Grey colors for walls

it depends on the light in the room. we tried to match something in a room, but the gray that matched in the store, looked horrid in the room. we ended up with a totally different shade.

get swatches or samples and try them out because gray can be tricky

I don't have a color but I'd definitely go lighter especially if you have white trim.

I wouldn't use gray walls with gray furniture. IMO it can be way too melancholy. I'd do gray walls with a black, white or bright colored sofa like a red. For a gray sofa I'd go with walls that are just almost white. Sherwin Williams "reflection" or "Olympus White"

outside of gray I'd pick "Oh Pistachio" (a green) or Refresh (a blue/green)

My office was painted in "Mindful gray" and I like it. The furnishings are all bright white with high gloss finishes and glass. The link url says repose gray. That is the brightest gray in this line. Mindful gray is the second brightest.

www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/color/find-and-explore-colors/paint-colors-by-family/SW7015-repose-gray#/7016/?s=coordinatingColors&p=PS0

Bm revere pewter.

A warm grey. Magically goes with everything. Chameleon color. Read reviews. It can lean to many colors that you may not want, like a green. I love it.

You may want to reconsider. Grey has been overdone. All the decorator magazines are now declaring it out and beiges, which I hate, are the upcoming colors.

Most of my house is Sherwin Williams Mindful Gray. I love it! It's very warm and neutral. I have walnut floors and oak trim. The gray goes very well with it.

My advice is go get several samples. Look on pinterest for ideas. Home Depot & Lowes both make little 4 oz jars. If you absolutely love Sherwin Williams or Benjamin Moore, either HD or Lowe's can color match. Might not be exact, but close. My Sherwin Williams store didn't have the small samples so I had to do color match for a few.

Take your samples home and test paint. Do it in several areas. I did patches in middle of walls, right up close to ceiling or crown molding, and also next to baseboards. Watch it for 24 hours. The colors will change throughout the day and into the night. It's also good if you can see how color looks in both sunny and overcast weather. Colors also look different in different geographical areas, I would guess because of sunlight relative to latitude.

We recently did this before painting our huge living room/dining room and then again for the kitchen/family room. The most difficult area to find something we liked was for some accent recessed areas. I think we tested like 10 colors before we decided on one. This is of course assuming you are okay with the room looking like a color patchwork quilt for a few days.

Looking at your sofa, I agree with other posters about going lighter. I think Sherwin Williams Sea Salt would look nice with your sofa. It is a very light grayish blue in my home. I used it in my craft room.

Yes! My DH and I call this color the 'argument-ender.' We were in the store becoming increasingly frustrated with each other. We each described what we wanted to the associate, she handed us the Revere Pewter swatch, and we both immediately agreed it was perfect.

We are building a house and we just had our walls painted "accessible beige". It's a sherwin Williams color. It picks up browns and grays. We don't have our furniture in yet but I have seen other houses with it and I love how it changed colors based on what was in the room. I think it's a very versatile color. Good luck!

We have several west-facing rooms painted in Sherwin Williams Sea Salt. It reads as a light green - blue in these rooms, not as grey. I find it soothing, and visitors often ask about it.

You have to do this. I picked out some grays that when I painted swatches looked BLUE. Like, bright blue. I went with Benjamin Moore Revere Pewter, which in paint chips looks far more beige, but on my walls looks quite gray. 

You just have to do swatches so you can see it in the light of the room.