Manchester Tan vs. Edgecombe Gray

[Anonymous]

An amazing color I have been using Manchester tan and we repainted our bedroom and master bath with Edgecomb gray, and it is much more sophisticated looks beautiful up against the decorator, white trim

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Anonymous wrote:I find Revere Pewter to be a nice warm greige. I used it in my office.

+1 I love Revere Pewter, and we have it in the largest living areas of our home (windows face west, but we do have very large, mature trees). Our den is on the shadiest side of our home, has two smallish windows, and gets northern light. Every gray paint we tried in our den seemed to look "greenish." In that one room, Manchester Tan looks great! Definitely a warmer color than the other rooms in our home, but definitely not reading "yellow" and flows well into the other rooms. A friend of mine has Edgecombe Gray in her very shady, smallish home; and it looks wonderful--a somewhat lighter look than the Revere Pewter.

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Anonymous wrote:I painted my 800 square foot addition with Manchester Tan and I couldn't be happier. Yes, its warm, it has a yellow undertone...but with White Dove trim it is perfect for me.

+1 We have Manchester Tan in our den (I just posted earlier) with White Dove trim throughout the house. Love it!

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SW Agreeableggray is very warm for a greige. It’s in our master (house we just bought) and I do not like it. It might work with more natural light than our room has. We are doing White Dove in most rooms as a warm white with a nice gray but neutral undertone. It seems to work everywhere we have tried it except with cool tone hard finishes like some marble.

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We used Edgecombe Gray a few years ago when we were selling our house. One side of the house got a lot of sun and the other shade. It looked beige on the shady side and a little more gray in the sun. It never looked blue or green.

We had initially tried Revere Pewter and it looked muddy on the walls.

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We used SW Crushed Ice. It's a pretty neutral grey, it's actually in their off-white/minimalist palette. It has just enough color to not be white, but it's not beige and it's not cold.

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Stonington Grey and Grey Owl are other BM grey colours which some DCUM people like.

[Anonymous]

I’ve had both in my house.

Manchester Tan reads way too yellow for my liking and I couldn’t get rid of it quickly enough. I repainted in Bennington Gray.

Edgecomb is a light tan neutral in my house. I personally like it, but I know it can read very blue in some lights. Agree that Pale Oak is a good alternative - it’s definitely a warmer color.

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OP of another thread regarding paint colors. We recently painted or South facing Family Room (with lots of afternoon light) Edgecomb gray and I couldn't even tell that is was painted when there was sunlight (alabaster before). We then did the second coat with Revere Pewter and we love that color. I was so done seeing white looking walls and wanted some color in an open floor plan (with cherry color cabinets) and the Revere Pewter did it for us.

Edgecomb may work for North facing rooms but if you want some color, I advice against it for South facing rooms.

Both Edgecomb gray and Revere pewter are warm tones with no hint of blue.

My favorite among all the colors we painted was Mountain Air in a room with lots of Natural light. Love love love that hint of blue.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve had both in my house.

Manchester Tan reads way too yellow for my liking and I couldn’t get rid of it quickly enough. I repainted in Bennington Gray.

Edgecomb is a light tan neutral in my house. I personally like it, but I know it can read very blue in some lights. Agree that Pale Oak is a good alternative - it’s definitely a warmer color.

Do you get a lot of natural light in your home? Our interior den is painted in Manchester Tan and does not look yellow at all. I also love Edgecomb and Pale Oak.

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Thought that this would be a thread about a fight between two guys. Great names.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve had both in my house.

Manchester Tan reads way too yellow for my liking and I couldn’t get rid of it quickly enough. I repainted in Bennington Gray.

Edgecomb is a light tan neutral in my house. I personally like it, but I know it can read very blue in some lights. Agree that Pale Oak is a good alternative - it’s definitely a warmer color.

Do you get a lot of natural light in your home? Our interior den is painted in Manchester Tan and does not look yellow at all. I also love Edgecomb and Pale Oak.

Yes, my house faces southwest and we had Manchester Tan in a space that gets a lot of light - might be why it didn’t work for us. I feel like afternoon light is so yellow.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve had both in my house.

Manchester Tan reads way too yellow for my liking and I couldn’t get rid of it quickly enough. I repainted in Bennington Gray.

Edgecomb is a light tan neutral in my house. I personally like it, but I know it can read very blue in some lights. Agree that Pale Oak is a good alternative - it’s definitely a warmer color.

Do you get a lot of natural light in your home? Our interior den is painted in Manchester Tan and does not look yellow at all. I also love Edgecomb and Pale Oak.

Yes, my house faces southwest and we had Manchester Tan in a space that gets a lot of light - might be why it didn’t work for us. I feel like afternoon light is so yellow.

PP here. That makes sense, for sure.