Hunting for light blue-grey paint
Hi All, Can anyone please point me towards a light blue-grey paint, suitable for a boy’s toddler bedroom - light enough not to overpower a small double room, grey enough to be warm and contemporary, blue enough for a little boy?!
I see lots of lovely photos of these schemes, but can’t find the paint!
Here’s Farrow and Ball Skylight on top (too grey, and kinda greeny), Dulux Coastal Grey on the bottom (too saturated). I’ve also got F&B Parma Grey which I didn’t get a photo of in daylight, but although it is lovely it too saturated. I’ve tried testers of those colour cards you can see, Valspar Mais Oui, Midsummer Sonnet and Shady Lady, all coming up too light. Looking at Dulux and Crown’s paint charts, I think mineral mist and moonlight bay respectively don‘t have any grey in them.
Thanks to anyone with ideas!
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Sarah Benkwitz
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3 years agoSarah Benkwitz
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoMarylee H
3 years agoLess Chroma (less colourful) than Parma Gray..
Less Chroma + lighter than Oarma Gray.
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Sonia
3 years agoLove Marylee’s suggestions, but I’m struggling with a warm blue-grey? Blue and grey are just never warm, although I think some of the navy’s can give a certain cosiness, although probably too dark for a child’s room. You could have the blue-grey walls and maybe add some yellow somewhere (cushions, throw, curtain) or some raspberry red to lift the greyness?
Or how about pale aqua walls? Much warmer and no grey. Dulux Ocean Ripple or Mint Macaroon are lovely. The Ocean Ripple is a special paint that picks up the light within a room.
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3 years agoE Skelly
3 years agoWe have F&B parma grey on the walls & cabinets in one of our rooms which is a lovely blue and F&B Pavillion grey in the hallway leading up to the room. They match together well, without feeling cold.
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3 years ago
Thanks everyone! Here’s the shortlist of the ones I could get hold of! In the top photo: Top row left to right - little greene pale wedgewood, LG bone china blue mid, Valspar mais oui, F&B Borrowed Light, Designers Guild Bayswater blue. Bottom (ignore left 3) left to right, Valspar faded indigo, F&B Parma grey, F&B Skylight.
Same colours, but against the existing pink.stuey36
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Tika Edwards
3 years agoJust to confuse you more - I've taken a second look at my daughter's Bone china blue -Pale and it is bluer than the mid but not overpoweringly dark or grey even though it has grey undertones. Ive attached the only pic i have of the room in the process of being painted (low light outside) and my sample sheet where you can see it contrasted against the whiter colours next to it
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