Switzerland who add a splash of coffee to their cream. IDK 🤷♀️ sounded like BS to me. Our master bath being green was a bit weird to me, I’m not usually a “green” color person. Our bedroom set is called driftwood grey but it’s definitely a greenish tone, our drapes are woven woods that pull to one side. Not the old fashioned woven wood that ere popular in the 70’s. We use alabaster in our rentals. That way people can match anything they have and it’s been around for years.
Alabaster is my choice for a trim color inside and outside my house.I would never chose any color of white or off white for walls or ceilings.It's just boring and unimaginative to me.Just starring at a ton of whitish colors for my trim gave me a headache. Before my Husband retired, he owned a paint Company.Sherwin Williams is his favorite product to work with.Alabaster is one of their most popular off whites.Okay, that one will work for me.I love picking the colors for my rooms.I disagree about grey bring out or in.I think whatever you like or makes you feel good is in. If it's white, go for it but not in my house.
I am so afraid to make a paint color choice. We are buying a house with tall walls and lots of light. Do you think Loft Light by Behr might be too peachy?
@@GoAwayNow-iz3du not really bc you have no way of knowing the lighting conditions in the room in a picture or if the image was color calibrated properly, or if your monitor is calibrated to accurately reflect the color anyway. I like ordering from Samplize bc it’s real paint and you can stick it on the walls to see how it reads in your space.
My eyes cant differenciate any white from another. They all look the same to me. Besides the fact that I dont like to have any white walls in my house.
Our 300+ year old house is all oak and stone in all the public areas: 33 years of non-stop restoration so far, including the 2 acres of native pollinators, a stream, pond, Koi, and waterfall. The yard is filled with beneficial wildlife! It’s only upstairs that my artist-self can decorate the way I love. My bedroom is turquoise and blue, the bedspread and drapes a bright, swirling Indian print, Art Deco carpet panels on top of the ancient dark red indoor-outdoor wall-to-wall, original artwork from our world travel, a mannequin head wearing a Georgia O’Keefe hat, and except for the all-family antique furniture, everything is highly saturated color, the way I’ve loved my environment since I was tiny. My parents let me have my bedroom painted chartreuse with chartreuse curtains/bedspread with navy polka dots as a child, followed by fire engine red. They let me paint murals on the house walls. It had everything to do with my love of color and my becoming an artist. You couldn’t pay me to have white-ish walls. I’ve been to 35 countries photographing color: micromosaics in Ravenna, Yves St. Laurent’s private gardens in Morocco, a Byzantine Church gold altar in Bulgaria, peacocks in the sun against Lake Ohrid in Macedonia, the Crown Jewels of Denmark, in a room where whispering isn’t even permitted. Brilliant color makes me so exhilarated I cry.
I love classic gray it's a nice warmer gray. I have gray laminate floors, and I want to try to warm up the space. Could I use this color considering that my floors are a cool gray? You'll never answer me, but hopefully, someone in the know will help me out!😊🩷🩷
We are actually wanting to go in the opposite direction and go dark! Could you do a video on this? Sick of white and light and want cozy and moody! Thanks!
I love gray!! Always have and always will. My home in early 90s had gray. Then I went with the darker and some bolder colors. Building a new home now and plan to go back to gray and other soft colors. I am not painting based on current trends. Going with what I love.
Agree.. Tried other colors and went back to gray.
Deeply appreciate your paint reviews. Thanks
As a designer Alabaster is my go to white I love it
White dove is nice on exterior trim too. Even tried it on outdoor furniture...not bad! Inside, i love love BM Steam!!!!
Best SW off white color (besides Alabaster) is Greek Villa. 😍 Absolutely love #4 as well. Those three colors are my go-to fo cabinets and all over the house paint colors.
USA viewer here. My apartment is painted SW Alabaster for the walls and trim. SW Dovetail was used on the interior doors. Looks awesome! The creamy-ness of Alabaster comes out in certain light. It’s a nice soft slightly warm off white.
Love Alabaster. It has a softness to it.
I wanted a warm gray for my new house so I chose Gratifying Gray by Behr. It makes me feel like I’m enveloped in a fleece blanket.
Classic Gray for the win for me, at least. I have it in my living space. And I agree James, so many people see the word Gray and walk away. But it doesn't look Gray at all.
