I DO love Magnetic Gray! It has such a moody look to it and can be gorgeous :). And I’m happy to help you with your sunroom! If for some reason my consults are sold out, just send me an email and I’ll try to squeeze you in 🙂

You know, it’s BEAUTIFUL, it’s just tough. I like to see Colours of the Year that have a bit more mass appeal. If it can be used on a feature wall, island, front door, kitchen cabinets – that kind of thing, well, I’m ALL in. I just think Aegean Teal is a bit limiting, which means less people can use it!

Hi Kathy! You would ask the paint store to lighten it by 25% for you. However, lightening a colour WILL change it’s LRV and can also shift the undertones, that’s the nature of lightening it!

Christina: I am sure since this is 2 years old you have solved your problem. But I will still share what I did with this dilemma. I chose 2 colors next to each other on the color strip. On walls that got intense sun I used the darker color. On walls that didn’t get much or any light, I used the lighter paint. My painter thought I was nuts until he was finished and then realized that day or night the colors of the walls looked uniform as if they had all been painted the same exact color. There was NO variation when the light hit the walls. The bad thing is I am now considering painting AGAIN a slightly different color. :>(((((

Hi Linda, I DO have a blog post about that – sweet! https://www.kylieminteriors.ca/the-best-paint-colours-to-go-with-oak-wood/ If you’re ever looking for anything, I do have a Google search bar that can take you to blog posts or the images that are attached to blog posts (it’s in the sidebar). I hope that helps!

Hi Betty! That doesn’t surprise me as Creamy is quite yellow and more in the off-white range, whereas Sea Salt will prefer something cleaner. I see NO problem doing a room with a different trim colour, especially since its a secondary room (being a bedroom). Take a look at SW Pure White 🙂

Hi Meredith! Yes, it does have a bit more body to it, but if the room has some decent natural light coming in, it could be quite sharp with white trim! They could lighten it by say, 25% for you, which is a subtle shift, but sometimes just enough to do the trick. The undertones can shift slightly at 25%, but not drastically :).

Hi Yvette! It’s hard to toss one off the top of my head without seeing your countertop/flooring/backsplash as there are different types of gray-blue (ones that flash slightly purple and ones that can flash slightly green) and if you choose the wrong one, it would totally clash! Straight up, there is BM Gibraltar Cliffs which leans slightly, but I can’t tell you it will suit your products 🙂 If you’d like to do an Edesign, I have a package for cabinets and can look at photos and suggest ones that make sense!
~Kylie

Thank you Celeste, that is SW Collonade Gray (mad love…)

Hi Leo! When it comes to personal questions, I do refer to my E-design! I try to give as much helpful free info as I can on my blog and if that doesn’t help, it might be time for a closer look, otherwise, I’m totally just guessing as to what your room REALLY looks like. If you’re interested, the link is here, I’d love to help! https://www.kylieminteriors.ca/online-decorating-design-services/

LISA, I’m seriously JUST about to post a blog post about this colour – focused on our entryway, but you’ll get the gist. In a few weeks I’ll be putting out a colour review on it and the colour IS…SW Collonade Gray!

~Kylie

Pam, I’m looking for the same exact color for the same style house! Did you find one that worked for you?

Thanks for the reply! I always enjoy reading your posts. I’ve learned so much about paint colors since I found your blog!

Hi Rachel, I haven’t, but you’re right, it’s a soft gray with a blue/green undertone that is MORE likely to lean a bit more green than blue – just a bit!

Hi Orly, thank you for the note! When it comes to personal questions there are SOOO many things for me to consider, like flooring, exposure, furnishings, etc… otherwise I’m 100% guessing! If you’d like me to take a look at things I do have a fabulous and affordable E-design service and then you can get the answers you’re looking for! https://www.kylieminteriors.ca/online-decorating-design-services/
~Kylie

I have a small 3 bedroom house with nicely lit rooms. I had the hallways repainted a few years back in a nice light green which doesnt stand out but definitely helps the house look happier and bigger. Now its time for the master bedroom/bath. I really want to find a good combo of a gray type color for the bedroom and a gray/blue/green type color for the master bath.

