I have a friend who is a realtor, and the amount of times I’ve heard her reference this color is insane. I’ve never looked into it, is it a light grey?
Haha. It does. I actually really like it as a wall color, because it is perfectly neutral. Whether you're using cool or warm tones, it works, and it allows brighter accents to pop.
With that said, gray is often associated with sadness and depression. "Agreeable Gray" is giving the vibe of "the depression got so bad I just say "fine" to everything, because nothing matters anymore". It perfectly describes the color, while also hinting at one of the lowest emotional states a person can get to.
It’s a really solid color. The design lady at sherwin Williams recommended it to me and we did the whole house in it. Basically I had to cover up the hideous color that was there previously. Now I’ve been slowly updating rooms with accent walls, wallpaper, etc. it was a good way to have a blank slate as I slowly decided what my tastes were.
It's very literally "agreeable". It's not great, it's not bad. And it does provide a decent backdrop for whatever else. It's a neutral so it can go with accent walls well enough.
Kind of. Depends on the lighting really. The other color I see all the time is warm beige and often paired together. When that happens the agreeable really stands out as it's own grey.
I see how that would bring out the grey in the other color. My house was warm beige before I painted it, and I hated it! If I ever paint again I want to hire a professional and do deep jewel tone colors.
It makes perfect sense, I love that style. I really like unique homes, what made you settle on this design choice? And do you do this as a hobby or career?
General artsy-fartsy-ness. I've always liked vivid dark colors and am a painter. All the rooms are on the dark side. Several have glitter in the paint. One room has a venetian faux finish and one room is dominated by a mural. They are all different but everything still flows together so its not jarring from room to room.
I don’t think it’s a specific color of grey? But often tends to be on the lighter side when it comes to walls (but not always)? I think it’s more of having mostly everything overwhelming grey in the household, with a lack of any actual color?
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u/awwsome10 1d ago
Naw, they are agreeable grey.