Many people think of gray as a “safe” color, but that is not true at all! Grey isn’t a color that a lot of people choose to use in their home decor. But with gray, it’s possible to create either brilliant or truly awful interiors. Used well, the color gray can lend interiors an elegant formality that is subtle without being overly conservative.

It is the color if you want to create an air of calm, understated confidence. For gray to have this psychological impact, it’s best combined with whites and other neutrals. Gray can be a wonderful background color for other, more intense colors. If you get the right shade of gray and stir it into a more adventurous room color scheme, it will make the other colors “sing”.