Sherwin Williams Rainwashed is a calming green-blue color that feels quite serene, cool, and simply relaxing and rejuvenating. The blend of green and blue is one of the most popular and with Rainwashed by Sherwin Williams – you can expect a touch of gray as well. Of course, the front seat is the ultimate ‘green’ undertone followed by calming blue and just a pop of gray to make it slightly neutral. Well, yes – the gray takes a step back and lets SW Rainwashed feel more like a color.

This classic blue-green Sherwin Williams color is nonetheless a super popular sea glass paint color for any bathroom, bedroom, kitchen, or living room. Yes, this cool-toned paint color is also an ideal option for Coastal interior design styles. It exhibits a perfect spa-like feel in a space and connects a homeowner to tranquility. In this color review, I have briefed everything you need to know about SW Rainwashed and how to best use this color in your home. So, let’s get started!

What Color is Sherwin Williams Rainwashed?

Sherwin Williams Rainwashed is a cool-toned green-blue color that feels absolutely blissful, calm, serene, crisp, and refreshing. One of the most beautiful characteristics of SW Rainwashed, this light-toned color also has the potential to make a space look airier and larger. The soft, muted, and subtle rainwashed paint color is all you need to invite a touch of welcomeness into your home. So, if you’re looking for a Sherwin Williams green-blue paint color that is less neutral and more of a color – Rainwashed it is!

Rainwashed by Sherwin Williams can be quite a restrictive and non-versatile paint color. Ideal for mainly coastal, traditional, modern Farmhouse, and French Country interior design styles – the rainwashed paint can be used as a neutral or base anywhere in your bathroom, bedroom, common spaces, doors, and even exteriors. However, it can be a challenge!

I’d recommend that you try this ready-to-order swatch in different rooms with different lighting conditions to determine how Sherwin Williams Rainwashed will truly feel in your home.

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Is Sherwin Williams Rainwashed Blue or Green?

Rainwashed Sherwin Williams is a calming green paint color with deep blue and gray undertones. However, this chameleon color can be quite a challenge since it has the potential to appear slightly blue or green – depending upon various lighting conditions. The natural or artificial lighting plays a major role here – in determining whether rainwashed appears more blue or green.

Generally, if you place a swatch of SW Rainwashed against SW Sea Salt – you’re quite likely to observe that the former paint holds more color and ‘blue’ to it. On the other hand, when placing a swatch of SW rainwashed against SW Tradewind – you’re quite likely to observe the existing green undertones.

Is Sherwin Williams Rainwashed a Warm or Cool Color?

Sherwin Williams Rainwashed paint color is definitely COOL-toned! With the existing cool blue, green, and gray undertones – this color can literally add a chilly and crisp vibe to a space. It’s soothing and calm – hence, ideal for cooler-toned color palettes and design styles. But let me tell you, this color can beautifully work for warm-toned color palettes as well! SW Rainwashed can make a beautiful statement in a GREIGE Farmhouse, Modern Farmhouse, Traditional Farmhouse, and Japandi design styles as well. However, note that this color can only make a fundamental statement in the above-mentioned styles.

What are the Undertones of Sherwin Williams Rainwashed?

Rainwashed feels more like a color than neutral! Obviously, SW Rainwashed has ‘gray’ undertones that make this blue-green color slightly neutral but dominantly, you’re bound to observe the deep blue or green undertones. Depending upon the lighting conditions, Rainwashed can appear blue, green, or even gray! Don’t believe it? Well, have a look at how this color behaves in different lighting conditions – 

• In the north-facing rooms, SW Rainwashed can appear cool aqua blue in the mornings and slightly dull and flat all day long. Not recommended for colder climates but can definitely hold its blue-green blend undertone in this direction.
• In the east-facing rooms, Rainwashed SW has the potential to look slightly bright and ‘green’ in the morning and dull for the remaining day.
• In the west-facing rooms, Rainwashed will appear fresh and dominantly ‘green’ in the afternoon and early evening duration. 
• In the south-facing rooms, Rainwashed has the potential to retain its deep blue-green color in this direction – thus, making a wonderful choice!

SW Rainwashed LRV

Light Reflectance Value or LRV is an important aspect to consider when choosing the best blue-green paint color for your home. This value determines how light or dark the paint color is – on a scale of 0-100. Hence, the lighter the paint color, the greater the LRV is! 

The LRV of SW Rainwashed is 59 – hence, falling on the medium to lighter end of the scale. This color holds ample depth and color to it – hence, can be used on all the walls of a room and as an accent on the vanity, wainscotting, or cabinets.

Can I Use Rainwashed For The WHOLE HOUSE?

Sherwin Williams Rainwashed must be used as a base or an accent in your home. As a base, this SW blue-green color can be used on all the walls of a specific bedroom, living and dining room, kitchen, foyer, home office, or kids’ room. However, you must avoid using this calming color as a “whole house” color on all the common walls of your home since it may feel too boring and outdated! (Yes, whites and off-whites are something to be used here).

On the other hand, as an accent, SW Rainwashed can be used only on the vanity, shelves, doors, or cabinets. For instance, imagine a coastal-style bathroom with clean white walls and SW rainwashed vanity – absolutely blissful, right? Remember to not go too much with this color in a confined space!

How To Use SW Rainwashed Paint? 

Rainwashed color can be used in any corner of your home! Especially if you have the taste and style for this color – know that it can make a beautiful statement on the walls, vanity, cabinets, wainscotting, accent furniture, exterior walls, and much more. Since this blue-green color has just the slightest touch of a gray undertone – it can be used in the dull corners and north-facing rooms to achieve the utmost beauty and depth of the color.

