Good "neutral" to paint walls for selling home

[Anonymous]

Our home interior needs re-painting before we can list it but I hate the starkness of some white paint colors. Do you have any recs for a nice soft white or neutral colors? Our home is a mid-century modern with loads of windows and light pouring in on the top floor but the bottom floor is built into a hill so it's darker.

Thanks so much.

[Anonymous]

Look on Pinterest for Benjamin Moore whites. Many aren't actually white, but light enough and more interesting than white-white. A "greige" color I'd the most popular and neutral right now.

[Anonymous]

Light grey - it is still very trendy.

[Anonymous]

Hush by Benjamin Moore - a cream/taupe color that goes with everything

[Anonymous]

Manchester Tan by Benjamin Moore.

[Anonymous]

Behr swiss coffee

[Anonymous]

Benjamin Moore's Edgecomb Gray is a perfect griege. Very lovely, in low or bright light.

[Anonymous]

Don't listen to the PP. Don't paint it griege or gray if the rooms do not have much light, those colors work if there is a lot of natural light or a lot of artificial light.

If a room is a lower light area, paint white, perhaps with a little yellow or cream color in it. Makes a big difference in how bright, welcoming and clean your house looks.

We got a great deal on a place because they painted all the rooms in gray or greige without thinking about the light or the low lighting in the house. Looked very gloomy and depressing. So much so that when we hired painters to repaint it, they thought we were having it redone to sell it and appeal to buyers instead of the other way around, lol.

[Anonymous]

Dove white is a nice neutral creamy white.

[Anonymous]

decorator white is frequently recommended in WaPo discussions

[Anonymous]

Behr Off white on the walls and ultra white for trim.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't listen to the PP. Don't paint it griege or gray if the rooms do not have much light, those colors work if there is a lot of natural light or a lot of artificial light.

If a room is a lower light area, paint white, perhaps with a little yellow or cream color in it. Makes a big difference in how bright, welcoming and clean your house looks.

We got a great deal on a place because they painted all the rooms in gray or greige without thinking about the light or the low lighting in the house. Looked very gloomy and depressing. So much so that when we hired painters to repaint it, they thought we were having it redone to sell it and appeal to buyers instead of the other way around, lol.

I disagree. Our north facing living room was painted a slightly off white when we bought the house. It looked extremely drab and gloomy. Almost no contrast with the white trim. We got a good deal on the house as well! When I researched colors to repaint, I read that rooms without much sunlight should never be painted white, because it tends to look grayish in low light. With respect to our living room, I had to agree. The walls just looked dirty.

What was recommended were warm mid-tone colors. I'm generally not a fan of beige walls, so we ended up using Benjamin Moore Soleil, which is a warm soft yellow. It works great for us, but is probably not neutral enough for selling (I know there are lots of yellow haters out there - in most cases I would agree, but Soleil is a great color). In any event, I would choose a color that still produces a marked contrast with the (presumably white) trim, because otherwise your room loses a lot of architectural definition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dove white is a nice neutral creamy white.

I think it has a touch of gray in it, though? It's recommended as a white to go with gray marble like Carrara. BM Simply White is a soft, neutral white, and they have many shades of cream too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dove white is a nice neutral creamy white.

I think it has a touch of gray in it, though? It's recommended as a white to go with gray marble like Carrara. BM Simply White is a soft, neutral white, and they have many shades of cream too.

It's got a little yellow in it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't listen to the PP. Don't paint it griege or gray if the rooms do not have much light, those colors work if there is a lot of natural light or a lot of artificial light.

If a room is a lower light area, paint white, perhaps with a little yellow or cream color in it. Makes a big difference in how bright, welcoming and clean your house looks.

We got a great deal on a place because they painted all the rooms in gray or greige without thinking about the light or the low lighting in the house. Looked very gloomy and depressing. So much so that when we hired painters to repaint it, they thought we were having it redone to sell it and appeal to buyers instead of the other way around, lol.

I agree.

Gray is a dreadful wall color except in very well lit rooms.