![]() ![]() On the home rendering above, Dorian Gray is featured on the upper level shake siding with the lighter Benjamin Moore’s Olympic Mountains on the main level. On the darker side, Black Fox, Black, and even Urbane Bronze are wonderful complements. On the lighter side, Seapearl, Swiss Coffee, and Shoji White make great companions to Dorian Gray. We’ve used it paired with both light and dark trim. We’ve used it on vinyl siding, brick, stucco, shake siding, James Hardie siding… pretty much any building material you could think of.ĭorian Gray looks great with white, warm off-whites, complex neutrals, and black or near-black paint colors. We tend to recommend this paint color for clients looking for a cozy traditional or transitional design however, we have used Dorian Gray in more modern designs, too.ĭorian Gray makes a great field color on a home’s cladding, or it can work as part of a colorblocked exterior. While testing is important, Dorian Gray’s undertones aren’t strong and usually aren’t anything to fear. Some might even consider Dorian Gray a greige, and that wouldn’t be wrong. The latter is especially important with exteriors because your landscaping and setting will play a role. ![]() Dorian Gray has a trace of a purple undertone, may read a bit brown, and can also pick up some green. ( Learn all about LRV and why it matters when painting your exterior here.) Despite its depth, it comes across as soft rather than heavy.Īnd, of course, gray paint is never just ‘gray’ - there are always undertones to consider. ![]() Dorian Gray has an LRV of 39, putting it in the medium-toned range. ![]()
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