When it comes to painting rooms, gray is red-hot. Benjamin Moore carries over 150 shades of gray, and Sherwin-Williams says that of its top 50 colors for interiors, 30 are grays. "The trend toward ...

Beautifully versatile, blue-gray paint colors can make for a lovely base in a bedroom or a subtle accent in a kitchen. There are so many variations of blue-gray as well—everything from tones that skew ...

Jackie Jordan, director of color marketing for Sherwin-Williams, joined Washington Post staff writer Jura Koncius recently for an online chat. Here is an edited excerpt. Q. Why so many gray walls? On ...