Grey: Grey is a popular colour for walls. It creates an instant modern look within a home as it’s sharp and strong. Using grey well on your walls is all about how you work with the colour to draw out its warmth, as you can run the risk of it making a room feel colder and smaller. Here you see an example of a light grey being used on the walls to accentuate the stunning detailing of the architecture in the interior and gently draw your eye to the white windows, the view and the angle of the roof line. This is where grey’s ability to be neutral and not draw attention excels, as it showcases what causes emotion in the room perfectly. Grey needs to be matched well. Other colours in the room are going to affect how the grey looks, so don’t trust how it looks in the paint store – you need to test it on your own walls.
Beige: When I started the colour scheme for our first project nearly 10 years ago, I decided on the colour everyone seemed to be using at the time, a light beige that was a common interior colour. There is a reason this colour works well; it’s warm, it complements other colours and textures and is adaptable to a variety of interior styles.
Pick your neutral Most colours evoke emotion. The same is true of neutral tones. For example: White evokes a purity, sense of space, and neutrality Taupe or beige provides reliability, stability and warmth Grey doesn’t evoke emotion the ways other colours do; in fact, it is described as a neutral, non-invasive colour grey
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