Grey Blue Paint Colors: How to Create a Tranquil Slate Mood

Grey Blue Paint Colors: How to Create a Tranquil Slate Mood brings decorating and color inspiration as well as shopping resources for admirers of the best blue gray paint colors. You already know that after white, BLUE colors are my favorite! Whether used as a backdrop for walls or introduced as an accent, blue-grey colors often impart a tranquil, atmospheric, and calm mood, and I love it in my own home. Today, we’ll consider the range of possibilities then imagine an interpretation for a bedroom. Think un-fussy, sophisticated and gentle but “less precious.” It’s a great color for a spa like bathroom. Cheerful coastal interiors have their place, but a chalkier, more Belgian-flavored grey blue will occupy the spotlight today.

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Grey Blue Paint Colors: How to Create a Tranquil Slate Mood

Blue-greys can often lend classic style and calmness as this kitchen demonstrates. (For a similar paint color, try SW Granite Peak 6250.

I’m not certain the blue gray walls in the bath below are painted the same hue as the kitchen cabinets (above) since lighting and exposure issues may be at work.

Aren’t the gold toned sconces, neutrals, and wood tones lovely with this blue undertone hue? (Take a peek at Behr Tranquil Pond to get the look!)

When Ali Cayne’s kitchen was viral on the internet years ago, I recall Sherwin-Williams Gibraltar was often the suggestion for getting the look.

When You Like Your Popular Blue Gray Paint Colors With Gray Undertone

Blue Grey Paint Colors from Behr

Here’s a great place to start if you need swatch suggestions to sample but aren’t sure how dramatic you plan to go.

Farrow & Ball Manor House Gray No. 265

If the first image of the monochromatic Plain English kitchen dazzled you, here are a couple of paint colors you may fancy sampling: FARROW & BALL Manor House Gray No. 265 and BEHR Gotham Gray.

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While they may not be an exact match, both have that atmospheric moody and chalky flavor you may be after.

Grey Blue With Yellow or Green Undertone Paint Ideas

If you love blue grey colors with green undertones, here is a quartet of contenders to give a whirl.

Behr Charcoal Blue

If you like darker blue grays in your blue grey paint color, here’s a possibility that is still in that sophisticated, chalky, Euro-inspired range. (Another stunning contender is SW Daphne 9151.)

The stunning bar area with grayish blue colors below has a smart monochromatic look, and those grilles enhance the look dramatically.

If you’re seeking a teal grey blue, check out Gentleman’s Gray 2062-20 from Benjamin Moore. Easiest way to see if a paint color will work? Order samples with Samplize and have them delivered straight to your door.

Bonus Alternative: Atmospheric & Serene Light Grey Idea

This mud room takes my breath away, and while I am not certain of the color the designer chose for it, I have an intelligent guess…

It seems reminiscent of Sherwin Williams Gray Screen and Sherwin Williams Krypton as well as Sherwin Williams North Star – so do pin if you care to save it for future reference.

Light Grey Paint Color Idea

For a a lighter saturation which reads like a white, try BENJAMIN MOORE Classic Gray with gray undertones which I have used often.

Silvery Blue if You Love a Cool (but not baby blue!) Look

Grey Blue Breezy Bedroom Ideas

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This bedroom caught my eye (photo below: Wayfair) and strikes me as one which would make sense in a variety of different home styles, from coastal to French Country to Rustic Modern Farmhouse.

Get the look with these resources!

1. Bedroom Furniture: Dressers & Nightstands

2. Accessories for the Dresser

Ya know, sometimes it is about what is in the vase, and sometimes it’s the vase! If you have access like I do to fresh and free branches from outdoors, then rustic recycled glass receptacles are a perfect companion.

What’s on my own dresser? A vintage (and pleasingly tarnished) round silver tray holding Diptyque candles, heart-shaped tumbled stones from Israel, and old skeleton keys.

3. Lamps for the Bedroom

4. Curtain Ideas

5. Blue Grey Paint Color Suggestion

6. Beds to Consider

7. Lovely Bedroom Ideas

8. Area Rugs

Experience the Color With a Smaller Gesture

If you’re not sure about living with an expanse of grey blue, how about trying a color out on an object or a door?

Take a Tour On the Other Side of “Breezy”

Treat yourself to this amazing tour of Richard Shapiro’s home in LA – it is exquisite, and the art collection will have you swooning.

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Peace to you right where you are.

-michele

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