I have a living room/dining room adjacent to a large opening to the kitchen. Click here for the Semigloss Design disclosures and  privacy policy. And let me tell you, this magical little number is going to save your life, or at least the small thread of sanity you have left after trying to find the ever-elusive perfect paint colour. The white for the crown moulding, doors and baseboards that I have chosen is SW 7757 High Reflective White. I made the painters stop painting until I figure out what to do. Now, I am looking for a gray to paint a condo living room. Thank you for visiting my paint colour blog, I'm glad you're here! Without even looking it up, I knew that my beloved Galt Blue was lower than that. Check out my E-BOOKS and Online Colour Consulting Services! SW Anew Gray is a nice one at 47, but again, will lighten up a LOT if your room gets a lot of that southern light… It’s so tricky! We have pockets of sunshine, but for the most part, we have a lot of shade. This post contains affiliate links. Wahoo Juliana, that is JUST the type of commment I love to get! The 8 Best WHOLE HOME Warm Neutral Paint Colours Ooo, interesting at that it would pull pink, as more often, it pulls green! Gray Owl is a hit with the gray lovers out there. I live in the forest, surrounded by trees. It’s beautiful! When you fill out the questionnaire, let me know it’s you, from the comment gallery! I got a sample of SW 6806 Rhythmic Blue and some base white. I’d love to use Wythe Blue in my northern exposure room with large windows, but at an LRV of 48, it just looks so saturated on the wall. Do you have wood cabinets or flooring? Affordable and creative ideas that suit you AND your home with todays best paint colors! It’s the comparison and contrast that can shift things. But I wanted to ask if you have tried adding a little blue paint to white for the ceiling? And now I see that Collingwood is 62 LRV and that was a super nice surprise. Does the 62 hold true with blue, green or or other colors. I like it. Edgecomb Gray is a beautiful greige, that should be a bit more ‘greige’ acting than Collingwood, but not guarantees, as long as there’s gray in there it might be reacting with your exposure/interior finishings. I chose collingwood by BM for the majority of the main floor and to my horror-it started to look blue. and the rooms are small so this is the greatest info I have found yet! I compared it to my kitchen lightened Silverplate which is still slightly darker than Big Chill. Thank you! Paint colors are so fun, but can be so tricky! The size of your room can be GREATLY affected by the LRV of the paint colour. Yes, paint number. Yes, it does help. This whole time, I have been thinking that the green of the trees was reflecting weird and making the paint colors look dark. What are your thoughts on reversing the traditional white trim and greige walls with greige trim and white walls? ~Kylie, I think I understand the importance of the LVR, but what about when you actually paint a color. Choosing the Best Paint Colors for Dark Rooms. Read more: Colour Review of Sherwin Williams Big Chill. Paint the rooms a lighter color. Your email address will not be published. If you can find a colour in between 60 and 65 the chances of it being a good depth for your room (based on averages) are pretty good. I feel like this is life-changing information! In the next few months I’ll be putting out an e-book on the ‘5 Key Rooms/Home Staging’ that you and your clients might find helpful! I have a question about LRV after reading many of your posts. Still not sure what colour to pick? Here are just a FEW reasons why I recommend Samplize to my clients…. Fifty percent LRV is the common guideline for residential interiors. Hi Melody! I have been using this little number to help me choose colors for quite a while now. Hooray, I’d LOVE to see how it looks all done! Choosing a paint color with a high LRV can help make a dark room look brighter. And where do you find the LRV? I see some pink in the Modern Gray. LRV 62. Agree, I love it as the day / light changes – good choice. Then bump that number up. Learn how your comment data is processed. According to your blogs that I have been reading I might be able to pull of worldly gray or modern gray but i don’t understand their undertone and fear another disaster! All of your examples seem to be mostly gray colors – which is also frustrating with many of your other posts. Thank you! We are replacing wood work with a white shade. It sounds like you might need the ‘Open Layout’ package as well as a ‘Single Room’. I painted my entire house with it. I hope that helps! Again, Big Chill hits it right on the money maker. I have been thinking about a Grey or Greige tone. So, I took all of the