5 GRAY PAINTS I STRONGLY DISLIKE!
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- It's hard for me to hate anything, let alone dislike, but I can safely say that I strongly dislike these 5 gray paints by Benjamin Moore! It's not really the colours' fault themselves, but whether it's their name, or their quirks, I just can't stand them sometimes!
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Oh my gosh, that is so true. I just bought Stonington gray as a sample and it’s purple in my dark bathroom. I thought it was an awesome gray and it’s just purple which doesn’t look good with my serious gray vanity. Wish I saw this sooner. I’m frustrated by how different all the colors look in this dark bathroom. It’s so hard to choose a color! I also sampled gray owl and it looks green. I tried lazy gray by SW and it’s blue. Ha! Off to find another sample.
Loving the videos. Thanks!
OMG! I love Gentleman’s Gray- but it isn’t gray or grey! lol
We’re so done with gray! I was looking to do my kitchen and replace all the flooring throughout my condo and it seems all I could find was gray flooring earlier this year. I couldn’t find the rustic look I wanted in a LVP flooring. Gray was everywhere. So I didn’t buy anything. I hope the market has caught up with the direction I’m going in. I’ll be looking for a paint to go with a light brown weathered rustic flooring and I’m leaning to some green cabinets. Thanks for the video.
How rustic do you want to go? AquaLok has a LVP called Tobacco Road. They have another color called Coffee & Thicket that has some brown tones.
@@LULC0759 thanks! I checked it out. Maybe Woodland Fawn too
Love it Susan!
Stonington grey looks beautiful on my oak kitchen cabinets which is kind of facing North. It’s bright no hint of purple but grey. At the same time I agree with you that it’s kind of tricky and you should be careful when using this colour.
Grey is so depressing. I operated a manual lathe for a decade and all I seen was a dark grey chip protective barrier in front of me. Keep grey in the dismal machine shops.
I'm not done with gray. Still like it.....a lot. I just painted my apartment and seriously thought about Stonington gray but after trying to live with the color in various rooms....you hit the nail on the head. A very different color based up room lighting etc.
Right? When it works, it really works, but there’s always a risk with it!
Paint color names have always been misleading for many of the paints. The names are better to be ignored.
I always suspected that about Stonington Gray. On the strip it sat between Coventry and Wickham. Coventry leaned very blue and Stonington looked a little purple. Gave me a depressing cloudy day feel. But there was a time when it was very popular.
I love that first gray! Because it’s blue. Have to look that up.
Seattle Mist is beautiful and works in my small dark kitchen. I love revere pewter but it gets muddy in a small dark room. Seattle mist can add warmth to a dark room without making it feel muddy. And it's LRV is almost the same to revere pewter.
I only paint Behr - Ben Moore has about half inch of cement-like stuff on bottom which can never get mixed in - hard to get money back. Also the can rusts top and bottom. Behr never rusts on me and I can use many years later and stays mixed,
Thanks this did help me decide on Gentleman’s Grey because it is not grey, but more dark teal blue, or blackened teal!
I have in my bedroom and I confirm nothing grey in that color and I am north facing 😆 I choose whitout look the name and when I saw the name I was 😅
Now I am confused Stonington was at the top of my paint consideration. We are building a new house we only have the option of choosing one color, The home will be open and has lots of windows that will be primarily facing primarily east and west we will have a lot of natural light in each room including the bathrooms. Kitchen counter top Quartzite white with grey design. We want cool grays no beige. Most of our furnishings trend towards darker blues and grays. I was leaning towards Stonington Gray and considering BM Silver Chain, SW Passive or SW Light French Gray. Which of these do you like? Or do you have a different cool gray that you prefer? Thank you in advance for any suggestions.
Hysterical. I'm watching this bc I just painted the first room in a new house cliffside gray and I low key can't stand it most of the time. Then it's last on this video lol. And when it popped up on the screen I was like that is sooo blue. Then you name it and I'm like yepppp. There's my problem lol
Ya, love the “volatility” talk. Arggg! Well said!!!
Gosh you’re so good.
You’re hysterical! Love gentlemens gray but yeah not gray
I was thinking of painting mt bedroom stonington gray. I have a samplize sample. It does look a bit blue, but it does have a pop and brightness I kinda like. Im also considering smokey embers.
Smoke Embers is a pretty nice gray color. I painted my guest bedroom with it and it looked good.
1:33 🤣that’s me…I hate gray & yet I painted my front door this yummy BM color called Gentlemen Gray. Because it’s BLUE!!!😂
Stonington can be a tricky one. A room filled with natural light, and only daylight balanced bulbs can keep it in check. I found it behaves well with dark browns and teal.
Thanks for sharing your experience!
Another FABULOUS Video!!!
I painted my bedroom in Revere Pewter because I heard so many people praising how well this color looks. I absolutely hated it once I painted my bedroom with it. Stay away from it. It reads green, like an ugly green color. I repainted my room and loved Classic Gray.
Stonington Gray is named for a town on the CT shoreline - Stonington.
Thanks for posting this. It comes up all the time. I love your color choices but in my space I don’t like them. I have a north facing living room with knotty pine ceilings and beams. I actually like Benjamin Moore Cedar Grove 444 in my space but I’m hesitant if to go for it because you never mention this green as a good choice. Hmmm maybe a gray would be a better choice?!
Stonington grey looks really good on my kitchen cabinets ;)
I love the idea of you bashing some colors. - grabs popcorn - let ‘em rip!
I like the gray beigh= greige to be honest. You can do so much with it, but I'm with you on Gentleman's Gray. It's definitely not Gray.
Would you please review BM Cement 2112-60. I'm thinking of using is in a 400 sq. ft. studio apartment in San Francisco with ok natural lighting.