I'm so glad to know you're a fellow Canadian ❤️🇨🇦❤️ Love your channel and your ideas by the way!
White, white, and white, with a side order of white. Don’t Canadians get enough snow? 😁
I assure you, we are SICK of white! 😅 I honestly believe that HGTV was like, "Oh 💩, we forgot to release this year's list - oh well, I'll just pull the 2017's (or '18, '19, '20...) list and tell the masses these are still the hot it colours of the season.😂
The amount of eye rolls given! When I saw the first three colours, I realized what was happening and was able to recite the rest. 🥱
Hahaha, love your comment! 🤣
❤😂
We need sun 😆 and white walls help 😅 🤣
Revere Pewter facing west, high summer in the midwest, bright yellow/orange afternoon light, green tint on the double pane windows and you have definitely got pea soup green. I think this color works in large open spaces where it can stay in the background and further from the windows and in winter or north facing rooms. I just love the color in theory but I've always had to change it out for the above reasons. Revere Pewter is a heart-breaker.
The Grey Owl walls in that laundry room look great with the stainless, white woodwork, charcoal chalkboard and even the light wood. That can't be out of fashion. Why? Because it looks great.
I painted my bedroom Revere Pewter specifically because it reads as a soft green, not a grey in my space. BM Richmond Grey (HC-96) also reads as green not grey. It is a great one for sunny rooms where you are trying to tie the inside to the outdoors.
Love pale oak, white dove, and Swiss coffee! I’ve used all 3 and would consider going back.
Love Classic Gray.
That's my color. LOVE it.
Hello from Chicago. As a regular watcher of this channel , I like all the Benjamin Moore colors you review and I like the palettes you create.
More greeneige palettes, please.
You know I love me some greeneige! :)
Thank you for sharing such great information with us!
Why are the grays (Classic Gray and Gray Owl) only paired with very cold flooring colors? Offsetting the cooler gray with a warm wood floor would cut down the overarching coldness of the rooms you are showing. I think a good part of the trend of moving away from gray is that too many people were doing grey everything--walls, flooring, furniture, rugs and throws, pillows, etc. It's harder to mix warms and cools, but worth it when done well.
Can I use Shiitake on exterior walls?
If so, what other colors should I use to compliment it like to put on the shutters and the faschia? Thanks!
Great, so we are transitioning from boring greys to boring white and back to gray. I thought that we are transitioning to more adventurous colors. I had to wait all the way to #7 for Revere Pewter. I painted my living-room that color and its the most boring color. I love your videos and I am taking your advices, especially taking risk with greens but then we are back to boring colors. I have a 150 year old Colonial and I am trying to find colors that would help show its charm. It's very tricky.
Hey there, I want to paint my living room white, it's currently gray (flat bland gray from the previous tenant lol) two questions I don't know what finish I would use, like eggshell or semi-gloss and I don't completely understand undertones so I don't want something with a yellow or mint green undertone after painting I'd like it to be just a bright white I also have gray furniture! Any ideas would be really appreciated! Thanks Thanks
I'm planning on painting all walls including baseboard in Ben Moore's cloudy gray - lovely grey with a hint of lilac in it. But one feature wall in Wenge. Hoping the colors work together since Wenge seems to have a subtle violent undertone.
I love Wenge!
As someone who lives where there are very few choices, please do your favorite home colors from Behr paint. I'm looking for inspiration for both inside and out and I'd hate to have custom colors for everything! Thank you!
Behr can mix any of these colors from other makers using their number.
It is really hard to choose a white or (a neutral), so people look on social for ideas… This list reflects that - given that numbers reflect the number of peel and stick samples sold - not paint cans if I read the article correctly. The Oxford White could just come up under similar colors when searching for colors on the company website…
Please! Talk about your color changing decor! Please!
I only have access to Sherwin Williams. They are popping up everywhere.
My mom has Revere Pewter as her all over color of the main level of her house but because of the different lighting levels throughout, it looks like there are 2 different colors in there. It covers an entryway, kitchen, hallway, dining room and living room. 😂
The Georgetown Pink was a good paring. That Bunker Hill Green with Blue Nova looks kinda like Tuesday afternoon at Chucky Cheese. 😂
I know you have actual colors up there. Seriously, how much white can you get?
How about caramel apple by BM?
