CP Paris GreyParis Grey

Paris Grey

This is a soft and slightly bluish grey, and is the colour most associated with painted furniture in an elegant French chateau and of an old Swedish manor house
It works like a dream with Old White of course but it looks great distressed over the lavender blue of Old Violet and one of our other favourites is Paris Grey over Cream or for somethiing a little stronger try it over Arles!
Add a touch of gilding, and the look is complete.

ADD OLD WHITE – to make ‘Tokyo’  Add 8 parts of Old White to 1 part of Paris Grey to make this mellow warm soft grey. I have called it Tokyo because it’s a colour you see in modern architecture but it’s also perfect for painting French style furniture too.  (See “Tokyo” color patch to the left.)

Paris Grey works well with Primer Red & Cream.

An old pine chest of drawers woth an interesting shape was painted in Paris Grey all over with the mouldings, base and top painted in Old white. After the application of clear wax the body of the piece was waxed in dark wax to give definition.
From Quick & easy paint Transformations byr Annie Sloan, published by Cico Books, with photographed by Christopher Drake. (On Left)