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Understanding Undertones

This board is a great way to train your eye in distinguishing complex neutrals.

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Blue gray floors, turquoise cabinets, pink beige chairs.

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Pink Beige Cabinets/Gray Blue Marble

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What Everyone Should know About Beige

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A Z I first saw this photo on Apartment Therapy and knew I didn't like the sofa. When I saw it on your blog it was a head smacking moment: "Of course that's why it looks wrong, it's the undertones, stupid!"

What Everyone Should know About Gray

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When Pinky Beige Works on Exterior

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Green gray walls/sofa/drapery

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blue gray walls, green gray chairs, yellow beige sofa and carpet

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Pink Beige Bathroom

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Gold Beige Chairs: Green Gray Sofa

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Pink beige backsplash, yellow walls.

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Pinky beige rug and chairs, yellow table

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Yellow table, taupe chairs

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blue green perfection

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Yellow Beige Drapery

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Purple gray walls - pretty room.

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Pink beige sofa, blue gray chair and slightly gold beige carpet.

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House to Home One-Day Decorating Why do these look OK together if pink-beige and gold-beige supposedly don't flatter each other? Is it just the light, the picture, or are the undertones too subtle to clash?

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Maria Killam In this case it appears as if there's pink beige in the carpet too which pulls it in. And it could just be the light, the purpose of this board is so that anyone looking at the photos can start training their eye.

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House to Home One-Day Decorating Thanks. This information has been so helpful to me! Thank Kelly Bernier for talking you up!

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Soul Home So nice when you find someone on your wave length!

Yellow beige chair, slight butterscotch undertone sisal carpet, green gray sofa and green beige walls.

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Violet taupe walls (not beige), green gray floors, charcoal sofa.

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Hannah Dee I would probably have called this greige.

Masculine deep blue gray walls, tufted velvet chairs, antique highboy ~ eclectic

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Green/Brown fireplace

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Charcoal chaise, green gray walls

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Gray brown

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Blue gray walls, slightly pink carpet and yellow beige headboard (Barely distinguishable difference really).

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Taupe (a mix of gray and beige)

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Tiles, red undertone, walls and wainscoting, blue undertone.

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Green Gray sofa, goldy beige sisal rug

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Green gray cabinets, pink beige bricks and blue/green gray marble.

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Mary Hagenston Im getting it, Maria! I called it b4 I read your description!

Pinky orange cork floor with medium brown/yellow cabinets

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Kari Koob Maria, would you mix pinky-orange with brown/yellow? Here, it doesn't look too bad.

Pinky beige cork flooring, yellow beige stacked stone wall.

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Blue Gray Countertops, Pink beige floor and roman shades.

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Combination of Blue and Green Undertones of Gray

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Varying green beige tones. Lovely ceiling.

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Pink Beige Entry.

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Green Beige with blue

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Maria Killam It certainly would :)

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Brenda Harshman Maria, is this the only color that works with this couch? I have this couch and I am ready to repaint the room and I would like to go whiter.

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Annie @ House on Rene To me the color of the couch looks pinky-beige. Is that correct?

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Maria Killam It's a green beige but sometimes they can look similar.

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Annie @ House on Rene I can see the green now thanks.

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Yellow Beige

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Lovely mix of green grays.

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Donna Frasca Great board idea - undertones.

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Jil Sonia drooling - needs more hot pink accents, in my mind :)

Pretty room. Taupe Sofa and Blue gray doors.

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Mary Hagenston Love this look!

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