10 Universally appealing paint colors – stop going crazy choosing colors and start right here.
Posted on January 23, 2023
Key takeaways from this article:
- A few universally flattering paint colors make choosing with confidence easy (see our list below)
- CertaPro Painters offers free, in-home color consulting with a local designer. If your painter doesn’t have a designer, search for someone in your area to help you.
- CertaPro provides free large paint samples—even if you’re not using us to paint!
Help! I’m overwhelmed with paint color choices!
- Finding the perfect paint color is so anxiety-producing that many people freeze, give up or choose paint colors haphazardly.
- You’ll live with your paint colors for years, so you want to get the color right the first time.
- There’s nothing worse than thinking you’re getting the perfect color but getting “almost the right color.”
- If you don’t know where to start, our designer Kate has compiled this list of universally appealing colors that work in most homes.
- Working with Kate to choose colors is a free service to all our customers (and why many people choose us as their painter).
- Kate works with you at home until you feel the colors are perfect.
Most of these paint colors look great in many interior and exterior situations:
- Cream – Creamy SW7012
- Tan – Nantucket Dune SW7527
- Warm Gray – Passive SW706
- Cool Gray – Gray Screen SW7071
- Sage – Oyster Bay SW6206
- Navy – Naval SW6244
- Cranberry – Borscht SW7578
- Forest Green – Rookwood Shutter Green SW2809
- Blueish, Greenish Gray – Sea Salt SW6204 (looks great in nurseries and bathrooms)
- White – Extra White SW 7006 (our favorite trim color in semi-gloss)
One more secret to finding the perfect paint color:
- Start with the Farrow and Ball brand paint colors.
- Farrow and Ball have narrowed their whole color palette to about 150 great colors.
- And yes, Farrow and Ball is expensive paint (about $125/gallon), but it’s a cinch to match their colors to less expensive brands.
- To match a Farrow & Ball color to Benjamin Moore paint, visit Curry Ace Hardware in Quincy or Hanover – in our opinion, Curry Hardware is the best place to match paint on the South Shore.
Want free large color samples?
- We offer free large samples to anyone who needs them – even if you’re doing the painting yourself.
- Email Pnejame@certapro.com with the Sherwin Williams or Benjamin Moore colors you’d like. We’ll send them out to you by mail.
Some more paint color choice resources for you:
Computer paint renderings – see what your home will look like before we arrive to paint.
Free Color Consulting – work with our designer Kate in your home to choose interior & exterior colors that are “all you.”
How colors make you feel – THE most important consideration when choosing a paint color.
Paint colors that make your home look cleaner (no kidding!)
Popular colors of the South Shore
Roof color – the importance of choosing exterior colors that work well with your roof. If you look at no other article, this is the one that makes the most difference when choosing exterior paint.
Sampling interior paint colors – learn how to sample paint the right way. You won’t believe how much easier it is to choose colors when you follow our helpful hints.
Subtle touches – 9 things you can do to make your home different (but not “too different”)
Weathering cedar shingles to a gray color – How to get this classic New England look for your cedar shingles.
