Elephant's Breath No.229
$126
A warm mid grey
This warm and contemporary grey is renowned for its characterful paint name, originally created by John Fowler, the notable English interior designer. Elephant's Breath reads as an uplifting mid grey with its hint of magenta, but can become almost lilac in the cooler light of west facing rooms. Try offsetting with Charleston Gray and London Clay for an invitingly earthy scheme with more intense accents, or pair with other Contemporary Neutrals such as the softer Strong White for a sense of neutrality and calm.
Recommended Primer & Undercoat: Mid Tones
Complementary white: Strong White
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Interior Finishes:
- Interior Walls and Ceilings: Estate Emulsion
- Walls and Ceilings, including kitchens, bathrooms, hallways, children’s bedrooms and areas of high usage: Modern Emulsion
- Interior Woodwork and metal (including radiators): Estate Eggshell or Modern Eggshell
- Interior Wood and Concrete floors including garages and workshops (not for external use): Floor Paint
- High sheen finish for interior and exterior woodwork and metal: Full Gloss
Exterior finishes:
- For use on external masonry surfaces: Exterior Masonry (available in select colours only)
- Softwood and hardwood and metal surfaces including window frames, cladding, guttering, garden furniture, railings and gates: Exterior Eggshell
- High sheen finish for interior and exterior woodwork and metal: Full Gloss
Specialist Finishes:
- Interior Woodwork, plaster and metal surfaces. NOT suitable for bathrooms, kitchens or high traffic areas: Dead Flat
Sheens on Paints:
- Estate Emulsion: 2% Sheen
- Modern Eggshell: 40% Sheen
- Modern Emulsion: 7% Sheen
- Estate Eggshell: 20% Sheen
- Floor Paint: 40% Sheen
- Full Gloss: 95% Sheen
- Exterior Masonry: 2% Sheen
- Exterior Eggshell: 20% Sheen
- Full Gloss: 95% Sheen
- Dead Flat: 2% Sheen