Start with the fixed elements first. Floors, cabinetry, countertops, tile, stone, and built-ins should carry the most weight when choosing neutrals, since these are the finishes that anchor a space long term. Temporary decor should not drive the neutral palette.
When uploading a floor or cabinet image, use the colour-picker pointer to select a point from the image. We recommend choosing a mid-tone area that looks as close as possible on your phone screen to how it appears in real life. This helps capture a more accurate sense of the colour's depth and undertone. You can also sample different variations within the same floor or cabinet to explore how lighter, darker, warmer, or cooler areas may lead to different neutral combinations.
For even greater accuracy, use the AF-690 grey-card calibration chip. Tap the calibrate button, then tap the flat grey card in your photo. The tool checks that the patch is genuinely flat and neutral, then corrects your whole photo's colour balance against a known reference grey, removing lighting casts and camera colour shifts before you tap your floor, cabinet, or accent piece. This step is optional but recommended whenever a photo looks slightly warm, cool, or off under artificial lighting.
Keep in mind there are limitations to how many neutral colours are available. The neutral range is naturally narrower and more nuanced, so the goal is not to create endless variation, but to identify the best-fitting neutral options that work cohesively with the fixed finishes already in the space.
Neutral mode searches taupes, soft creams, grays, whites, greiges, blacks, charcoals, deep blues, and deep greens. Choose Colourful mode to search the full Benjamin Moore and Graimondi colour spectrum from a photographed accent piece, such as a pillow, rug, or fabric swatch.
Once you have your results, we recommend bringing your Perfect Neutral Colour Report into Colour Land. There you can confirm your recommended colours and accents, and also pick up the optional colour chips to cover a wider range. Take the chips home, judge them in your own lighting at different times of day, then come back to pick up samples of the shades that feel right. Please note that not all Graimondi colours are available as complimentary colour sample chips.
Photo lighting, shadows, screen settings, and camera settings can affect digital colour readings. Use these results as a starting point and visit Colour Land Paint for an in-store sample and final colour advice.