Oooo, that’s a tough one. I would base it on northern light, but know that you’re going to get a little influx of WARMTH in the afternoon to help things along 🙂

No SW or BM paint store helpers around here have a clue about picking colors for the way your room faces. Duh! Thanks

Any advice is appreciated

Thank you,
Jill

Exactly right, Kylie. Gossamer Veil can be taupe also taupe green and sometime’s taupe-blue. Modern Gray does seem more pink on my color sample. Love my GV!

Gossamer Veil is similar on my paint color sample board to Agreeable Gray, although Gossimer Veil has less blue and more light gray/green tint to it., where AG is Blue. I see some pink in the Modern Gray.

Ooo, interesting at that it would pull pink, as more often, it pulls green! Good to know ;).

I love Gossamer Veil! I painted my entire house with it. Looks grayish in light and more taupey in shadows. It’s beautiful! I think it’s around a 57 LRV. It does pull a teeny bit pink but not enough to be noticeable. It goes with everything. Love it!

Hi Joslann! I’m glad you’re finding it helpful! When you go to the paint store and ask them to mix your Wythe Blue 25% lighter, the sticker on top of the can should show the adjusted recipe, not the original, so you can have it handy if you need more down the road!

Hi Angela, I can’t REALLY say without seeing your room, furnishings, flooring, etc… off the top of my head if i had to BANK on one, I’d go for Edgecomb for its versatility…

Hi Danae, I would love to help! It sounds like you might need the ‘Open Layout’ package as well as a ‘Single Room’. If I start your design and think that all of the rooms should be the same, then I can refund you that single room…I hope that helps! https://www.kylieminteriors.ca/product-category/interior-paint-palettes/
~Kylie

Wahoo Juliana, that is JUST the type of commment I love to get! In the next few months I’ll be putting out an e-book on the ‘5 Key Rooms/Home Staging’ that you and your clients might find helpful! Did you find my Home Staging section on my blog? It’s under ‘Tips and Ideas’ 🙂

~Kylie

Hi Kylie,

It seems we are picking the same paint colors!

Yes, I have Chantilly Lace though out my home (not condo), living room walls, kitchen cabinets, doors and trim. I like it.

Extra White seemed a little gray but I am sure it would read “white” once on trim. But I am still loving that SW High Reflective White with Rhythmic Blue and Big Chill.

Oooo Shelley, what a great comment, thank you! Isn’t it cool when it all starts making sense? And I do have 2 blog posts on whites – one for BM and one for SW. And they cover some of the whites you’re looking at, and I wonder if you might even like SW EXtra White as it has that subtle cool flash, as does BM Chantilly Lace!

Here’s the links to those 2 posts as well…
Sherwin Williams: https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.kylieminteriors.ca/the-4-best-white-paint-colours-sherwin-williams/&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwjci8Dw6rzaAhUKFnwKHTE5CloQFggFMAA&client=internal-uds-cse&cx=partner-pub-5050475103619299:2713416047&usg=AOvVaw12TLYB4RkU-JMtuO6ANA4V
Benjamin Moore: https://www.kylieminteriors.ca/the-8-best-benjamin-moore-white-paint-colours-undertones-and-more/

Chat soon!

~Kylie

Your blog is outstanding!

I wanted to share my experience with LRV so it might help someone else. I have been using this little number to help me choose colors for quite a while now.

Three years ago we painted our kitchen SW Silverplate 7649, LRV 53. Using a large foam-board painted with Silverplate, I thought, hmm, I like it but that LVR is too dark and not reflecting enough light at night. Even though we have plenty light in our kitchen during the day, 2 large windows and a sliding door, it wasn’t reflecting enough light at night! So we had it lightened by 25% and it looks great both day and night.

My guess is that the lightened version of Silverplate is now about 57 LRV. It is subtle but it does make a difference.

Now, I am looking for a gray to paint a condo living room. I found SW Big Chill 7648 with LRV 62, score! (Your blog confirmed what I thought would work, thank you!) I compared it to my kitchen lightened Silverplate which is still slightly darker than Big Chill. But both seem to be in the same color family of cool grays’.

Considering the small size of the condo and the fact that windows are only on one SW facing side, I feel confidant that Big Chill will work. I don’t think this condo will get a lot of light since there is a huge tree that is blocking a lot of the light to the only 3 windows/sliders of this condo.

The white for the crown moulding, doors and baseboards that I have chosen is SW 7757 High Reflective White. It looks clean to me and it has a LRV of 93, HOLY CATS! I have used BM Super White in the past, LRV 89, but High Reflective White has that beat being so bright and crisp, just what a PHX condo needs, cool and crisp!

