Get a paint sample or paint swatch of Agreeable Gray and stick it in your car or bag. Will also check out Smoky Azurite too! Do you know your original dark brown color? I have medium oak cabinets, trim and floors. I am a color lover, but when we bought our new home, every single wall was painted Sherwin Williams Agreeable Gray. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Sea Salt is INFAMOUS for looking blue and not by a little bit, by a LOT. Do you think that will work or go darker? True story. Yes they are both by Sherwin Williams. Hope this helps! I might paint my lower cabinets and or island. tried sample painting of perfect greige. Do you think this color combo would work? Do you think Dovetail Gray or Gauntlet gray? Update: we used Agreeable Gray for the cabinetry in our office, and it turned out beautifully. The downstairs playroom/sunroom and the master bedroom were both finished with Aesthetic White (SW 7035). Best of luck! Would you go light (Dover White, Alabaster) or dark (Urban Bronze, Gauntlet Gray). My entire house is painted in AG. We face southeast. A great way to select a coordinating paint color is to select a color that is on the same paint strip. Thank you! A very helpful post. I would avoid super gray floors, though, as that will probably make AG look beige by comparison. And the repose gray cabinets were beautiful. Or are you looking for a wall color for your interior? WebAgreeable Gray not only looks great on cabinets and walls but it also looks amazing on furniture. WebMy handpicked coordinating colors & color schemes for Silvermist by Sherwin-Williams. I hope this helps! Our kitchen features honed Carrara marble. But before the walls, I need to have all the ceilings painted. Id also consider lightening up either of those colors for a basement since natural light is sparse. Sherwin Williams Silvermist (SW 7621) vs Agreeable gray (SW 7029) side by side, Signal white (RAL 9003) vs Traffic white (RAL 9016), Greek villa (SW 7551) vs Simply White (2143-70), Signal white (RAL 9003) vs Pure white (RAL 9010), School House White (291) vs Slipper Satin (2004), Natural tan (SW 7567) vs Accessible beige (SW 7036), Rum caramel 6 (10YY 83/029) vs Rum caramel 5 (10YY 64/048), Skimming Stone (241) vs Egyptian cotton (40YY 65/061), Essex Green (HC-188) vs Urbane bronze (SW 7048), Krypton (SW 6247) vs Medium gray 508 (26380), Pure white (SW 7005) vs Ultra Pure White (1850), Jade Romanesque (476) vs Oakmoss (SW 6180), Traffic white (RAL 9016) vs Pure white (RAL 9010), Carmine red (RAL 3002) vs KVADERGR (7005), White Rock (918) vs Cotton Tail (2155-70), Pearl mouse grey (RAL 7048) vs RAL 070 60 10. I am looking for a slightly lighter coordinating color to go in our living room and foyer. But hadnt thought about doing the trim the same color too. Repose Gray is also ever so slightly darker than Agreeable Gray is. Can I paint the trim and a small over the cabinet area along with a small pantry door(not the cherry one) in SW Alabaster? Benjamin Moore Revere Pewter is another popular gray wall color. Would love your opinion!! Catherine in Kentucky. Id love your opinion. This is a wonderful post Rachel. It was too dark with a purple look. What color is on your lower kitchen cabinets? Im unsure if its asked, but what is your flooring you used? WebFind matching paint colors between major paint manufacturers such as Behr, Sherwin-Williams, PPG, Benjamin Moore, Valspar, and Farrow and Ball The style of house is Cape Cod. Im so sorry for the slow reply doing my best to keep up with comments! Hi Heather! We currently have a dark leather couch which looks great, but Im wanting more of fabric this time. Thank you! Hi! Is there a color you would suggest? I love that tone with the agreeable gray! Also, should the master bed and bath be painted the same color? Our furniture is in brown tones, bed honey oak, couch tan. This post contains affiliate links. The woodwork is all dover white. Lighting really effects wall colors and you should look at all colors in daytime and night time to be sure you still like them. I am helping a single man redo his house. Light or dark? I love how Gauntlet Gray pairs with AG, so I think youre on the right track there. Loved reading all the questions and your answers. Im doing the top kitchen cabinets white, and then the bottom cabinets and island Urbane Bronze. Consider swapping out the hardware on your cabinets to help modernize them, too! Thoughts? We want a Airy feel to the house. Agreeable Gray is amazing with honey oak but the orange in oak can sometimes bring out certain undertones. Our current home has rich browns (as seen in most of the rest of these images), and I love the combo. Rachel, your article has been very helpful! I think Naval by SW is a great deep navy. What does that mean? But, Id definitely recommend sampling those colors next to each other before you decide. This will be wipeable and more durable