True Grey paint

[PAULM01]

Hi,

I'm looking for greys which are truly grey, i.e. without hints of other colours, blue, green, lilac, etc.

Ideally I would like to find a dark grey and a light grey.

Prefer to stick with dulux as find it alot easier to paint with and harder wearing than other brands. But open to suggestions.

Thanks in advance.

 

[OwainDIYer]

BS381 631 Light grey
BS381 626 Camouflage grey
BS381 629 Dark camouflage grey

 

[PAULM01]

Who makes those paints?

Or can I just get dulux to mix that colour up you mean?

 

[Jackrae]

Battleship grey (RAL7032) used to be quite "popular" until a government decided it was no longer required.

See the series of colours in this site for a selection of greys (note there are 3 standards to choose from)

www.mcconnellspaints.com/ral-colour-chart.html

 

[Robbie uk]

If it has a BS (British Standard) number it can be made by anybody.

 

[footprints]

I would avoid Greys they do all kinds of intrusive experiments on you and fit you with undetectable implants!

Seriously, can you not simply mix a small amount of black into a tin of white. As long as you mix enough to do the job and a bit left over for touch up it should be free of other tints.

 

[PAULM01]

In the end I got my local dulux trade centre to mix up 2 greys from the Pantone range which don't had the least amount of any other colours in (less than 1% blue in both cases).
Dulux can look up the Pantone colour and find their equivalent.

It's not a perfect match, but it's definitely GREY grey.