I was looking at your blog to see if you have done a post on ceiling colors? I couldn’t find anything. But I wanted to ask if you have tried adding a little blue paint to white for the ceiling? I am seriously considering doing this. Again, trying to keep everything cool and crisp when it is hotter than H E double toothpicks in PHX!

I got a sample of SW 6806 Rhythmic Blue and some base white. I used 3 parts white to one part blue. Painted a poster board with it and it looks great; a very subtle blue/violet tint. Do you have an opinion about this, good/bad or is it just a trend? I have never done a ceiling in a color other than white so I am little nervous about it.

Thank you for providing such wonderful information, it is greatly appreciated.

Thank you! Yes, it does help. I’m not sure if i’m leaning more toward green or blue, or maybe I’ll just brave it & attempt a “popular” color, but this gives me a good place to start. I’m thinking more neutral, less colorful. Just working toward that perfect look of glorifying that trim, without blending it in or bringing out the orange too much! What did people do when oak trim was the norm? It’s so tricky! Thanks so much for your advice!

Hi Tracy! You’re right, it’s the neutrals that are getting all of the attention these days as that seems to be what people are asking for! And colours can be trickier, but LRV still applies. It all depends on how much colour you actually WANT rather than how much depth there is. With orange toned trim, your main concern WILL be how much colour there is as the less gray there is mixed in with the blue/green, the more ‘colourful’ the walls will look. These cool colours WILL accent/glorify the orange toned trim, more so than the LRV of the colours. So LONG story short 😉 I still like the 62 number for ‘colours’ and from there it’s really deciding on how much neutral I want mixed in to the colours to tone them down…
I hope that helps!

Hi Sheri! When it comes to personal questions, I do try to refer to my E-design, this way I can take a look at photos and spend some quality time with your room, otherwise I’m just guessing on its other features!
If you’re interested, they are affordable and fun! https://www.kylieminteriors.ca/online-decorating-design-services/
~Kylie

Hi Helen! I’m so glad you found me 🙂 And it sounds like the 1 room package would be perfect! Now at this time I’m not doing ‘decorating’ but it’s something I’m looking to add in the (somewhat) near future as there seems to be a demand for it!

Looking forward to your dining room! When you fill out the questionnaire, let me know it’s you, from the comment gallery! https://www.kylieminteriors.ca/product-category/interior-paint-palettes/

~Kylie

Oooo Tammy, you are paying attention! So yes, i WISH WISH I had more photos of homes with dark trim. Unfortunately, I haven’t had many clients send me photos that will work for my blog!

So, it’s not that the LRV of the paint colour will change, but the way you SEE the colour might change. Compared to ‘white’ ANY colour looks darker. However, compared to wood trim, a colour can look lighter than it WOULD with white trim. Does that make sense? It’s the comparison and contrast that can shift things. You know what, this would make a good blog post. I’m going to scrounge my files for some dark wood trim photos…so long story short, funny enough I just MIGHT adjust the LRV if I felt like the colour might be a shift too dark…

~Kylie

Thank you, that is very helpful and narrows the choices down a lot. I had been mostly looking at Ben Moore colors but I will check out Anew Gray 🙂

You’re right, I would try to land myself somewhere between 40-55, depending on how bright the room is. If it’s SUPER bright light coming in, that will really lift things up (particularly in the middle of the day) and you may want to stay slightly under 50. SW Anew Gray is a nice one at 47, but again, will lighten up a LOT if your room gets a lot of that southern light…
HOpe that helps!

~Kylie

Hi Melody! When it comes to personal paint questions I do refer to my e-design, this way I can look at your flooring/countertops/etc…and come up with some ideas that work, otherwise I’m just guessing! And yes, you’ll find that grays have either blue, green or purple undertones. You might have to look at the greige range to cut that back a bit, but still it’s a risk! https://www.kylieminteriors.ca/product-category/interior-paint-palettes/

~Kylie

Hmmmm, sounds to me like you might have low lighting, northern exposure, or a combo of those! And 16 gallons of paint – holy moly. First, I would get a paint chip of Collingwood from BM and make sure that it’s a good colour match. Next, I would take the paint to SW and talk to them about shifting it to cut a bit of the gray out. They’ll know which colourant to add – you have nothing to lose by trying! Edgecomb Gray is a beautiful greige, that should be a bit more ‘greige’ acting than Collingwood, but not guarantees, as long as there’s gray in there it might be reacting with your exposure/interior finishings. Without seeing your home, that’s the best I can think of!
~Kylie

Thank you! Paint colors are so fun, but can be so tricky!
Jill

Hi Jill! I’m still doing some research on Gossamer, but I would say it COULD pull a touch (wee touch) green, whereas Modern Gray can pull a touch…dare I say…pinky/purple? It’s very passive, but you might see it compared to more traditional grays and warm grays 🙂

Hooray, I’d LOVE to see how it looks all done!