Perfect Shade of Gray

[Ran 5 miles in the sunshine]

Gray is a hard color to paint a room. Really. It either looks too white or has a maroon shade. Ick!  Frustration set in after 3 trips to the paint store, painting 3 small areas of my wall, leaving them for 2 weeks, and looking at them in all the different lights. I never liked any of the 3 shades. 

I finally made a decision.

I took all 3 tester tubs [$5 each, Sherwin Williams] and mixed them together in an old baking pan. Stirred it up REAL good and started painting. Maybe it was wrong. But it looks so right!

So the wall where the bed sits got painted. And then I ran out of paint. I knew I would. But I did not know that I would discover the PERFECT shade of gray. I guess I'm going to have to ask the Sherwin Williams man for 3 tester tubs of each of the 3 colors. Or just go to 3 different Sherwin Williams .... Hmm.

Here is what I am living with right now:

The headboard is leaning up against a side wall The bare wall is the new color.

Can you tell the difference?

PERFECT GRAY                                         OLD YUCKY WIERD BLUE