Paint color

[nicolewi]

I know this is hard to answer, but I’m just throwing it out there anyway. DD (age 15) wants to paint her bedroom and we really need to get this project going. She wants to just do a light, neutral color. there are two windows in her room, both south facing (northern climate). The trim is a medium brown color. We looked at doing a really soft, very light blush color, but now she wants to go neutral, and I think that’s a good plan in case she changes up her bedding.

The bathroom that connects to her room is kind of an ivory color. We tried the bathroom color on her wall, but in her bedroom, it looks kind of dark and tan. The hallway is a different off-white color but it’s a little yellow so we don’t want to use that color.

She looked at Sherwin-Williams drift of mist, because in the parade of homes, it read like a light neutral, almost more of an off-white than anything else. But in her bedroom, it looks surprisingly gray. She didn’t really want gray and now people are moving away from gray in general.

So we’re kind of stuck on what kind of light neutral we could paint her bedroom that isn’t gonna look weird with two different adjacent off-white colors.

I really just wanna get this done without my usual routine of trying out 1 million different samples. anyone have suggestions for an in-style light neutral that we could try out (could be a popular one; I don't care. or not)? Or any other suggestion?

We still just might try the drift of mist to get this done, but it’s a little bit more gray and a little bit darker maybe then we’d like, although it’s hard to tell without it being painted on an entire wall. We do have a pretty sizable sample chunk painted right now.

[archiethedragon]

both of my girls bedrooms are painted SW seasalt and they both love it

[Susie]

We can toss out lots of paint color brands and names, but you can get the equivalent of that by googling or checking out Pinterest.  What matters is how a particular paint color looks in the specific room and light that you are working with.  You don't have to buy samples, just tape paint chips on the wall and stand back, give it a few days.  I can usually get it down to 1 or 2 this way.  I only buy samples if I really can't make the final decision.

[momin2013]

Yep, just go grab a bunch of paint chips you think you like, tape them up on a couple of different walls, and live with them for a few days to know which you like best. If you like the colour of one but find it’s too dark, you can ask them to tint it at 50% (or even lighter).

[orval]

My bathroom is SW spinach white. While it is green -- it is super light green so fairly neutral. We have grayish brown wood look tile, white trim and a creamy tile. I think it is kind of coastal.
www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/green-paint-colors/sw6434-spinach-white

I also like SW Greek Villa it is more of an off white.
www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/white-paint-colors/SW7551-greek-villa

And I am going to paint my bedroom soon and think I have finally decided on Iceberg by Glidden(Home Depot). I have searched forever for the right super light blue.
www.glidden.com/color/color-families/blues/iceberg

[lavenderblue]

I personally wouldn't worry about how the color looks with the adjacent rooms. Unless you have an open floor plan, no one is going to notice. My colors on my first floor all "go" together because there are no doors, but on my second floor with the bedroom, all bets are off. I currently have three different shades of grey on my second floor I'd recommend going to Sherwin Williams or somewhere similar and have her pick out 3 or 4 colors that she likes and then paint good sized samples and live with them for a few days to see how they look different times of day and in different lighting. I have SW Requisite Grey in my hallway and it looks totally different in natural light vs artificial. I honestly think that it is harder choosing a neutral color vs something less neutral because of how they can look in different spaces and different lights. I have SW Opaline in my LR/DR area and the paint sample reads grey while the paint in the bucket looks almost white and on my walls it reads blue-ish green.

[lust2hart]

ETA: All of these are MUCH darker on my computer screen than in real life, so don't let how they look online scare you! These all have an LRV of at least 70, which is considered a light color, and I think Soft Chamois is light enough to be considered an off-white.

Take a look at SW Neutral Ground. 
www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/white-paint-colors/SW7568-neutral-ground

You could also look at BM Soft Chamois.
www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/oc-13/soft-chamois

If these are too warm, I lovelovelove BM Classic Gray.
www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/oc-23/classic-gray
www.kylieminteriors.ca/paint-color-review-benjamin-moore-classic-gray-1548/ 

[dr.girlfriend]

I have Pale Oak in my bedroom which is a warm creamy kind of beige. Just enough to be a nice contrast with white and goes well with wood.

[InBetweenDays]

Most of our walls are painted Sail Cloth by Benjamin Moore. It's very light neutral - a tan undertone rather than grey. I love it.

Sorry for the random picture. I was trying to find one that gave a good representation of the color and the best one was from May 2020 when our dining room table was DS' school desk.

[cuadrado]

I would order a bundle or two of the neutral paint swatches from Samplize so that you can look at them in the lighting of her room. I think they come in a pack of 8. I used their swatches when I was picking out house colors and they’re so helpful.

BM White Dove is a creamy white that looks good in all different lighting.

I just used SW Frosted Cafe on some cabinets and I wonder if your daughter would like it. It’s a really light pinkish taupe that reads more neutral than pink.