info that’s crammed in my wee lil’ noggin’ and thought about the how and the why and came up with the LRV of 62 based on some pretty common averages…, SW Repose Gray in a master bedroom (LRV 58). I have this color in my basement. The colors I’m looking at are only at 50, but now I’m afraid they won’t work. I was considering Ashwood by Benjamin Moore (Kevin 67) for the trim but it looks a tinge green. Great article as always, Kylie! We painted our whole condo in Benjamin Moore’s Thundercloud Grey (a light blue-grey) and it is SO dark! Should my lrv be lighter than 60 for the trim if I want to use it like a white down the road? Which means that 62 is ALSO an average. It looks clean to me and it has a LRV of 93, HOLY CATS! Read more: Cool Gray Paint Colours: The 3 Undertones You HAVE to Consider! I have light birch hardwood floors, white trim and white kitchen cabinets. I think I need to purchase the one paint room package. Which package should I order? Thank you! The ones with tricky exposures and interior finishings in wild and wacky colours – I deal with those too. Exactly right, Kylie. Hi Tracy! Next, I would take the paint to SW and talk to them about shifting it to cut a bit of the gray out. It looks like I’ll be collecting a few more. Your email address will not be published. So, as you can see, picking the right COLOUR can be challenging, however, looking at colours that are around 62 in LRV is a GREAT place to start your colour search. Thanks for stopping by! This post by Kylie M. Interiors shed a lot of light on the subject (pun intended!) I’m not sure if i’m leaning more toward green or blue, or maybe I’ll just brave it & attempt a “popular” color, but this gives me a good place to start. Hi Kylie, your website is amazing. However, compared to wood trim, a colour can look lighter than it WOULD with white trim. Remember LRV runs on a scale of 0% to 100%, 50% would be a mid-value paint color. Hi Joslann! I had been mostly looking at Ben Moore colors but I will check out Anew Gray . I love this, I have been trying to decide between gossamer veil sw, and modern gray sw, does modern gray pull a purple to you? You’re probably thinking duh! I have tried multiple white shades but so far am leaning towards benjamin moore muslin…..any thoughts? I found SW Big Chill 7648 with LRV 62, score! Thank you, that is very helpful and narrows the choices down a lot. I love Gossamer Veil! Looking forward to your dining room! Unfortunately, I haven’t had many clients send me photos that will work for my blog! Had never heard of LRV and this was an awesome blog, and I learn so much from you. You’re right, it’s the neutrals that are getting all of the attention these days as that seems to be what people are asking for! Gray is made from white and black, so most grays have low LRVs. This is lovely in the summer when our house is 10-15 degrees cooler than everywhere else, but it sucks for picking out paint colors. It does pull a teeny bit pink but not enough to be noticeable. But both seem to be in the same color family of cool grays’. I am thinking of purchasing one of your e-design packages but am uncertain which one to pick. Three years ago we painted our kitchen SW Silverplate 7649, LRV 53. And yes, I’ve written blog posts on EACH of those compass directions if you click on the above links. Hmmmm, sounds to me like you might have low lighting, northern exposure, or a combo of those! Still love your posts even though I don’t have white trim & can’t go gray . I painted the kitchen island iron mountain by BM, along with some built-ins nearby. I love it, so far. With its LRV of ALMOST 64, it is a great choice for MANY rooms and exposures. Paint number you say? Hi Kylie, Does that mean they’ll be right for you? I think it’s around a 57 LRV. Isn’t it cool when it all starts making sense? The iron mountain color is staying so I have to figure out how to proceed-I was thinking edgecomb gray to try to stay in the gray tones and work with the iron mountain but now that I have all this Sherwin William paint I feel compelled to have to try to find an SW paint that will work . With orange toned trim, your main concern WILL be how much colour there is as the less gray there is mixed in with the blue/green, the more ‘colourful’ the walls will look. Jill. The scale is from 0-100 with 0 being dark and 100 being bright. https://www.kylieminteriors.ca/product-category/interior-paint-palettes/. How to Paint an Unfinished Basement Ceiling, How to Remove a Chair Rail and Repair the Walls for Paint, The Ultimate Guide to Installing Shiplap in a Bathroom, Mirrors places across from windows or light sources, Light colored decor like rugs and curtains, Add more lighting.

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