Could you recommend an awesome duo please?

I have been watching you videos and reading your blogs (fantastic by the way!) but the more I do the more colors I like…!
Agreeable Gray, Repose, Gray Owl to name a few…
Please help! I feel like im spending way too much time on this. I have white trims and i’d like colors that make rooms look well lit and bigger.

Thank you!

Hi Kristen! I do like Palladian Blue. It’s an interesting one, but I do find it’s best for south or west facing rooms as sometimes in north or east it can feel a touch too cold…but yes, it’s LOVELY with antiques – well done!

~Kylie

What kind of light bulbs do you recommend?

I am thinking of doing your online decorating. What questions do you ask? Will you explain more about this process?

Thank you for your wisdom and time.

Hi Christina! sounds like you’re spinning in gray circles. You’ve figured out the hard way that there is no perfect gray. Gray will have undertones of blue, purple or green. These undertones can be enhanced by exposure, interior light, etc…(and those are awfully cold temp bulbs you have in there). One of grays most NATURAL states, looks like a blue or purple undertone. To cut this back, you need to make a warm gray or greige – which can still create purple/green. So, it sounds to me that if you don’t want blue, green or purple, that gray is just a risky endeavour for you given your interior light, countertop, possible exposure. You also have to make sure that you’re sampling the right way, and not just painting samples right on the existing wall colour as this can GREATLY influence your perception of a colour. It needs to be on a poster board with white around it, to give a visual break between the existing colour. There won’t be a gray that does the same thing in the day and the same thing at nite – unfortunately that’s just not how paint works, so it’s about finding the one that generally works most of the time. This is best shown via Collonade looking lovely in one space and tan in another – this is gray and greige doing its thing!
So, I want you to take a deep breath and a great big gulp of wine and look at SW Gossamer Veil, which I’ve found to be one of the the more neutral grays – it WILL STILL flash cool undertones, but perhaps less than the ones you’ve been looking at. You can also look at Edgecomb Gray which is a greige with an almost creamy backdrop. I know this is stressful, if those don’t work – check out my E-design and maybe I can make some sense of it for you. I think you’re at the point where you’re overthinking things (easy to do, I do it in my home ALLLLL the time)… https://www.kylieminteriors.ca/online-decorating-design-services/
~Kylie

Hi Pam! When it comes to personal questions, especially ones that involve some important details like exact colour of roof/any stone/brick/exposure/etc… I would TOTALLY be guessing, which wouldn’t do you any good! If you would like me to see some photos of your home and it’s features, you can check out my E-design where I have packages exactly for this situation! https://www.kylieminteriors.ca/online-decorating-design-services/

Hi Mary! I have a few thoughts on that…

1. If the ceiling is flat yes, if the ceiling is textured? no.
2. If the room has reasonably good lighting from the exterior – yes. If it’s shaded? No
3. If it’s a lighter gray, like atleast 65+LRV then yes, if not, then no.

I hope that helps!

~Kylie

THanks, Mary

I totally agree, Gray Wisp is a stunner! You should send photos!!!!!

Hi Abby! I just was at a clients home last nite who has Rainwashed in her office and it’s SO pretty! It doesn’t strike me as pastel minty at all, but sometimes it’s about ‘perception’. If you’re instincts have you worried though, it might be smart to look to a slightly more gray option…womens instincts are usually pretty good on these things 😉

~Kylie

Hi Marcie, well Sea Salt can work well anywhere, it just depends on what LOOK you are going for. Sea Salt is well known for going greenish in one room (which it’s foundation suggests it SHOULD) but then in another room it goes blue/gray! With a more shadowed space I would imagine that it might go a bit more green/blue in the morning and then more gray/blue in the afternoon when the sun is opposite.
I hope that helps!

~Kylie