than flat or eggshell. helpful. But here against the rich brown wood floors (and with tons of natural light), the color looks cooler, more of a true light gray. Blonde or white oak hardwoods as well as light beige or cream color carpeting are good choices in that they are also very neutral and will pair well with Agreeable Gray. I would test a lot of samples on the exterior before you make a commitment! It is also a better option for moist areas like kitchens or bathrooms. Hi Rachel. The Extra White will seem a bright, crisp white against those other colors (similar to how my white fireplace and trim pops against our AG walls), while the Pure White would be a touch softer and more cohesive. I dont love the kitchen cabinet color, as they are a medium brown, with both yellow and a little reddish undertones, but they are not a darker cherry. Sorry for the delay. . If you want a more traditional look, Id go white for the trim. What I want to know is what backsplash you used in your kitchen? Kitchen cabinets are white. What color of cabinets do you think I should go with if I use agreeable gray on the walls? My foyer is versatile gray but Im thinking of painting adjacent living room AG as well. The whole point of decorating is to have the ability to change things up to make you happy all year round. do you like for interior walls? So go for it! My question is, we purchased a TV cabinet over 6 ft long from a resale shop and my husband is going to refinish it. We just bought our first house and Im going to be using Agreeable Gray with Pure White trim. One of the beautiful things about Agreeable Gray (in my humble opinion) is that it looks great with cool or warm white trim And Divine White is definitely creamy and warm. See here for more of my favorite most popular colors in real spaces. Worldly Gray is a great color! Any thoughts? Yes! I have been leaning toward either BM Revere Pewter or SW Agreeable Grey. You can do this by getting a sample from the paint store and using a brush put it up on the walls, but then you are left with a can that you cant do anything with. We just switched the counter tops to a white quartz with light tan/gold specks to match the sandy/somewhat gold backsplash. We are doing Agreeable Gray on the walls in an old farmhouse renovation. This also means it can flex A As I mentioned, Sherwin Williams Repose Gray is a touch cooler (more blue) than Agreeable Gray. Your home sounds beautiful! WebSilvermist (SW 7621) vs Agreeable gray (SW 7029) This color comparison involves two colors that comes from the same color collection. These are all clearly brown shades that will bring out the brown undertones in Agreeable Gray. Some of depends on natural lighting. Looking for lighter color for bathrooms and hall (which is visible from LR via a half wall). I need to try to blend with an old but treasured dark teal leather chair. . I think you can absolutely have different grays in adjacent rooms. That helps a lot. You want one to be noticeably darker than the other. Learn more about the Paint Color Formula here! Im not sure Ive ever found another paint colour that goes so readily with a variety of trim colors. Im so glad you found it helpful! I will often get sample paint and find other uses for it if its not the one I want. The first thing you need to do is decide if you want your home to have more of a neutral look or one with pops of color. If I were to paint walls what would you recommend with those color cabinets. I would look at this post about different white tones to see if it helps to think through the warm vs cool. What do you think? Generally, its slightly warmer in warm, bright light Can you please share pictures of your home office in Agreeable Gray? Neither is right or wrong! Would you use the same color just in a different sheen on the trim? Looking at Gauntlet gray but wondering if I should go with something darker. What blues look good with agreeable gray? We are considering painting the interior of our home Agreeable Gray. And looking at first floor wall color to pair with it. Today I have all the details on Agreeable Gray coordinating colors and how you can use them in your home. They will blend more than contrast with the pant color. Hi, I am remodeling a lake house kitchen overlooking the great room. Paintable Clear Film (15-Pack) $13.98. Just curious since you are looking at AG Cabs if there are any other colors youd consider pairing. Gray hardwoods and gray carpeting also look really good. You might consider Dovetail. It was my first time to use this wall color, and thats where I fell in love with it so much that I decided to use it as that main color when we moved. This post has been so helpful! Ive always loved the way you put colors together. Hi Jennifer! If you want to go dark and neutral, Gauntlet Gray is beautiful. Flat or matte paint will give you a soft, subtle color and will hide faults in the wall