My husband wants to paint the family room & kitchen walls with Stonington Gray. My kitchen island is Chelsea grey. Do you think it will look good. I don't get a lot of natural light though.
Hi! So glad I found your channel. Do you have a video or suggestions for navy blues? We like navy for the bedroom for best sleep quality. Unfortunately I don't recall what colour our current room is painted, but I'd be interested to see a range from you with LRVs under ten so I can have a guide when I look to paint the room in our new house back in the Canadalands. :) Hale navy is a bit too denim for me, so looking for just a touch more saturation. Like Naval, or ??? Thanks!
Hi Dani, if you like Naval, have you had a look at BM Old Navy, that's very dark, so it depends how much light you get but that's a saturated color. Or even a Farrow and Ball, Scotch Blue, which is very blue. If that's too blue and you want something that splits the difference between a hale navy and naval, look at Gentleman's Gray, which despite its name reads much more Navy than Gray.
Omg ! You're so right about Stonington Gray. I painted my wardrobe and depending on the light, it has a blue tint that I really don't like.
I find oatmeal more exciting than Seattle Mist. By far.
What about Platinum Gray?
Yeah it does have a lot of blue the name doesn't give it justice I think it's more blue than Gray I wasn't looking for gray wall anyway I was looking for something blue but not too blue and not too dark blue it just was the right blue so gentleman's gray I think they give it that because in the 18th century that was used a lot in gentleman's clubs in the dining rooms I see it in some of the PBS movies old movies so I think that's where they get it from
“It’s pretty saturated in Blue OBVIOUSLY! And it just seems like a BIG miss in the naming department!” 😂
Ok I love Gentlemen's gray but agree with the name. stonington I keep going back and forth if I want to use, this might have convinced me to not use it. I painted my bedroom dior gray and I like it but don't love it. I am thinking of hale navy instead (I know not grey)
Hale Navy is beautiful.
1:08 I actually see all except the first one to be equal. 1:31 I dont think it looks that bad, but I see it as blue rather than gray, I agree its not gray
I love gentlemen's gray how can you do this to my heart I have it as an accent wall in my kitchen and my kitchen is very Woody it's Oak Red Oak are you feeling me here Red Oak everywhere I am changing my cabinet to the bottom gray on the top white and I have gentlemen Square as an accent color and I have my grandmother's table also Red Oak so I paired it with some black chairs to break up that woodsy in this apartment kitchen but I love gentleman's Gray I sit down and it's so calming and since I am on the last floor I see the sky this blue sky bumps off of the wall I just love it my heart is broken because you don't love gentleman's Gray
Haaaaa - I tested 5 greys for my front entry and Cumulus Cloud was one of them. Hideous! Drastic (and unwelcome) changes to the colour with door open vs door closed with light on. I expect a visual change, but not that much. It looked/felt flat and kinda blah overall.
Great info👍
For me, and I'm sorry to tell you, because I know how you like this grey is AGREEABLE GRAY. There! I said it. I have this one all over my house and I tell you, is such boring color I can't stand it. I was able to make it not so...I don't know so "agreeable "😁 in my master with an accent color. And I can now tolerate it. Now I have the rest of the house to figure out. So, yeah, that's my no no grey. That said, I got to tell you i truly enjoy your videos and loved how your absolutely gorgeous house turned out. 👏👏🤩
Whoops, busted. You made a video last summer that mentioned Cumulonimbus - both the cloud and the paint, and as a meteorology geek I whacked that subscribe button. I laughed to hear it mentioned again… but I agree! That is not the colour of a cumulus cloud! >8(
This is a lovely video on why my house on the inside was not painted gray. They are like men in the dark. They all look the same. Sorry I couldn't resist. That was evil. But a friend of mine had her inside painted and a gray/dash of blue that was one of those no-name a custom mix colors. And I tried it and every room was beautiful the way the light hits it. But they're also after seven years being moved over to Evergreen fog. Let's hear it for Evergreen fog woo hoo Joy joy joy. And UBrnze on the entryway. And a couple of other spots. Joy joy joy
We welcome jokes here Gail, especially puns!
Oh dear. I am a subscriber. But I have six cats. Does that make me a really really really really really really cute subscriber? Ha ha I can't wait to see what the colors are you know they're going to be bad. I'm just totally in love with Evergreen fog and urbane bronze.
Where my cloud nerds at??
Greys are so popular- unfortunately for me I don’t like Grey, greige, beige etc. I look for deep rich colours, cobalt blues, yolk yellows, butter creamy yellows, rich corals, aubergine …… I feel let down by neutrals.
Some of us love colours! Live your saturated life Elyse!
You look great in a beard! It gives your face strength.
We bought a house with mid tone/dark grey in all the rooms. I really dislike it. In certain lights and rooms it looks more blue in others it looks more greige. My husband loves it. I wish I new what it was to sway anyone else from painting their whole house in it. So much grey.
I hear you. It can start to feel cold. Plenty of options though that will bring more warmth and light to the space that might satisfy both you and your husband?
@@thepaintpeople That would be perfect.
I know you from somewhere! It’s driving me crazy! What other show did you host??
I used to do videos about fragrance! Haha
Seattle Mist? Isn't that the name of the horse that won the Kentucky Derby one time? Or the whole thing? Oh no that was Seattle slew. Well it would take a lot of slough to make Seattle mist look good.
SO, SO, SO SICK OF ANY VERSION OF GRAY!!!🤢🤮
Grey is awful when it just looks like parking lot or sidewalk concrete, or looks like a battleship. Ugh
The color gray has had its day. Move on to another color trend
Not a fan of Seattle mist
Yeah dont like cliffside gray
Cumulus cloud, dont like
I dont like gray😒
fair enough!