a flat tile of soft pale grey mist paint

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Grey Mist

2026 Paint PaintSAP1066-42

Grey Mist is a quiet, pared-back neutral from Sanderson’s 2026 Paint range. At #CDCDCB, it sits between grey and stone with a gentle warmth that keeps it from feeling stark.

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About this colour

On a wall, Grey Mist reads as a light misty neutral with a soft, settled presence and only a slight cool edge. In north-facing rooms it can lean a little greyer and more restrained, while in south-facing light it feels warmer and more open, showing more of its pale stone undertone. It lifts light well without looking bright white, so it works when you want a calm background rather than a crisp one. The colour sits neatly beside natural oak, painted joinery in deeper greys, and upholstery in flax, oatmeal, or muted green tones. In Active Emulsion or Waterbased Eggshell, it suits both walls and woodwork where a low-contrast finish is needed.

How to use it

Use Grey Mist in sitting rooms, hallways, or bedrooms where you want the architecture and furnishings to feel relaxed and cohesive. It pairs well with pale timber, charcoal joinery, and curtains or upholstery in warm neutrals, olive, or faded blue-grey.

A pale neutral like Grey Mist gives a wall a calm, soft-focus look without turning cold.

Sanderson 2026 Paint Paint

Specification

Brand: Sanderson
Colour: #CDCDCB
Colour family: 2026 Paint
Finish: Active Emulsion, Waterbased Eggshell
Product type: Paint

Specification as published by Sanderson. We will confirm the current details with them before you order.

Order it with the cloth

A pot comes off the same order as the fabric, so the wall and the chair in front of it are chosen together. The making is ours: cut, sewn and fitted in our own Heybridge workshop, with Simon over every stage.

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Pairs well with

Grey Mist 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.