What is your choice of neutral hallway paint colour?

[Willow33]

We need something neutral. We have about 30 tester pots tried all on the wall already! Am not sure though. It's not a big hallway.
We have Snowfall in the living room and Egyptian Cotton in bedrooms. So I guess we should have some other type of neutral in hallway as the stair runner will be colourful.

[Gobbolinothewitchscat]

Watching with interest! I have a Laura Ashley paint (Pale Ivory) I like but it won't wear well. Am going to ask decorator to colour match in dulux I think

[wowfudge]

We have F&B Oxford Stone below the dado rail and Crown Solo Wheatgrass above. We tried numerous testers before picking the darker shade as the light is different in different areas.

[AliceInUnderpants]

We have Dulux Timeless all throughout the house. I love that it picks up the colours from the rest of the room.

[vienaa]

We painted ours white as I wanted it to look bright and airy, as we have a stripped red stair carpet and used accessories like pictures, photo's to give it punch of colour, love my hallway.

[PettsWoodParadise]

Dulux Almond White on walls and white matt on woodwork like windowsill, bannister and skirting.

[Marmitelover55]

We have just had ours painted in Dulux timeless and are very happy.

[CrapBag]

Dulux Natural hessian. Had it in our old house and will be having it in our new house. Love it.

[Gobbolinothewitchscat]

We have natural hessian in our kitchen. It's very nice.

I have heard a lot about Dulux timeless. Am going to look into it

[Only1scoop]

Dulux

Just walnut

[SerenaVanDerWoodsen]

Natural calico. It's a lighter version of natural hessian, which we also have in other rooms.

[CrapBag]

We have natural calico too, in our living room. And natural wicker in DS's room. We like our neutral colours .

[OnceAnOwl]

Natural Hessian Dulux is our go to paint for neutral walls. Having said that, when we had it next to a dark honey coloured wood floor, it looked wrong. We ended up going for Magnolia because it worked! I guess it depends on the floor. Natural Hessian does go well with purples, oranges, blues, dark grey.

[skippy67]

Dulux Just Walnut is lovely. Despite the name, it's a soft grey. In our hall we have Dulux porcelain Doll, which is a light grey.

[Only1scoop]

The name 'just walnut' always put me off. I though it made it sound as if it would be beige.

It's bloody gorgeous.

[PettsWoodParadise]

Next thing we know there will be a Daily Mail article about 300 shades of beige and how MN are obsessed with it!

[Olecranon]

Homebase fresh linen is a beautiful neutral. Just walnut dulux paint is also lovely. Seven sisters from vaspar is a good warm white.

[LovelyWeatherForDucks]

F&B Oxford Stone!

[Gobbolinothewitchscat]

F&B aficionados - how do you find it wears?

We have a 1 and a 2 year old and another on the way imminently. 1 and 2 year old are good and don't draw on walls etc but we have loads of hall to cover. Decorator seems to think that f&B not good for high traffic area and little hands touching walls.

[LBOCS2]

Dulux timeless in their hard wearing formula.

I have a toddler, an 8 year old and a jumpy adolescent dog. My walls get SCRUBBED. Frequently. It still looks great :D

[Gobbolinothewitchscat]

LB - is that the diamond matt? Does it look shiny?

[overthemill]

F&B wears very well. IME decorators favour either Dulux or Crown or trade paint. I have used it everywhere in various houses.
However, we currently have Dulux natural calico in hall and dog room as its cheap for touching up and wears /scrubs well

[Ridingthegravytrain]

F&b doesnt wear well in our house. 2 big dogs and 2 small kids. I'm frequently touching up

[Gobbolinothewitchscat]

Decorator seems to think it's a bit chalky (whilst being a nice paint)

I like the Laura Ashley stuff we have in the bedrooms etc but I don't think it would wear well in high traffic areas

Dec has offered to colour match a dulux for the hall so wondering whether to go for that

[evelynj]

Also watching with interest. My sil is looking for the perfect greige for her whole new house. I love f&b, even muted tones of dulux etc I've tried in the past look garish in comparison. I'm always amazed at how much more intense a colour is when it's over a whole room - it's so hard to tell from the little swatches