texture; unfortunately, though, flat paint is generally not very easy to clean. I had a professional painter tell me that he is always being requested to use that color in homes that have honey oak trim. Hi! If not greige, what color? Repose Gray is a lovely color, and it will give you a slightly more modern feel than AG with its cooler tones. What color would you suggest painting my master bed and bath? When we bought this home in preparation for our move across Texas, there were only two things we decided to have done before we moved in: we had the floors replaced, and we had the downstairs and two-story entryway painted SW Agreeable Gray. No table and chairs in this kitchen so my island can be a focal point upon entrance with three long windows that will be in back of this island where the chairs are going to be. As for the island, youve got endless options! Any suggestions? If you are looking for a neutral color scheme for your home this might be the right choice for you. Would like your suggestions. The Light Reflective Value or LRV of any paint is a number assigned based on how much light the color reflects, with 0 being absolute black and 100 being pure white. The house walls are painted in tan, but the tile floor is perfect because it has a blend of cream/tan and grays. Or for a soft blue gray, try SW 6247 Krypton. With any color, including greige paint colors, its important to consider its undertones to know how the paint color may change depending on lighting conditions and color pairings. We just a bought a new house, it has lots of natural light coming in. Sorry for not clarifying well. With these light gray colors, you have to be careful about checking in your exact lighting. Id probably paint your cabinets a warm white color that blends well with Agreeable Gray. The swatch sample for Silvermist (SW 7621) color is depicted on the left side a little bit lower on this page. Anything too creamy will start to look beige like Agreeable Gray. White ceilings will reflect gorgeous light in your home. I have dark hardwood floors in living and formal dining area, looking to paint all walls SW Agreeable Grey. Do you think Agreeable Gray will look okay in our home? There is a farmhouse wooden light fixture with bronze trim in that same room over a darker brown dining room table. I need help choosing colors for my kitchen dining room and hallways. . Some rooms have high ceilings some 8 ft. What are your thoughts on using AG on walls and ceilings? Coat your bedroom in this soft neutral and drift away. Our floors are a chocolate maple against a charcoal tile in the kitchen which has a marble of chocolate brown through it. Im afraid of having too much gray. Wanted the island cabinets a different color too. Still dont want to make it where it darkens the kitchen to much. Open floor plan, vaulted ceilings.oh help!!!! With curtains you usually want a bit of contrast, so dont go with greige. Gorgeous red oak flooring, my new sectional is a medium gray fabric and I have many darker wood family heirlooms (back to 1800s in Europe)..AG or..Accessible grayor ???? The counter top is white and the title is a white/beige color. I have Navajo White trim throughout my house, can I use Agreeable Gray as the wall color throughout? I loved all the color choices I made there. beautiful house! Note: all the images you see in the post are actually painted with SW 7029. For several darker colors that coordinate, I actually like to turn to the paint swatch that begins with Repose Gray. What colors do you pair with Agreeable Gray? As always, I would encourage testing the colors in your space, but I think it sounds promising! Do you think the Agreeable grey would look ok? Were replacing the floors too and Im having a terrible time deciding on color of wood flooring. We are paining our new house 75% agreeable Grey. Im having a hard time picking out our new couch color, tho. Hello! So it all depends on the look and feel you want in your home. Ok thank you & the other option I thought about is Benjamin Moore white dove. Sounds dramatic and beautiful, Lori! The Extra White (which is what I have in my home) is a little bluer against the AG and will give a slightly crisper look. Love the examples!! AG as an exterior would be really light, almost appearing white. My cabinets are espresso, and my floors same dark wood color as the one on your article picture. Would this color help to bring those together? It starts with what you might call Hi, Between this and your article about the color scheme for your home I have come up with a great pallete. Agreeable Grey has enough blue to make it a gray, rather than a beige, but enough red and green to make it a warm gray. The kitchen with the gray and white is stunning! Great question (and sounds beautiful, by the way)! We do have Extra White on trim and columns near the kitchen space. I suggest going with curtains that are either going to blend in and