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Oonagh Turner

What color is replacing grey? These are the 'new neutrals' interior designers are using in homes instead

A light blue wall in a neutral apartment

Grey has long been regarded as the ultimate neutral and go-to wall color for your home. It's smart, sophisticated and unfussy, but as color trends come and go, grey is slowly falling out of favor. 

Instead, homeowners are looking to use lighter colors within the home that bring a brighter and warmer feel than the moody, cool-toned greys that were ubiquitous in homes throughout the noughties. Traditional neutrals like beige, soft cream, and caramel tones are a popular base from which you can build a full and textured scheme, with a more warming tone to it that grey. Homeowners are also redefining what makes a neutral foundation, with more energetic and colorful tones coming to the fore in interior design trends.

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