So Brad 20K said gray was out for wall paint but he never said what color he did use.

What's the latest and greatest paint color for walls?

Was wondering the same.

I never liked the SW greys, too dark for me. We use "Universal Grey" which is very light. With bright white woodwork. Works for us.

Step one: don't be a "guy" and say "It's good enough. I've used it for years and *I* like it". YOU are not the renter.

My casual observation is that as money gets tighter the prospects are getting pickier.

Gray is OUT! Prospects are tired of it. Your home will be DATED. Realtors are calling it "Millennial Gray" due to it's popularity with Millennials (and BRAD20,000!) and advise against it.

This includes gray (Driftwood) flooring.

Cool tones have cycled out. Warm comfort tones are in.

Zillow just posted an article with sample colors analyzing which colors in which rooms ADD to the selling price.

Their stats are not about what are popular sellers, rather their Ai grabs the colors in listings and matches them to sales prices in similar homes.

"Buyers may offer an estimated $2,277 more [for Turkish Coffee] than they would for a white room." Based on ONE room!

Pale Sage SW Liveable Green

Pale Smokey Blue SW Tradewind

Brown to calm a bedroom SW Turkish Coffee, but ONLY in the primary bedroom. We use white trim to keep it looking fresh, not muddy.

Kitchen cabinets: SW Peppercorn (a high dollar designer also picked this locally)

Blonde oak flooring (NOT golden oak!)

zillow.com/learn/best-paint-colors-sell-house/

Now more than ever we must stay "current".

BRAD

PS If you are serious about maximizing for cash flow, especially STR folks, check our my gal Audra Lambert on YT. Great content with enthusiasm.

BRAD

Sounds like earth tones are hot.

My favorite gray has been SW Light French Gray - SW 0055 with white trim. It's been a nice clean neutral color.

I just used it to paint a turn over because Brad didn't share his paint color. If it sits on the market for months it is all Brad's fault.

Welcome to Scapegoat Wednesday with your Host Bonanza. Today's scapegoat is Brad 20,000. Anything that goes wrong is Brad's Fault

Ok I just looked at these colors

Turkish Coffee - no no no way too dark. Sorry Brad I am not using that color

SW Peppercorn - I wouldn't use that on walls. Like you say cabinets might be OK. Probably hides dirt and grease well.

SW Tradewind - I could see painting bedrooms that color. It's kind of like the Light French Gray but with more blue.

SW Liveable Green - not sure. I'd have to see it in person. It's a beige green.

The Sherwin Williams site is calling Khaki SW 6150 their 2026 color of the year. It's a beige neutral. I'd use that before just about all the others.

But I like the two lighter colors better

6148 Wool Skein and 6149 Relaxed Khaki

Check these out

sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/yellow-paint-colors/SW6148-wool-skein

Of course I am not a skilled color picker. I wore Garanimal clothes as a child.

I did use this on 1 house in the past and I like it. The wife probably picked it.

sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/yellow-paint-colors/sw7567-natural-tan

SW 7567 Natural Tan

I am so behind the times that I recently started painting walls with Agreeable Grey.

I like it. When I had a tenant look in the door and see it they asked about their place being painted that color.

Stuck with it a while as there was a BOGO sale (two of them actually) and I have I think 30 gallons left.

Semi-gloss white for the trim, doors and closets and flat white on the ceilings.

This way I get to use all of the paint in the can. When there is some left over I put it in storage and use it first on the next place.

I still have some of the ugly antique white for when I just want a fast touch up.

yeah I don't care what Realtors are saying because I'm not selling or what designers are saying because they are mostly whack jobs writing online articles to make a buck.

"Anything that goes wrong is Brad's Fault"

Was just reading a paint color article. Totally BS:

"Buyers may offer an estimated $2,277 more than they would for a white room."

MAY OFFER. COULD offer. MIGHT PAY. The whole article is laced with those phrases.

And it says this:

"Note that while not associated with a price premium, sage green can get buyers through the door and help you make the sale. These colors can achieve that, too:

Pure White: A classic that consistently performs well in terms of attracting prospective buyers.

Peppercorn (dark grey): A strong choice that generated high buyer interest."

For buying a place as a PR I would want everything to be painted flat white.

Blank canvas so my interior decorator can have at it.

Just finished the kitchen/dining area of my open apartment with Agreeable Gray this afternoon and I think it looks fine.

zero,

Mix a little bit of brown into that gray bucket to get the popular tint.

My experience: the homes we paint with warm neutrals are selling to the first person that walks in the door for full price and full price plus.

Just had 2 3 way bidding wars on these warm tone homes.

And don't forget all the LLs here who criticized my advice a few years ago to use Repose Gray - "Too sad", "too cold", "too institutional"...

Color preferences change. WE must change with it.

BRAD

PS Science says WOMEN see colors more acutely than MEN. So men, ask a woman.

"PS Science says WOMEN see colors more acutely than MEN. So men, ask a woman."

Difference also might be sale vs. rent. Sale needs absolutely neutral, because all their money is going to buy - repainting not in the budget just yet.

Brad, I don't want to deal with the mistint problems that happen when you start adding colors to the bucket.

I want it to be easily matched.

Up here in my part of the state I guess we are far enough behind all you fancy designers that the grey I just switched to is working fabulously.

Also I am not selling this place.... yet. That will probably be decades down the road.

The spouse decided all the colors in our PR. They are way out there. But she likes them so it is all good with me.

Zero, we agree about the mistint. We buy "off the rack" and the color can always be reproduced.

I played that game. Found a lady that bought an entire truckload of SW mistints.

I thought I hit the jackpot. I bought a lot. Earth tones, greys and light tans.

I still have maybe two places with some of those colors in there. But I just started painting over them at turns because just a little extra saved back never seemed to be enough.

Still have my antique white and now my agreeable grey. The rest I gift to people who want to paint their own places. Takes up too much room. I have the same problem with stains now. I don't need multiple gallons.