These shades of greige are perfect for any space in your home.
What the heck is greige, you ask? I know you know because you wouldn’t be here if you didn’t know!
What is greige exactly?
But for anyone who is just getting into interior decor and design terminology, greige is the perfect combination of grey and beige.
Why is this a big deal? Well, because most people want to paint their home in a neutral colour that’s not white (although we’ll admit white is having a huge moment these days!), the go to colours are grey and beige.
Grey tends to be on the cooler side of the colour spectrum and beige is more on the warmer side. Greige gives you the perfect balance between the two. Because it falls right smack dab in the middle making it a neutral tone, it’s also a calming colour to have on your walls.
With greige as the backdrop of your design colour palette, it gives you the freedom to play with a lot of different colours in your home. It buys you design flexibility and creativity.
How to use greige in your home?
Greige is ideal for large open spaces like living/dining combos like great rooms, hallways, bathrooms, and bedrooms. Yep, that means pretty much anywhere in your home.
At Daakor, we use greige with a variety of different design styles. It works really well with farmhouse and coastal design styles as well as more modern and mid-century design styles.
When you are using greige, embrace how versatile it is. Make it part of a colour palette that incorporates punches of colour. Keeping with the versatile theme, you can layer greige with other neutrals for a more elevated look.
If you are choosing to layer with greys and beiges, remember that monochromatic colour palettes require a lot of texture to keep it from looking boring.
Our favourite greige paint colours
Checkout our favourite go-to greige paint colours. We’ve broken them down by brand.
Benjamin Moore makes some of our favourite greige paint colours.
The lighter shades of greige makes a space feel more open and adds the perfect amount of warmth to a room. The lighter shade makes the room feel crisp, fresh and inviting. These lighter shades are perfect for nurseries and small bedrooms.
We have some favourite beige paints from Sherwin Williams too.
Medium tones of greige are our go to colours for wide open living spaces like a great room. Especially if it has a high ceiling. Medium tones won’t get washed out with a lot of lighting and will not blend with ceiling and molding. It’s perfect for creating a feeling of warmth in a big space.
Behr also has some amazing greige paint colours.
Darker tones of greige work really well to create dramatic spaces when you contrast with a bright white ceiling and modern, cooler tones furnishings. Paired with warmer tones, the darker greiges make any room calmer and a perfect place to relax and rejuvenate, making it perfect for bedrooms.
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