Color Conundrum

Ohhhh, I love this pre-painting phase. It’s the “use your noggin” part (ie the don’t-lift-a-finger part). Just walking around the paint chip aisles, picking things that look good under their light, only to get them home and see how they look in your own space.

Then comes the “oh, crap” moment. The “I’ve gotta make a decision” moment. And we all know how great I am in such a moment.

I grabbed a bunch (about 19, to be exact) of swatches that fell in the “greige” (gray/beige) range to replace the atrocious red of our dining room. After sticking them to the wall with painter’s tape, I immediately knew I could subtract over a third of my selections. RIP Flaxseed!

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And was left with these…represented in a blurry arse iPhone picture. At least the color’s pretty clear…if not totally true-to-life.

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The bottom two colors are less greige and more…grayish-beige with undertones of other colors (blue and green, kind of?), which I will probably nix. But, they look pretty cool next to bright white (which will be replacing the current “dirty cream” of our trim…it’s clean, it just looks dirty to me; drives me nuts).

So, I’m asking for any opinions. Here are the colors in a truer sense (and are still probably a little weird since we all have wackadoo monitors):

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It’s kind of funny, this whole paint-picking thing. I can analyze the heck out of them and explain that the graphic didn’t even come out as true as the swatches (for example, the two “maybe, maybe nots” on the bottom left? Rope is way bluer and Travertine is way greener, and they’re ALL lighter.) So, when I ask your opinion — wait for it, I’m about to do just that! — feel free to mention “the one on the bottom left in the picture” or “Dove’s Cry on the ‘color options’ graphic!” or whatever works. Mkay? Mkay.

Can you pick one that you really like? Or three? Most of them would go pretty well, and coordinate to the colors in the accompanying rooms. (Heck, anything goes better than the outdated red.) We really appreciate any opinions on this one!

6 thoughts on “Color Conundrum”

  1. High Society and Wicker. Those two are really nice and warm, I always like to have warm colors in the dining room. They seem more appetizing? Not sure if that's the right way to word it…:)

  2. I am wanting to paint our living room some fashion of grey. I like it's neutral-ness. So, my vote goes to… Eddie Bauer Travertine. Or the Rope. And I totally zeroed in on those two colors before I read what you had written after the photo. Picking a paint color is so hard! Why does it have to be sooooo hard?! I will say a little prayer for you! 😉

  3. Lol thanks for the support, it is a PITA! Gray is such a hip neutral right now, but I think it has staying power, too. Classic, yet hip. Yeah. That's us, right? 😉 Thanks for your unofficial votes!

  4. My daughter's dining room is a tad darker than the “rope” color … and it is an awesome color. I love it. Good luck!

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