Im going to show you the undertones of Benjamin Moore . If that interests you, I have some affordable and fun options to check out! OC-96 Gentle Cream - Paint Color | Spectrum Paint Center This exquisite, slightly darker cream is soothing and richly shaded, adding depth and interest to formal living spaces. Thanks so much! This means that Im WELL-versed on everything Gentle Cream, as Ive had first-hand experience with it in many different rooms with MANY different exposures! forgot the best one that shows how green the sunroom looks. Okay, I think that painting the walls barn red wouldnt be great idea for your space. The room faces north, and is partially below grade, virtually no natural light. As for finish, I lean more toward eggshell if youre super clean freak as it just is more washable/wipeable. Hi there I discovered your site through a google search and Im hoping you can give me some advice. Actually the Raspberry Truffle is not bright at all in the brightest day light. Would Sherwin Williams Navajo white work in a basement with average lighting? Have you ever tried to lighten Gentle Cream by 25%? It was lighter but I like how it looks in the less natural lit living room. I do try to give as much helpful info on my blog, and if that doesnt work, you might like to check out my E-design it is affordable and fun this way I can look at photos of your space and spend some time with it! Is Gray (or Whitewash) Still a Popular Colour for Wood Flooring, Carpet or Tile? I have tries greys , whites nothing. Hi Kylie! Just keep in mind that the blu in Hale Navy can slightly enhance the warmth (yellow) of a warm white. BTW, from now on Im just calling it Gentle Cream so we can BOTH keep our sanity. Okay, so while I have my Benjamin Moore chips sitting here with me in my office (aka Starbucks ) I dont have the other brand samples on hand, however, hopefully with good ole BM, hopefully we can find some solutions! What cream paint color compliments orange ? I have been SWAMPED with questions lately and am referring most people to my Online Consulting, so Ill have to make my reply quick and sweet! The furniture is the land of Nod uptown bed set in gray. Gentle Cream is what I call a heavy cream. Beautiful pics BTW I love your Pewter dining room! My floors are Charcoal Maple laminate throughout except in kitchen and bathroom (still need to choose the tile) Anyway, I was thinking of painting the kitchen and hallways all in Benjamin Moore White Dove- eggshell finish, living room Revere Pewter matte finish. I left an earlier message about the interior colour i like and our painter matched to BM Soleil. See how Gentle Cream just looks a bit more soft and subtle in a north-facing light? So maybe you can give me some input. This exquisite, slightly darker cream is soothing and richly shaded, adding depth and interest to formal living spaces. OC-96 Gentle Cream is part of Benjamin Moore's Off-White Collection. All of the above being said, theres nothing wrong with cream (Gentle Cream). It acts like white, but that wee drop of yellow in it provides the relief it needs so that it isnt stark and cold. And in the future is on my wish list for the breezeway which would have tons of natural light east/south/west exposure. In my home, certain rooms and times of day bring out that slight yellow undertone in Gentle Cream that you mentioned, and it is a color that makes me feel happy and calm. Benjamin Moore Natural Cream is a fabulous up and coming paint color that is taking the internet by storm! It's a great colour to pair with earth tones, neutrals (like chocolate brown and charcoal) and in dark hallways when you want a warm, but not white look. Benjamin Moore Gentle Cream. First, I want to thank you Kylie for the work you do and this blog! 3. If that interests you, heres the link. Love it!! Lesson learned too late. Hope to hear from you! The curtains are an orange / cream print and the bunk bed is painted Van Duesan blue. Im about to go crazy. So, how do you go about finding the one thats just right for you? There are 50 million shades of Navy for my shutters. Now it does have a yellow undertone and really is essentially white, it will let all of your other colours do their own thing without affecting them one way or another. Gentle Cream has an LRV of 71. Peg, Hi Peg! A lot of cream paint colours sit in the off-white range, with LRVs up in the 80s. 1. Benjamin Moore Gentle Cream (OC-96) Sherwin Williams Alpaca (7022) This paint color is what you should choose if you're on the fence between wanting a warm, white, gray, or farmhouse kitchen look. What are we doing wrong? It sounds to me like you might need a more gray tone to humour those countertpos and then can supplement that with other rooms in warmer colours and adding some warm accents/textures to warm up the gray toned walls. Navajo White belongs to that user-friendly category of colors that can go anywhere in your home. Send me some photos when youre done I love before and after photos!!!!! Thanks for the details on the others. It was brutal making so many decisions. Revere Pewter. The wall directly across the cabinets is the longest wall with a sliding glass door and a bay window. Anything that is greenish/blueish/purpleish will accent it so the key is blending. So, start out with those and let me know what you think and THANK you for your patience Denise you are a Saint! Hi Jessica, I havent, but the idea of it makes me happy! ( PS. These are the curtains for reference: The dining room thats in between these two rooms is absolutely driving me nuts I have painted swatches on every wall and NOTHING looks right. I love the color but im afraid itll make the room too dark. It is interesting AND informative. I dont know if I should use white or light light gray color or a blend of both? 2148-70. Double bow : ). ok so here goes. ), And