Benjamin Moore Graystone: Undertones, Best Uses, & Real Home Advice
By Kylie
August 13, 2023
A GREIGE WITH BENEFITS
Thinking of painting your exterior, cabinets, or walls and not sure which neutral is best? Looking for a shade with a bit more meat on its bones? Let’s see if Graystone is the color you’ve been searching for…
WHAT TYPE OF COLOR IS GRAYSTONE – GREIGE OR GRAY?
Graystone is a WARM paint color. While it might look gray, Graystone straddles the line between warm gray and GREIGE. This means that Graystone can shift how it looks based on the EXPOSURE of your room.
If you have a north-facing room, Graystone will surely lean into gray but should never look cold or icy. If you have southern or afternoon western sun, Graystone can pick up a bit more of its greige warmth without leaning ANYWHERE near the beige end of things.
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WHAT’S THE LRV OF GRAYSTONE?
Graystone has an LRV of 30. With this LRV, Graystone is a solid MEDIUM depth warm gray/greige paint color.
Not sure what LRV is? It could save your paint-lovin’ life – read all about it HERE.
If you have a dark room, Graystone could look a bit drab and flat – you NEED adequate and quality interior light for it to look its best. On the other hand, in a super bright room, Graystone’s lower LRV helps it hold up to intense light, not washing out as much as lighter colors will.
How to Make a Dark Room Look Brighter – and it ain’t with paint!
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WHAT ARE GRAYSTONE’S UNDERTONES?
Graystone has a subtle GREEN undertone which ebbs and flows depending on its surrounding finishes, the sheen of the paint, the interior lighting situation, and the room’s exposure.
In the above photo, notice how the strong hit of natural light takes quite a bit of the muddiness out of Graystone, lightens it up, and looks LESS GREEN than in some other spaces.
Here’s Graystone on the OTHER side of the same room…
Benjamin Moore Cheating Heart door, White Dove trim
SAMPLING GRAYSTONE WITH PEEL & STICK
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WHAT WHITE TRIM COLOR GOES BEST WITH GRAYSTONE WALLS?
Graystone is reasonably flexible, thanks to its warmth and depth. So, while these are my fave shades of white with it, there are many more that will work!
- Benjamin Moore White Dove
- Benjamin Moore Cloud White
The ULTIMATE GUIDE to White Paint Colours
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IS GRAYSTONE A GOOD EXTERIOR COLOR FOR SIDING OR TRIM?
Whether it’s for siding, stucco, shutters, or trims, Graystone can be amazeballs. But as with any paint color, it’s VITAL that you make sure it’s the right color/undertone for your stonework, brick, roof, and any other exterior features.
Graystone shutters
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IS GRAYSTONE A GOOD COLOR FOR KITCHEN CABINETS OR AN ISLAND?
With greige being a popular cabinet color, Graystone has the POTENTIAL to be a great choice. However, even if you fall madly in love with it, it HAS to suit its surrounding finishes, including the countertop, backsplash, and flooring. Sometimes, Graystone has a WINK too warm green undertone for many of the popular quartz and granite countertops.
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WHAT PAINT COLORS ARE SIMILAR TO GRAYSTONE?
Comparison is one of the BEST WAYS to choose a paint color. There will always be variations between colors and brands (in depths and undertones). Comparing with Samplize can help you land on the right shade for you and your home.
- Sherwin Williams Pavestone
- Sherwin Williams Dorian Gray
- Benjamin Moore Metropolis
- Sherwin Williams Dovetail
Graystone on walls
Remember, if you’re thinking of color matching between brands, you won’t get an exact match (no matter what they tell you). Read THIS first.
WHAT COLORS LOOK GOOD WITH GRAYSTONE?
Being a greige paint colour, Graystone will be sensitive to colors that are cooler and LIGHTER than it. Instead, here are some of my fave considerations…
- lighter greige paint colors with a subtle green undertone
- some soft and subtle off-white paint colors (warm, not cool)
- some stormy gray-blue blends (with depth)
- VERY muted beige and tan paint colors
- darker shades of greige
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The Best Paint Colors for Cabinets, Vanities & Islands
Not sure which paint colour is best for YOUR home?
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Homeowner’s Guide: Exterior Paint Colors
This isn’t a list of the ‘best exterior paint colors’, as the best color is the one that suits your home. Instead, you’ll learn how to look at YOUR roof, YOUR windows, YOUR brick (or stone) and YOUR home as a whole so you can understand what colors make sense, and confidently throw the others in the burn pile.
Whether you’re repainting an outdated exterior, working around finishes you can’t change, or creating a color palette from scratch, the goal is the same: less guessing, fewer samples, and a lot more confidence before gallons of paint go on your home.
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This isn’t a list of ‘the best trim colors’, although you’ll get a ton of links to great shades, you’ll learn how to look at your home and understand whether it needs contrast, repetition, connection, or a little visual peacekeeping to pull it all together.
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Comments
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Hello, been following you for years! Question, our siding is Revere Pewter. Trim around windows is going to be Graystone. For our front door would either BM Dragon’s Breath or SW Urbane Bronze be a good fit?
Thank you!
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Shiloh, I’m LOVING the sounds of all of this and would love to see photos of it all done! As for the front door, I would lean into UB, but have you checked out something like BM Wrought Iron or SW Cyberspace? They can also be pretty with the type of palette you’re talking about!
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