disappear like light gray or white or go with something that is going to be bold and stand out such as any of the dark colors we discussed earlier. Do you think this would be a good match with the AG? And Chantilly Lace is a crisp, clean white, so it is a pretty safe bet. The combination of SW Pure White on the walls with a grass cloth in the built-in definitely interests me! Thank you so much for answering. Required fields are marked *. Something in your homes lighting or the surrounding elements is drawing out that blue. Thank you! With 7 ceilings, I fear that would just highlight the lower ceiling. There was before but we took it down. Any suggestions would be awesome. What color would look good? It looks so much darker on my walls than what I think it should. Countertop has tans, grey, brown and black. I am using Alabaster in one and pure white in the other for trim. There are some lighter greens such as Sherwin Williams Sea Salt that will go nicely. Id go with AG to lighten things up. Try different lighting or different lightbulbs (with a warmer tint) to see if that helps to cut down on the blue. Also, rugs can help, but you ideally want a grey tone to warm up that pink tone. Join the (free!) We just got new white oak floors installed and unfortunately some of the boards picked up the stain with more orangey pink undertones than I would have liked. I would not go with a creamy white but stick with something stark. No idea if it will be right for your teal chair, but I can absolutely say that I think its a lovely color! Did you do your entire kitchen like that and I also love the backsplash! When choosing accent colors for your home, there are a few things to keep in mind. Colors to stay away from would be anything with red or orange in it. By comparison, Repose Gray, another popular Sherwin Williams light gray color, has an LRV of 58. I bought it at Home Depot. In the article, you mentioned that you have never used a AG for trim but were considering it . Not sure if we should use pure white or snowbound or extra white. Would you use oil base on a kitchen island? Side note its open concept with one wall basically all windows. Any feedback is so appreciated! One option is to lighten AG for your home a bit if you want it to feel light and airy. I do think it will work. Sherwin Williams recommends Nebulous White (SW 7063), which is a very pale gray, along with Eider White (SW 7014), a pale beige. In your post you mention that you have Extra White in your house for trim, but in other comments you mention that you really like SW Pure White for trim. If you want to pair Agreeable Gray with another gray color, go with something a little darker. We purchased the agreeable gray as a sample and painted some sections throughout the house to see how it looked in various light (sun, artificial, etc.). For Agreeable Gray this would be SW 7031 Mega Greige, SW 7032 Warm Stone, SW 7033 Brainstorm Bronze, or SW 7034 Status Bronze. Krystal, from The Smitten Collective, painted her cabinets Agreeable Gray 7029 by Sherwin Williams. I do think that Agreeable gray is a great neutral color for shiplap, and Alabaster is a soft, subtle warm white that will create a cozy space. Knowing how to pair any wall color with trim colors is important. All of the trim in our home is painted Extra White and it pairs really nicely with Agreeable Gray. We will be painting all the rooms Agreeable Gray SW7029. I hope this helps! They are engineered wood planks and I LOVE them! I love all the helpful information on your blog! I am not familiar with all those colors (except Naval which is a bolder blue), but Id consider trying them on a foam board and trying them in a space to see if you like the combination. How do you think will look against travertine floors? I want to paint my newly built home kitchen and living area agreeable gray, and my cabinets a shade darker than that, I dont want white cabinets. I want to start by talking about this warm gray paint color: its make up, its undertones, its strengths Then well get more specific about how to use it in real spaces. Both of these colors are from the same color chart mentioned before. Your email address will not be published. Are these the only ones you should use, absolutely not. Thanks. Thanks! I am considering pairing the two for both of my boys rooms. Hi Rachel! Here are some colors that work with this great color! Im glad you found it helpful! I would never have thought gray would look so good, but it does. Its a great way to go darker with I have used Dorian Gray (SW 7017), Dovetail (SW 7018), and Gauntlet Gray (SW 7019) all with AG, and I love how they complement the soft warm gray. I also have in-depth posts on these colors so you can be sure of which one you like better. This color comparison involves two colors that comes from the same color collection. Its always so hard to talk about colors in theory (because light play in any given space can make such a difference), but I do think that AG can work with medium browns just look at our floors in most of the images above. Or I was looking at Agreeable Gray and Anew Gray. Blending grays is not usually a problem. My counter is black granite and back splash is warm browns. Yes I do! Have you ever paired Agreeable Gray and Eider White together? Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Its a little more gray than brown, but a similar pairing to AG. Thank you so much. Thanks! It is very helpful. What is the color of the base cabinets in your kitchen? I think Agreeable gray and colonnade gray are SUPER similar, though Agreeable gray is a lighter and possibly a tad warmer (depends on the lighting you get in those rooms). Im updating an old house & wanting to use AG on walls. Yes! Get peel-and-stick removable and reusable paint samples here! Its not unusual to have a brighter white for the ceiling! If you want to bring in color, I suggest either a pastel or a dark color. I want to stick with the same white for kitchen cabinets and trim color throughout, which white would you recommend, looking at SW Alabaster or SW Pure White. Thinking about Agreeable Gray for the walls, and debating about SW Pure White or SW Extra White for the trim throughout the house. Yes! What do you recommend? First of all, and probably the biggest with this color, is if you want a neutral color scheme or if you want to bring in pops of color. If you are in doubt, get samples of both! That 90s orange oak would not be a good floor color to pair with Agreeable Gray. My best suggestion is to grab a sample of Agreeable Gray and paint in onto multiple pieces of cardstock or cardboard. Order Color Chips Download Lookbook Green Green can suggest a youthful, energetic vibe as evident in bright, tropical lime greens. Notify me via e-mail if anyone answers my comment. I hope this helps! So I decided it was time for a few new posts on my favorite paint colors. I believe Agreeable Gray walls will work with the cabinets, however I cant find any pics to back up my thoughts. Cabinets SW Colonnade grey We have a large brick fireplace with two white shelves on either side and white trim. May I ask for your thoughts? My dilemma is that I recently purchased a Lakehouse that I want to repaint. But sometimes going to the paint store and choosing colors can get overwhelming so I am going to narrow it down a bit for you today to make the job a little easier. This might be a good choice if you wanted something a bit richer and with more contrast to white trim work. I dont think you can go wrong with Extra or Pure White trim. Hello. Do you think its because its over a darker beige, so it appears darker than if it was over a white primer? Its a blue-green color that also invokes the feeling of the ocean, but is more green than blue. We will have Kraftmaid Dove white cabinets in our kitchen. For a darker accent color, select a shade 2-4 shades darker than your base color. Im not really concerned about any other location (aside from where the travertine is). Thank you for the response. I cant speak for Accessible Gray, but AG does have beautiful warmer gray tones that blend well with woods. Hi! Read my complete Agreeable Gray color review here! Should I use AG or Repose Gray? Pewter? I think it depends on the look you are going for. I havent used Misty myself, but I do think it will complement Agreeable Gray beautifully. Agreeable Gray is considered a greige paint color. Color. Agreeable Gray Review. Defeated, I kept looking and luckily found your beautiful home. I was leaning towards agreeable grey but was unsure what to use in other rooms of my house because I want it to flow nicely. Do you think thats okay with the color of my floors? I havent paired those two together, but I think it could be a good fit. In a south-facing room, it will tend warmer, while in a north-facing room, it will tend cooler. Hi Amber, They are so similar it will look like you just got a mis-tint. My new house is entirely painted in AG and I love it, one of the best colors. If you have a dark room that needs brightening, you will want a higher LRV. The higher the number, the more light is reflected. What is the wood flooring used in your main part of the house? Just different. I have, however, seen lots of cabinets in Repose Gray. How would Agreeable Gray look with oak cabinets ? I hope this helps! I love the beautiful colour of it! Want to try Agreeable Gray in your home? Theyre definitely beige/khaki. Thoughts? This was such a wonderful help with my paint choice. Hi! Thank you! Hi Rachel! Depending on the light, it may lean more into its beige or gray side. As I mentioned, Repose Gray is VERY similar to AG overall, but a bit cooler more of a true gray. Is it engineered or stained on site? I am actually considering AG for some cabinets in a clients home right now, but I havent done it before. Get this