Demystifying Neutral Colors
Decorating Tips and Tricks
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4.6 • 827 Ratings
🗓️ 17 June 2019
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Something always lies right beneath the surface ...
In the case of neutrals what lies beneath is the undertone.
Listen in & learn about undertones & you'll crack the code of neutrals in your decor.
Neutrals we love:
Sherwin Williams Agreeable Gray
Ben Moore Revere Pewter
Ben Moore Gray
Ben Moore Huntington White
Sherwin Williams Natural Choice
Farrow & Ball Blue Leaning Gray
Ben Moore Barrista
Two grays Kelly swears by and not about ( no undertones here! ). Read about these paints HERE.
Crushes:
Anita - Tri Nova for doggie accidents - HERE.
Kelly - Twister Lily of the Nile plant by Monrovia - HERE.
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| 0:00.0 | There's always something beneath the surface. |
| 0:10.4 | Hi, I'm Anita Joyce here with Kelly Wilkins, and this is Decorating Tips and Tricks, |
| 0:16.5 | Episode 341, Demystifying Neutral Colors. |
| 0:20.7 | And the show notes for today's episode can be found at Decorating Tips and Tricks.com |
| 0:24.7 | slash 3,4.1. |
| 0:27.3 | I am ready to demystify. |
| 0:30.3 | And I love how you brought us into this episode because there is something beneath the surface. |
| 0:36.5 | It's lurking in all of your neutrals and it's undertones. |
| 0:41.8 | Hmm. |
| 0:42.7 | And we're going to tell you about them today and help you recognize them. |
| 0:48.1 | So you don't pick a color that has the wrong undertone and then therefore throw your |
| 0:53.7 | whole decorating plan up in the air. |
| 0:57.5 | Yep. Well, should we talk first about why you would even want to have a neutral room and what that really is? |
| 1:04.2 | Yeah. Well, when we say neutral, we really don't mean without color because there, I mean it does mean without color, but there's going to be some color in the room. |
| 1:15.3 | We mean colors that go with every color. |
| 1:17.8 | So we're talking beige, white, gray, ivory, and really even black. |
| 1:23.3 | Because these are all the colors that really work with blues, reds, greens, pinks, purples, oranges, |
| 1:31.1 | whatever color you throw at them, they're going to work with them. |
| 1:35.6 | Yeah, and neutrals, I mean, they're absolutely everywhere as they should be, |
| 1:39.6 | but they're very on trend and have been for a number of years. |
| 1:43.8 | But, and I don't think that that trend is ending at any time soon because very on trend and have been for a number of years. |
| 1:49.3 | But, and I don't think that that trend is ending at any time soon because neutrals, |
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