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Johnstone's paint Manhattan Grey

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moonbeam1066 · 10/08/2017 16:42

Has anyone used Johnstone's Manhattan Grey paint colour? I've heard that Johnstone's paints are good but struggling to find many images of rooms painted in this colour and some of the feedback I've found says it is quite bluish or duck egg in colour.

Looking to redecorate my lounge and need a soft neutral to warm colour to go with existing warm cream sofa and blinds. I like the idea of a soft grey/blue/green colours and liked f&b mizzle but it looked a mint coloured in my room which I didn't like. Any suggestions?

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ZoyaTheDestroyer · 11/08/2017 00:55

I think we might have Manhattan Grey in DD's bedroom - it was decorated by the last owners and they left the tins for us for touch-ups. I'll check in the garage tomorrow!

moonbeam1066 · 11/08/2017 09:46

Thanks. If it is manhattan grey, would be interested to hear what it looks like.

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ACurlyWurly · 11/08/2017 13:00

We bought Manhattan grey as my OH and I decided grey would be good in our lounge. I wanted Moonlight Grey.
She went out to buy it and got Manhattan grey and we both agreed that on the tin it looked similar.

5 hours later i was painitng over it with moonlight grey

Manhattan was just too dark for us, it was in North facing living room and south facing dining room and it was too dark. Moonlight worked better for me and i found it to be a 'soft' grey where as Manhattan was a little too industrial for my tastes.

We now say that our room colour is moonlight over Manhattan!

moonbeam1066 · 11/08/2017 13:31

lol I like "moonlight over Manhattan" . It's good to know it comes up dark, our room is north and south facing lounge diner too, so think perhaps I will give Manhattan a miss.

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ZoyaTheDestroyer · 11/08/2017 17:09

I was right - it is Manhattan Grey. Here it is in a south-facing bedroom in cloudy daylight. It's not too dark and quite nicely warm.

Johnstone's paint Manhattan Grey
Johnstone's paint Manhattan Grey
moonbeam1066 · 11/08/2017 21:08

That looks just what I was hoping for, I guess its going to depend on lighting in our room, it certainly doesn't look cold which was what I was worried about. Love the clouds btw. Thank you for the photos it really helps.

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TripTrapTripTrapOverTheBridge · 11/08/2017 21:12

I painted my kitchen in Manhatten Grey and it's nothing like the pic above. It is definitely a blue toned grey, but still grey. Will get some pics in the morning

TripTrapTripTrapOverTheBridge · 11/08/2017 21:12

I painted my kitchen in Manhatten Grey and it's nothing like the pic above. It is definitely a blue toned grey, but still grey. Will get some pics in the morning

Isitwise · 11/08/2017 21:17

Bluish tinges for me too, used it in bedroom but opted for Johnstones China Clay for living room. Quite a cool grey/beige colour in lounge which is south facing. Painted one wall the same colour in north facing dining room and it's much warmer in there.

Prefer the cool tone of it in sunnier room though. My local Johnstones trade place helped me loads with testers and then knocked price of testers off the tins when I'd decided

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