The perfect shade of pale grey paint

[yogamat]

Anyone have any tips?
Want it to be really pale but still look grey and not blue. Farrow and Ball not right at all - have tried every possible one.
Thanks!

get them to mix the exact shade you like? do they still do that?

I have Hoembase Traditional or Heritage or whatever OSTRICH PLUME. I have a horrible suspicion it's not available anymore but if you could track it down, it really is a lovely shade of grey. I have it in my kitchen diner

very hard.

you can go to homebase and look through their shade cards. there are so many different hues. do you have an idea of what type of grey (other than not bluey?).

I thought some paint places could copy a colour from a piece of fabric if that';s all you had. I have had copy farrow and BAll mixed up at my local paint place

I have the answer to this: "Heron" by Dulux trade. It's a lovely soft grey with neutral/green overtones not blue. Just as you'd imagine a heron, really.

Heron I can't get this link to work but honestly it does exist.

I stumbled on it when we were repainting the inside of our church and a member who was an artist said grey is a lovely foil for other colours. Church meeting wimped out and went for magnolia so I painted my bedroom in it instead

If you go to a Dulux Trade centre it's only about £2 for a sample pot and it's lovely quality paint.

Does F&B's Blackened not work for you? We have it in our spare room and it's gorgeous. However, it only works in certain lights- in our bedroom at the other side of the house it looked dingy.