Option 2: Work with a gray and its undertones. If the owners go with gray, I recommend they find one that has an undertone to it (such as green or blue) and then incorporate accent colors of that hue. This would make for a clean, crisp color palette that would never look dated. Clockwise from top left, all from Benjamin Moore: Normandy 2129-40, Blue Note 2129-30 and Shadow Gray 2125-40.