Look!: Pacific Blue and Gray Exterior

Oh, we've been having a love affair with this color lately. We like to think of it as the grown-up version of teal; it's a little bit more staid, but still super-saturated blue with a hint of green. And we are crazy about this combination, as seen on a house in lower Pac Heights...

9-29-08 pac blue 2 .jpg The gray really grounds the look, allowing the blue to pop without looking out of place alongside the more traditionally-painted houses nearby. We love how modern this color combination is, yet it is not jarring by any means.

9-29-08 pac blue int.jpg And here's an example of how the colors translate indoors. The black accents add a moody vibe that we like.

Bottom image: Joanna Henderson

Comments (4)

I enjoy this color combo too. I used it in a basement bathroom in my old house last year:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nikolc/2856651698/in/set-72157604243073970/

posted by us 3 on September 29th 2008 at 12:28pm
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Haha! I've been having a hate affair with Pacific Blue for the last 18 years! It's the colour they've painted the cast iron parts on my building in NYC, a big red brick carriage garage from the early 1900's. I think it's the teal element in the Pacific Blue that just drives me up the wall; I find it garish and vulgar. The Puck Building, an NYC landmark, has the same paint scheme as mine, and it also makes me wince every time I see it.

I think the grey and Pacific Blue are much better together; the lower photograph on this page is very beautiful, more for the grey than for the blue.

Thanks for teaching me "Pacific Blue" - it's so much easier to hate when you have a name for your hatred!

To end on a positive note: compared to my hatred for teal, my hatred for Pacific Blue almost reads as "love"!

posted by Jaze on September 29th 2008 at 12:41pm
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This color combo is soooooo Seattle late 80s. Gross.

posted by robertcraig on September 29th 2008 at 1:03pm
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I absolutely love this!

posted by nordicfreak on September 29th 2008 at 5:13pm
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