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not sure if i should post in the lounge or here! but has anyone painted there house internals grey? i am on the look out for a light grey shade for my house. i cant find a decent shade :( and also cannot find the dulux areas that used to exist to mix up your own paint colours in homebase and b & q!


can anyone suggest a nice shade? its a family house...

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we have f&b "strong white" in lots of pur house - it's a v v light grey, sandier in the southfacing areas and cooler blue-grey in the darker areas. Also like "cornforth" which we have in one bedroom; it's a bit darker/more obviously grey but still v light, and warm.

There are some great mumsnet threads on this. We went for F&B greys - but often chose a blue-ish tint. Colour matched at Whites in HOP, great place.


We have:

Borrowed Light - v pale blue grey, gorgeous

Skylight - blue/grey, not as pretty as BL

Strong white - beige grey, which we mixed in a bathroom with...

Skimming stone - slightly darker beige grey

Blackened - v pale purpley-grey - have this on its own and teamed with blackened.

Calluna - pink/purple grey


We thought about using Cornforth White which is similar ish to blackened and also liked Elephants Breath (darker beige grey than Skimming Stone) but was too dark for our hallway.


We also have Railings in our kitchen which is v dark, almost black/navy grey dependent on the light, love it!


Highly recommend searching Houzz app for these paint colour names to get ideas.

We have Fired Earth - Skylon Grey in our living room which is a true mid grey. I love F&B Skylight but would say is more blue.

Also have Little Greene Gauze (Mid) in our hall which is a light grey and lovely. Would second the recommendation for Whites! Colour matching and they stock Little Greene.

Loving this thread but wish I'd actually started it 8 months ago. We really struggled with getting the right shade for a kitchen/dining room open plan area that had v different light in both (skylights and lots of windows plus large doors) and every grey we tried looked v different in each area. I'd recommend swatching large areas then looking at it at different times of day. We erred on a lighter shade and now want to re-paint. http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread

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