My mother did a gorgeous gray + silver + white home...in 1994. Looked great for about 5 yrs.
Color is super subjective. How we respond has so much to do w our life experiences.
The more things change, the more they stay the same. 😊
We always sherwin williams. I watched many of your you tubes, decided to go with Grandms Linen for the cabinets and Wine bottle for the walls. We used Swiss white in the kitchen, my first choice was grey, I used a paint board, too many people have grey. The man at sherwin Williams said Swiss White was named after people in Switzerland who add a splash of coffee to their cream. IDK 🤷♀️ sounded like BS to me.
Our master bath being green was a bit weird to me, I’m not usually a “green” color person. Our bedroom set is called driftwood grey but it’s definitely a greenish tone, our drapes are woven woods that pull to one side. Not the old fashioned woven wood that ere popular in the 70’s. We use alabaster in our rentals. That way people can match anything they have and it’s been around for years.
Hey there. Can we sent you pictures of outer buildings and spaces and in return give us your thoughts on what colors to use?
Sounds like Gray is not going out of style.
🇨🇦 here 👋
Alabaster is my choice for a trim color inside and outside my house.I would never chose any color of white or off white for walls or ceilings.It's just boring and unimaginative to me.Just starring at a ton of whitish colors for my trim gave me a headache. Before my Husband retired, he owned a paint Company.Sherwin Williams is his favorite product to work with.Alabaster is one of their most popular off whites.Okay, that one will work for me.I love picking the colors for my rooms.I disagree about grey bring out or in.I think whatever you like or makes you feel good is in. If it's white, go for it but not in my house.
I am so afraid to make a paint color choice. We are buying a house with tall walls and lots of light. Do you think Loft Light by Behr might be too peachy?
You know that you can do a simple image search for "loft light behr" & get the answer to your question right?...
@@GoAwayNow-iz3du not really bc you have no way of knowing the lighting conditions in the room in a picture or if the image was color calibrated properly, or if your monitor is calibrated to accurately reflect the color anyway. I like ordering from Samplize bc it’s real paint and you can stick it on the walls to see how it reads in your space.
Top 10 list of paint colours for those who have no personality, or originality.
People ain’t got no guts.
We're Canadian......
So tired of gray😢😢😢
My eyes cant differenciate any white from another. They all look the same to me. Besides the fact that I dont like to have any white walls in my house.
These aren’t really colors at all, are they?
This video needs a title change. Top whites not colours 😅
Our 300+ year old house is all oak and stone in all the public areas: 33 years of non-stop restoration so far, including the 2 acres of native pollinators, a stream, pond, Koi, and waterfall. The yard is filled with beneficial wildlife! It’s only upstairs that my artist-self can decorate the way I love. My bedroom is turquoise and blue, the bedspread and drapes a bright, swirling Indian print, Art Deco carpet panels on top of the ancient dark red indoor-outdoor wall-to-wall, original artwork from our world travel, a mannequin head wearing a Georgia O’Keefe hat, and except for the all-family antique furniture, everything is highly saturated color, the way I’ve loved my environment since I was tiny. My parents let me have my bedroom painted chartreuse with chartreuse curtains/bedspread with navy polka dots as a child, followed by fire engine red. They let me paint murals on the house walls. It had everything to do with my love of color and my becoming an artist. You couldn’t pay me to have white-ish walls. I’ve been to 35 countries photographing color: micromosaics in Ravenna, Yves St. Laurent’s private gardens in Morocco, a Byzantine Church gold altar in Bulgaria, peacocks in the sun against Lake Ohrid in Macedonia, the Crown Jewels of Denmark, in a room where whispering isn’t even permitted. Brilliant color makes me so exhilarated I cry.
I’m considering wind’s breath
Alabaster is our 60 from our 60/30/10.🎉.
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Chantilly Lace is just a scam to sell primer for high bucks lol
🤣😂🤣 Seems legit.
I am not using any of those. I pick my own, thank you very much.
I love classic gray it's a nice warmer gray. I have gray laminate floors, and I want to try to warm up the space. Could I use this color considering that my floors are a cool gray? You'll never answer me, but hopefully, someone in the know will help me out!😊🩷🩷
You need to paint other color rather than gray. Adding more gray, even a warmer gray is not going to make it warmer.
I was not anticipating how predictable this list was going to be.🙄
Old habits die hard... 🥱