Is Benjamin Moore Revere Pewter the Best Warm Gray Cabinet Color?
Is Revere Pewter the Top Warm Gray for Cabinets?
Have you been looking for the perfect gray paint color for your cabinets and are currently looking at 50 shades of them? Are you leaning towards the slightly warmer end without jumping on the cream or beige train? Revere Pewter HC-172 might be just the color you’ve been looking for!
However, it has some serious conditions, as not all grays are created equal, and Revere Pewter steps outside the standard gray box.
WHAT TYPE OF GRAY IS REVERE PEWTER?
Revere Pewter is a warm gray that tips its hat quite firmly at greige, meaning it has a bit of ‘dirt’ or beige. Will it ever look beige on your cabinets? Heck no, it’s not that warm; it’s just not anywhere near the more traditional gray world.
Kylie M Interiors / Rick Pharaoh Photography / Lewis Remodelling / Revere Pewter 25% darker
WHAT ARE THE UNDERTONES OF REVERE PEWTER?
While it might look like a pretty true gray in some light, it has a green undertone, and this is where it gets tricky. Many popular white quartz countertops cater to a purple undertone, not a green one. Some still partner these quartz countertops with Revere Pewter and enjoy the play of differing undertones (myself included). However, others are fussy about these partnerships.
Let’s look at Revere Pewter in my client’s kitchen, with lightened Edgecomb Gray on the walls and a more modern-style quartz counter…
This next photo shows how warm and green Revere Pewter (darkened) is compared to Benjamin Moore Stonington Gray’s more stormy, cool look.
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THE DEPTH OF REVERE PEWTER ON CABINETS: SHOULD YOU DARKEN IT?
Revere Pewter has an LRV of 55.05, which means it’s a light-depth paint color, but it’s darn close to being a light-medium depth as it has a bit more meat on its bones.
Revere Pewter is regular strength in the above kitchen; the countertop is unknown.
However, you might find that the sheen of cabinet paint (the recommended satin finish) makes the Revere Pewter appear a bit lighter than you expect, especially if you’ve seen it on walls (in a matte or eggshell finish). For this reason, I often suggest darkening Revere Pewter by 25% or 50% – heck, get samples made up of both. Painting kitchen cabinets is a MASSIVE PROJECT; it’s well worth taking your time with sampling!
Because I love to play around, I tried 40% with these samples.
If you think Revere Pewter might be too dark for your kitchen, explore colors with a higher LRV, such as Sherwin Williams Agreeable Gray, Egret White, and MORE HERE. Just remember: the lighter your cabinet color is (other than white), the harder it can be to find a coordinating wall color.
Here’s your Peel & Stick sample of Revere Pewter…
In this next beautiful kitchen by Lewis Remodelling and Kylie M Interiors, the Revere Pewter cabinets are darkened by 25%…
See the FULL REMODEL HERE
WHY I REGRET REVERE PEWTER ON MY CABINETS
I chose Revere Pewter for the cabinets in my kitchen and had it darkened by approximately 25% to give it more depth. I paired it with the off-white quartz Cambria Brittanica Warm, which is stunning with Revere Pewter…
Because our home has a pretty open floor plan, I also painted our secondary doors (bedroom, laundry room, bathroom) Revere Pewter to create a visual link, and I love the look of them with white trim (Benjamin Moore White Dove)…
As you can see in these next two photos, I changed the layout of the cabinets, giving us WAY more upper cabinet space!
But truth be told, I regret choosing Revere Pewter for my cabinets and doors.
Why?
First of all, I regret most of my choices because I always pine for the color(s) I didn’t choose – the nature of the profession. But I regret Revere Pewter because it limits the paint color options for my WALLS – that’s right, my walls.
Revere Pewter is a light to light-medium depth warm gray-greige with a green undertone. To get any contrast with the walls, my walls need to be white or off-white with undertones that suit Revere Pewter (limiting). Alternatively, my walls need to be a good 20+ LRV points darker than RP, which ain’t happening. I love to change things up at least yearly, and even though I desperately want to paint my walls a light or light-medium depth paint color, I can’t, as Revere Pewter has already taken up that position.
If I paint the walls a light-depth color that’s NOT Revere Pewter, they’ll fight each other.
Therefore, I’m stuck with a palette of Revere Pewter with white, off-white, OR a considerably darker color on the walls (which I don’t want for the entire open concept of my home).
In ALL of the above photos, the walls are Benjamin Moore Edgecomb Gray (lightened to provide contrast), but recently, I’ve changed the walls to Benjamin Moore White Dove (due to lack of choice, although I still love the look).