really, the rest of the blue/greens are more in the pastel range and are pretty genuine colours with no gray in them, so Im not even going to go there (unless you really want me to. I live in a farmhouse and have GREAT light for my hallways on the first floor going up to the second floor ( so there is a lot of hallway to paint) My downstairs rooms are Archive ( from Farrow and Ball) so they are a forever changing with the light dark beige with overtones sometimes or a pink in there..then upstairs there is a pinkish room , archive one and a Cornforth White ( from F and B ) . Looking for a fresh and neutral color to brighten up your home? The Edgecomb seems to work better with the granite, but might make the Antique White trim look a little more yellow than the Sail Cloth does. Rochester Hills. Plus I have differ wood tones for retail shelves and such so I want the colors to compliment the wood. I appreciate your time Kylie! I even painted a large swatch of Revere Pewter an that looked greenish. Very subtle and pretty. While it naturally deepens, it reacts really well to interior lighting (because if you have a dark room, you probably have more lights on). I appreciate the neutralizing suggestion I am guessing you mean with rugs, pictures & furniture I can neutralize. I can either try and tweak the sunroom color by having the lighter living room bad mix of Latte matched and see if they could take out the green undertone. So, looking at your photos, my first thought is that the sunroom needs to be visually balanced with the dining room. Hi Kylie, I love your site and blog! I enjoy your information..I have been using your advice on paint colors (I only use BEN Moore)..we lost our home in the Houston Harvey flood and have been living in a hotel while a mid-rise condo we bought is being TOTALLY renovatedthey just put the cabinets in after 5mos of waitingI am the ONE doing the design and I am NOT a designerthe hardest part has been picking a paint color for living/dining /kitchen area which is altogether and will be the same color as well as the entryway and my husbands office ..all the same colorso after buying about $250 worth of paint samplesI think I am going with GENTLE CREAM..my style is French Country ..my couch is off white.one chair is blue (chair we saved from flood)..one chair is being re-covered in a print that has the blue/red/green/yellow ..ETHAN ALLEN peacock print.. (also, red dining chairs saved in flood).the print pulls the perfect blue/red from the couple of items we carried upstairs (right before water came in)..and one chair is soft creamy yellow..ALSO, Mary, at Ethan allen chose a print (cream/red) for our dining drapes (10ft ceilings).ALSOthis whole area is a SOUTH facing (one big) roomso because you said GENTLE CREAM is good for south facingand I do want a WHISPER of yellow and you said gentle cream does what you tell it to do..thats why I was thinking of GENTLE CREAMwe have bought primer and put on wall under the sample of gentle cream to see a truer version of how it will look and we put some in each roommy question isWill the gentle cream look more khaki or will it have the whisper of yellow I want for the French country look? if photos would help, I have them on photobucket. Feel free to check out the reviews. For bathrooms/laundry you can do a Satin/Pearl finish so that its wipeable, but not too shiny. Really, it acts like white without being as stark. Some of the greige colours lean towards the greenish side and I want to be careful as while they are beautiful colours I worry that your walls would end up looking like a colour when up against your red toned floor! I dont. Trish here (in Houston) I was so excited when I got home today and saw your responsemy husband had spent all day putting primer on the walls trying more colorsso when I began reading your gentle cream site to him and saw you responded..YEAH??? We have young kids so wipability is big for us and where we are isnt permenant. If your BenMoore cant do it, just take the colour chip to Home Depot and they will colour match it and lighten it for you into their brands. Being the daughter of a housepainter, you would think I would have learned about undertones. Its flexible and fresh while still being warm and inviting. If you do prefer the gloss finish, just be aware that it can show off any damage to your walls and can look abrasive when artificial light hits it (as it is reflective). I have just bought a new home that has cherry oak cabinets, doors and molding throughout. You know, Gentle Cream does alright in a dark room. Hi Kathy, thank you for asking. Hello Kylie..its me again, Trish..we are trying more BM colors todaythe Gentle Cream is coming off perfect on one wall but Khaki on the largest wall and I dont want khaki so we are back to drawing boardI really want CREAM without screaming yellow because area I am covering is SO large I am REALLY having a difficult time finding a cream with depth so I am changing gears towards a SOFT CREAM (no tans or grays) so today (after us researching net till 1am) Jim is going to get BM FEATHERBED AND MAYONNAISEhe and I are both so stressed about this colorcan you think of a BM color that is great for HOT south facing large room that says French country with cream (I like cream for my backdrop) it can be soft but pronounced to show off crown moldingANY IDEAS ON ANOTHER COLOR..also, I will be keeping black out curtains closed during daytime in Houston heat..(10 ft ceilings).again..colors in furniture are cream couch..blue wingback chairpeacock material (blue, red, yellow, green) and dining drapes are autumn red and cream French printI am using a blue/gray backsplash in kitchen next to drapesthank you Kylieyou are my ONLY go toand I trust your opinion after reading all your sites many times..???????? 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