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Shallows
Greys Paint
Shallows is Little Greene’s palest grey, a barely-there shade that sits close to white without losing its grey character. It gives a room a clean, calm backdrop while staying gentle and easy to live with.
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About this colour
At #F1F1EF, Shallows reads as an understated warm grey with a faint creamy softness, so it lifts light rather than flattening it. In a north-facing room it can feel cooler and more delicate, leaning a touch more mineral and restrained. In south light it opens out, appearing lighter and slightly warmer, with a soft chalky clarity. It works well beside natural oak, painted timber, linen tones and deeper greys, where its quiet off-white base gives the other finishes room to stand out.
How to use it
Use Shallows on walls where you want a low-key backdrop for upholstered furniture in stone, taupe or charcoal. It is also a good choice for woodwork in rooms with pale woods, aged brass or classic joinery.
A very pale grey that reads soft and clean on the wall.
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Pairs well with
Shallows is a wall colour, so these are the cloths that sit against it: one of them on the curtains, the paint behind. Mixed across the houses we hold, which is the part a single supplier's book cannot do.
Boutis Zinc Wallpaper
Air de Paris WALLPAPER
Intuition Tourterelle Wallpaper
Air de Paris WALLPAPER
Fleur White
Oberon Sheers
Upcott Ivory
Tilbury
Carrara Grande Ivory
Foscari Fresco Wallpaper
Linnaeus Oyster
Linnaeus WALLPAPER
Nuvole Sheer Origami
Sheers 1
Meander Ivory
Gardyne
Pure Ceiling Embroidery Paper White
Morris Pure Fabrics
Pure Net Ceiling Applique Paper White
Morris Pure Fabrics
Boat Blueprint Dark Blue on White
Coastal Papers
Apsley House Embroidery Vellum
Dorset Garden Fabrics
Other white fabrics
Across the houses we hold. See all 582.