SHOULD YOU PAINT YOUR CABINETS BM REVERE PEWTER?
If you’re the type of person who chooses a color and sticks with it for many moons, then don’t let the above sway you. If you love something regardless of whether it’s trendy and will still love it when it’s NOT trendy, fill yer lil gray boots! And hey, if you’re happy with warm white/off-white walls OR a medium to medium-dark color forever and ever, amen – PAINT AWAY, MY FRIEND!
But if, like me, you love to change things up occasionally, Revere Pewter will severely limit your future options.
Now, let’s round this all up with some bullet points…
PROS TO BENJAMIN MOORE REVERE PEWTER CABINETS
- non-white and light-depth colors are popular on cabinets right now
- if you’re looking for a greige paint color for your cabinets, depending on your perception, Revere Pewter covers that, as it’s quite a warm gray
- it gives a different look compared to the standard gray cabinets being installed by many builders
- it’s a unique color
CONS TO BENJAMIN MOORE REVERE PEWTER CABINETS
- you’ll have a hard time finding coordinating countertops compared to cooler or stormier grays
- the depth of it will limit your wall color choices
Here’s your Peel & Stick sample of Revere Pewter…
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ORIGINALLY WRITTEN IN 2022, UPDATED IN 2024
I went from lots of color in my house between Berkshire Beige in living room walls and ceiling (high ceiling ) and a Tuscan gold for the rest of the house. Dark brown/green black kitchen granite (tropical brown) and cream with chocolate glaze cabinets – to EDGECOMB gray throughout the house and White Dove trims and ceilings. So my cabinets look “not good”. What do I do? I thought Revere Pewter and love it on your cabinets but reading your article to the end makes me think not. Thank you for your insight , sharing your talents and adventures! I was going to go with White Dove on cabinets but it all just seems to “light” or bland after having so much color.
What did you end up doing for YOUR cabinet color? I saw where you mentioned others are darkened and by what percentage, but I couldn’t find how much yours were darkened, if at all. Thank you!
Hi Chase! While it’s not 100%, as it was a manufacturer who whipped it up for me, it’s approx 25% darker :).
Hi, Kylie. I am really enjoying your blog. Could you comment on doing the opposite of picking Revere Pewter for the cabinets and trying to find a wall color? We are considering painting the kitchen walls Revere Pewter and the cabinets a slightly different color. We have honey oak trim and floors and appreciate the green undertones that Revere Pewter portrays. We currently have it in our living room and want to bring it into the kitchen. You have talked about gray being on the way out, so we don’t want to go too cool. Galveston Gray is supposed to be a coordinating color, but it seems so dark for a kitchen.
KYLIE, since you are kind of regreting revere pewter, what color would you paint your walls and cabinets?
Ooooo, good question! If I were to change things RIGHT NOW (and I hopefully will soon), I would do BM White Dove on my cabinets (as this is already on my ceilings/trims too) and PROBABLY Sherwin Williams Aesthetic White on my walls or BM Edgecomb Gray. These would all give me some more flexibility in the long-term :).
Thanks so much Kylie. Your shared experience is so helpful.
What color is the dark island color?
That’s SW Urbane Bronze 🙂
Kylie
I have Anew Gray kitchen cabinets with beadboard backsplash, facing south. I didn’t like how gray they looked so I have tried different color paints on the backsplash, adaptive shade, country tweed. At your suggestion I tried Urban Bronze. Just like you said, it is beautiful and I am finally happy with my kitchen!! Thank you for sharing your expertise.
Hello Kylie-
In the kitchen photo at the top of this post with revere pewter cabinets and a black island, can you tell me where the subway tile is from for the backsplash? I LOVE it!!! It looks like an offwhite white gray in it as well. But haven’t been able to find it anywhere. Appreciate your help!
Thanks,
Terri
Hey Terri, thank you, that’s my own kitchen! I can’t remember EXACTLY the one, but I know it’s an AMES tile. If you go online and search and THINK you’ve found it, tell me which one and I know I’ll recognize the name/picture when I see it :).
What color is the dark island in this kitchen?
Hi Erika, that’s SW URbane Bronze!
Kylie,
I too am wondering if you remember the name of the tile in your kitchen?
Welll, it’s an Ames tile, but they no longer carry it…of course.
We’re remodeling the kitchen in our basement and I was considering revere pewter walls with edgecomb gray cabinets. thoughts?