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Sherwin Williams Comfort Gray 6205: Paint Color Review

Posted on December 10, 2021 by KylieMawdsley

The most BEAUTIFUL green-blue-gray blend paint color for walls         

If you’re looking for the PERFECT blend of green, blue and gray, look no further than Sherwin Williams Comfort Gray.

Wall paint colour review of Sherwin Williams Comfort Gray, green, blue and gray color by Kylie M Interiors Edesign and advice blog

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In order to show you RELATEABLE & REAL homes, I ONLY use photos from my Online Color Consulting clients. This means I don’t always have the quality photos I need or the RIGHT photos, but DEFINITELY have some SUPER helpful info to help you on your way!

What type of paint color is Comfort Gray – is it a COLOR or a GRAY?

While its name might SUGGEST gray, Comfort Gray is actually a green paint color (blend) with the color showing up to the party JUST enough to be obvious without overstaying its welcome. We’ll get into its particular blend shortly.

With its slightly higher chroma (color), Comfort Gray can be a gorgeous choice for north-facing rooms, whereas gray paint colors with green-blue undertones can often look icy cold. It’s also a beautiful choice for south-facing rooms or spaces with western exposure, helping to balance out the warmth of the sunshine!

Sherwin Williams Comfort Gray in farmhouse style dining room. Kylie M Interiors Edesign, client before photo

North, East, South, West – Which Paint Color is the Best?

What’s the LRV of Comfort Gray

Comfort Gray has an LRV of 54, making it a light-medium depth paint color, but on the HIGHER side of this range for sure.

This slightly lower LRV along with its extra bit of color makes Comfort Gray a beautiful choice for bright and light rooms as well as darker rooms (as long as you’re not expecting an abundance of color).

Not sure what LRV is? It could save your paint lovin’ life – read all about it HERE.

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What are the undertones of Comfort Gray? Will it look overly green or blue?

Just like the lighter version, Sherwin Williams Sea Salt, Comfort Gray is a NINJA. While it should cater to a green undertone, it easily leans into blue. However, unlike Sea Salt, it rarely becomes DOMINATED by the blue and usually shows up as a beautiful blend.

Difference between blue green gray paint colours, Sherwin Williams Rainwashed, Smoky Green, Comfort Gray against soft white trim. Kylie M Interiors Edesign

What’s the best way to sample any paint color?

Let’s take a quick break to talk about paint samples…

Undoubtedly, you’ll be heading out in the near future to grab paint samples – stop right there! I want you to check out SAMPLIZE. Samplize offers peel and stick paint samples that are more AFFORDABLE, EASIER and more ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY than traditional paint pots. Here are just a FEW reasons why I recommend Samplize to my clients…

Paint colour review of tool Samplize, peel and stick samples. Benjamin Moore, Sherwin Williams, Farrow and Ball, Home Depot. Kylie M Interiors Edesign, online paint color consulting

  • samples arrive ON YOUR DOORSTEP in 1 DAY, depending on location
  • they’re more affordable than the samples pots/rollers/foam boards that are needed for traditional paint sampling
  • if you keep the samples on their white paper, you can move them around the room

Visit the SAMPLIZE website HERE

What’s the best white trim color if my walls are Comfort Gray?

  • Sherwin Williams Pure White
  • Sherwin Williams Alabaster (expect the yellow undertone of Alabaster to show up a bit more against Comfort Gray)
  • Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace

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Is Comfort Gray a good exterior paint color?

It’s not that Comfort Gray isn’t a good option, it’s just not a POPULAR option as the majority of homeowners lean into neutrals or white. As it relates to COLORS, more people prefer blue or green on exteriors rather than blends.

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Is Comfort Gray a popular color for kitchen cabinets?

Are you KIDDING ME? Comfort Gray could be a STUNNING cabinet color, I wish more people would do it! It would be particularly beautiful with soft white or off-white walls.

Oak kitchen island painted Sherwin Comfort Gray, white quartz countertop. Update ideas Kylie M Interiors DIY decorating and paint color blogger

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What paint colors are similar to Comfort Gray

And if you’re thinking of color matching between brands (ie: getting Benjamin Moore to make a Sherwin Williams paint color), you might want to read THIS first.

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What paint colors go well with Comfort Gray

There you have it! Hopefully, you’ve figured out whether Comfort Gray is the color for you. If not, you know there’s more where that came from!

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Not sure which paint color is best for YOUR home?

Check out my Online Paint Color Consulting – I’d love to help!

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Comments

  1. We’re at the end of a kitchen renovation and have done our cabinets in Comfort Gray, based off your review (I’d love to send you the pictures once they’re done professionally?!) and I’m absolutely in LOVE. We had the kitchen walls painted Pure White along with the rest of our open floor plan and it is way too much white for me, definitely overwhelming. What color would you suggest we try for the walls? We have SW Pure White on the hood and on other built in cabinets in the dining room so it would need to compliment that as well. Send help LOL I don’t want to take away from the beauty of Comfort Gray but I can’t take all this white

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      Madison, I would looooove to see photos! If they’re by a professional, they actually need to give you permission for me to put them on my site, but if they’re good with it, that would be amazing! Now, with Pure White on the hood, hmmm. What countertops do you have? Tell, you what, why don’t you email me some photos of your space as it is and I can get my eyeballs on it? kylie@kylieminteriors.ca (don’t miss the ‘m’ between the kylie and interiors, people often do!) Make sure the subject line says, ‘Kylie said she’d look at my kitchen’ 🙂

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