What grey paint colour has white undertones?

[trudhut]

I’m looking to paint the interior of my house in a light grey but I want with white undertones, is there a grey paint colour with white undertones 

[EricL]

Hello @trudhut 

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community. It's sensational to have you join us, and thanks for sharing your question about paint colour. 

Light grey with with white undertones is a difficult colour to pin down because its tone changes to the colours that are present in the room. A blue couch, a large red carpet even an ordinary varnished floor reflects colour. These subtle colour tones will reflect on your wall and affect the final colour of your wall. Even the motion of sunlight as it travels through the day affects the colour in your house.

I suggest visiting your local store and going to the paint department and grabbing some colour samples in the neutral range and light grey sets. Attach the colour samples to your wall close to your window and observe the tonal shift as the day goes by. Observe them in the morning and at high noon, turn your lights on in the evening and look at the colours. 

I've placed some colour samples below, but there are more available at the store. Colour choice is very subjective and what I see as light grey with white undertones others will see as something else. I encourage you to test the colours that make you happy.

Let me call on our experienced members @redbournreno and @lifestylebymari for their recommendations.

If you need further assistance, please let us know.

Eric

 

[redbournreno]

Hi @trudhut 

Choosing colour is so much fun but also a potential abyss of indecision!

Firstly a simple lesson for you in colour - there is no such thing as white undertones.  Think of the extremes of white, adding little bits of black until you have full black. That isn't a 'colour' so to speak.  The grey you speak of is just the amount of black that goes in.

So let's think of it in reverse - you seem to want a very light grey /almost white.  The undertones will then be what makes it have a warm (creamy, pinky, yellow) or cool (greens, blues).  The safest is what is termed a neutral grey - but even these will usually fall on either warm or cool ends of neutral.

For a very light grey, looking almost white, and very neutral then I suggest Taubmans Ashen Mist in quarter tint, Platonic, Abstract Half.  In Dulux, then try Grand Piano Half, Limed White, Narrow Neck Quarter.  And some of those that @EricL mentioned too.

Definitely get a few testers to short list, brush them out in a few different places on walls with and without direct sunlight.

Good luck.

[R4addZ]

Hi

Depending on how light a grey you want, you might want to try a colour called Egyptian cotton. It isn't in the normal range of colours but is a Dulux colour from the UK but the bunnings staff at my local store found the code for it and were able to mix me a sample pot.

See here.....

https://www.dulux.co.uk/en/colour-details/egyptian-cotton

[EricL]

Hello @R4addZ 

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community. It's sensational to have you join us.

Let me tag @trudhut to make them aware of your suggestion. That Egyptian cotton colour looks gorgeous.

Thank you for sharing that colour recommendation.

Eric

[DaveS1]

@R4addZ FYi

do either of you have the colour Formula for Egyptian Cotton. I’ve been to my local Bunnings and it doesn’t seem to be listed in the database.

would really love to get this colour here in Australia

[MitchellMc]

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community @DaveS1. It's wonderful to have you join us, and many thanks for your question about paint colours.

I've contacted our in-store team and Dulux, but it doesn't appear that we have a colour called Egyptian Cotton that has been made available here, nor do we have a colour formulation for it. However, I've had Dulux analyse the colour chip and RGB values, and the closest colour in their range should be Dulux Winnow. 

I'd recommend picking up a sample pot to start with to ensure you're happy with the colour.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Mitchell
 

[R4addZ]

Hi @DaveS1 

Sorry I've been overseas for two weeks. This was tracked down by my local Bunnings and here is a picture of the sample pot label with the formula on it

[R4addZ]

@DaveS1 

I forgot to add that they can do it in large cans, I've just done 3 rooms with it and it looks good.