Earlier, we wrote about the Top 10 Reasons to Choose White for Your Next White Home Project: "When the Color is Colorless!"
Native Americans associate gray with friendship. Gray is a symbol of safety, maturity and reliability. It is associated with responsibility and conservative practicality. No wonder there's another color that combines white as a designer favorite in a modern monochrome palette - and 10 reasons why you should consider gray in your next project:
1. Gray is canvas. When you choose gray materials (such as travertine, granite, quartzite, porcelain) and combine them with gray tones on walls, cabinets and floors, you get a cool, neutral canvas. Like white, gray does not attract attention with design elements. Unlike white, grays more than contrasts with bolder colors. Unlike a strong color such as black, gray does not suppress or weaken the effect of bright color accents.
2. Gray is beautiful. Jennifer Lopez, with the help of interior designer Michelle Workman, recently transformed her Californian home into grayscale. According to Workman, Jennifer wanted modernity and simplicity, but at the same time kept refinement and style: “There are all these shades of gray, and we played with them - adding a little bit of gray here and there - blue-gray." It's almost like a black and white movie from 1940s. " (Check out Ostrich Gray Quartzite, White Oak Marble, or Brushed Silver Metal with Light Gray Walls and Gray Blue Furniture for the Jennifer Vintage Look from the Movie!)
3. Gray creates depth. Since gray comes in shades from almost white to graphite, it is easy to use to create light and shade. Subtle variations in one color can add character and transform a simple room into multi-dimensional, creating indentations and reliefs where there are none. White is bright and airy, creating the illusion of more space. Gray achieves something similar in a subtle warm style, transforming a space, turning a large room into a cozy one. (For example, the strategic use of darker gray accents in one part of a large living room will create a beautiful seating area.)
4. Gray is versatile. The universal nature of gray makes it a universal color. Gray is also unique because it reacts differently to the colors you can pair it with. It adds depth to subtle colors such as pastels and organics, and enhances bold colors such as shades of gemstones by showing them against a muted background. Whether they are pastels, vivid colors or even alone, the gray blends evenly. In combination with other shades of gray, black and white, it creates a striking, modern look.
5. The elusive gray. White tiles against a blue wall are a lively, cheerful combination with a clear contrast; Gray tiles against a blue wall are a warm, subtle way to create contrast while maintaining the color. Choosing a place where you want to cheer up and a warm image is a subtle art in itself. Perhaps your choice will depend on what room you are in and what it is for. This means you can choose shades of white with blue accents in the kitchen or breakfast corner to brighten up the morning, and grays with blue accents in the bedroom to stimulate sleep.
6. Gray is a male and female principle. By their nature "neutral" they are quite neutral in terms of gender. A white room can belong to both a man and a woman. It is the same with beige. As for gray, it can be gender neutral, but gray can also define one gender or the other. A room with light grays, white ceilings and light accents can be beautiful and clearly feminine. (Our Athens gray marble is a perfect example.) A room with a darker gray, light gray ceiling and warm wood tones can surely be masculine. (Take a look at our Impala Black Granite.
7. Gray "temperament". He can read warm, he can read cool. Reading can even be cold. It can be dark or light. It can make a room light and open or warm and soothing. Since gray has so much complexity depending on the combination, designers love it. Best of all, his "temperament" did not tie him to a particular mood. Designers can use it, but want to create a new impression. Red is bold and passionate. Yellow makes me happy. Green calms you down. What's gray? Whatever you want it to be!
8. Gray toner is elegant. Gray can make almost any color more smoky when mixed (like gray-blue, gray-green, and even deep pink and brown like clay. Plus, it blends beautifully with other neutral shades to create complexity and soften the roughness of one color. On my own. Look for gray color combinations such as Silver Blue (slate), Onyx Seires (porcelain) or Silver Travertine (travertine), each of which provides the perfect, elegant accent to your gray in a gray theme space.
9. Gray does not absorb. Earlier, we wrote about how white can absorb and reflect the colors around it. (Remember how a red vase on a white wall can create a pink halo? Designers love this effect because they can add interesting color to a space without being attached to it. The gray effect is exactly the opposite, although no less attractive. It does not absorb. This means designers can control the room without worrying that the red vase will change the mood they've been working so hard on. Two different outcomes - equally beneficial depending on the goal!
10. Gray - formal. We have already said that gray is sophisticated and elegant. It is also a traditionally formal conservative color. Perhaps that is why we often see gray as a popular choice for uniforms (as well as wedding suits and tuxedos), representing balance, durability, and reliability. Although Gray can also be bizarre when moving bright colors, gray cool elegance when combined with silver and wood - the perfect marriage for your official rooms. Gray is a truly neutral color. His energy gives emptiness, emptiness, lack of movement, emotions, warmth and identifying qualities. For this reason, gray can be soothing. He has a sense of detachment and isolation. Gray can have a cooling effect when placed alongside other lighter colors. It has a stabilizing effect, bringing out vivid colors and suppressing their vibrations.
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