grey vs gray vs off-black

let’s cut right to the point. there are way too many colours in the world of paint. we came to this conclusion when we started deciding on interior colours. it’s not that we’re against the vast selection. in fact we were quite happy to see how many ways we could slice grey. but it’s when we started looking at the names for these colours that we realized things had gone too far. if i was running the paint company it would be grey, a little bit greyer, much greyer, almost black, and so on and so on.

instead we went with tulle white and something esoteric silver. those are the main house colours. although I refer to them as grey 1 and grey 2. to the naked eye you can barely tell the difference. but if we ever do a magazine article or have particularly fancy dinner guests over we'll be able to talk eloquently about how grey 1 picks up the morning sun especially well at our latitude and how grey 2 reflects on the urban environment and our desire to help transform it. 

grey 1 picking up said morning sun. 

grey 2 reflecting the urbanism.

the upstairs rooms will each have some bright coloured feature walls to add some more fun. so far we’re leaning towards morning dewdrop and overripe eggplant. but you never know.