Paint color guides

Plain-English guides to choosing paint: how LRV works, how to spot undertones, which sheen to use and a step-by-step way to pick a color you will be happy with.

Example paint palette: Chantilly Lace, Agreeable Gray, Revere Pewter, Sea Salt, Pashmina and Status Bronze
How to choose a paint color
A step-by-step method for choosing paint colors: start with fixed finishes, read your room's light, choose…
Seven paint colors arranged from dark to light with their LRV, from Status Bronze (8) to Chantilly Lace (90)
What is LRV?
LRV (light reflectance value) tells you how light or dark a paint color will look, from…
Six neutral paint colors with different undertones, from warm Accessible Beige to green Sea Salt and clean Chantilly Lace
Paint undertones
What paint undertones are, the common undertones in neutral paint, how to spot them, how light…
Five panels of the same paint color showing increasing shine from flat and eggshell to satin, semi-gloss and gloss
Paint sheens and finishes
Paint sheens explained: what eggshell paint is, eggshell vs satin vs flat, how sheen changes color,…