Here’s a well-curated pre-made color palette that I have created for SW Rainwashed on Etsy! It enlists all the exact colors that pair with Rainwashed colors including how and where to use them in your whole house color palette. I have included 5 color palettes (with Sherwin Williams Rainwashed and complementary hues) along with how to use each of those paint colors in various areas of your home. You’ll also get the detailed MATERIAL and FABRIC palette with each of SW Rainwashed color palettes! Another bonus is PAINT PLANNER and a detailed guide on paint sheens for various areas of your home.

Here’s where you can download the palette – Sherwin Williams Rainwashed

Where To Use SW Rainwashed Paint in Your Home?

Looking for ideas to use Sherwin Williams Rainwashed in your home? Well, there can be tons and tons! You’d be surprised how beautiful this color may appear in a space. Here’s where you can use this SW Rainwashed paint color –

• Bedroom Walls
• Accent Wainscotting
• Ceilings
• Entryway Doors
• Exterior Shutters
• Kids’ Rooms
• Bathroom Vanity
• Mudroom Cabinets
• Living Built-In Shelves
• Kitchen Cabinets & Island
• Laundry Room Cabinets

What Color Compliments Sherwin Williams Rainwashed?

Paint colors that look good with Sherwin Williams Rainwashed can be warm or cool-toned. In general, pair the rainwashed color with shades of beige, greige, off-whites, ivory, white, cool grays, charcoal grays, yellows, and darker charcoal grays.

Here’s a list of Sherwin Williams creamy and cool-toned whites that go with Sherwin Williams Rainwashed –

1. Sherwin Williams Alabaster
2. Sherwin Williams Extra White
3. Sherwin Williams First Star
4. Sherwin Williams Fleur de Sel
5. Sherwin Williams Snowbound

Here’s a list of Sherwin Williams beige/greige/taupe that go with Sherwin Williams Rainwashed –

1. Sherwin Williams Agreeable Gray
2. Sherwin Williams Repose Gray
3. Sherwin Williams Drift of Mist
4. Sherwin Williams Gossamer Veil

Now, here’s a list of Sherwin Williams Grays and blue-grays that go with Sherwin Williams Rainwashed –

1. Sherwin Williams Cityscape
2. Sherwin Williams Serious Gray
3. Sherwin Williams Jubilee

What Trim Colors Go With SW Rainwashed?

Generally, you must choose neutral whites as trim colors to go with Sherwin Williams Rainwashed. You can even experiment with stark and clean white colors or tones with a slightly cool undertone. Here’s a list of Sherwin Williams, Benjamin Moore, and Behr white colors to pair as a trim with SW Rainwashed.

• Sherwin Williams Pure White

SW Pure White is a great trim color to go with SW Rainwashed. In fact, this is one of the best trim paint colors to go with any color. This neutral white color will help create a clean look without going overwhelming with the undertones. Due to the lack of undertones in SW Pure White – this color definitely makes a great choice.

• Sherwin Williams Extra White

Sherwin Williams Extra White is a clean and stark white trim paint color that absolutely blends with SW Rainwashed. Especially for cool-toned palettes, this trim paint color should definitely be on the top of the list.

• Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace

BM Chantilly Lace is another clean and bright white paint that works wonderfully with Sherwin Williams rainwashed paint color. In the case of contemporary, Scandinavian, Coastal, and modern design styles – this trim color will never disappoint you! 

• Behr Ultra Pure White

Lightest and cleanest of them all, Behr Ultra Pure White is a clean and bright white paint that makes the ceilings appear higher and your dull corners brighter. A must-recommend for SW Rainwashed paint color! 

• Sherwin Williams Rainwashed

If you’re looking for a minimalist, modern, and monochromatic look in your room – it’s ideal to choose SW Rainwashed for the ceiling, moldings, and trims as well. Ideally, this palette can be quite calming and relaxing while exhibiting a sleek, Neo-classical look.

Where To Use Sherwin Williams Rainwashed in Your Homes?

As mentioned earlier, SW Rainwashed can make a beautiful statement in any corner of your home. Well, if you’re excited to have a look at some inspirations of how this color has been used creatively, here’s a list to follow!

SW Rainwashed Exterior

Especially if you have a Coastal, Caribbean, and Cape Cod style – SW Rainwashed is bound to look flawless and friendly. So, if you have a beachside home – this blue-green color will undeniably make a flawless statement on all the exterior walls of your home. With this Sherwin Williams’ color – you can choose clean white for trims and window moldings and frames and charcoal gray or yellow for the entryway door.

Rainwashed Bedroom

Isn’t Sherwin Williams Rainwashed bedroom totally blissful? Paint all your walls in SW Rainwashed and make your bedroom feel calm, serene, and tranquilizing. Especially in the south-facing rooms, this color will make your bedroom feel bright and airy. Your furniture can be off-white, beige, greige, cream, gray, or teal blue.

Rainwashed Sherwin Williams Kitchen

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SW Rainwashed kitchen cabinets can make a reviving and rejuvenating appearance. You can choose to use this color on the upper and lower cabinets or simply just on the lower cabinets with white on the upper cabinets. In this rainwashed kitchen, you’ll observe how beautiful the color appears on the ceiling.

Rainwashed Sherwin Williams Laundry Cabinets

I’d highly recommend that you choose SW Rainwashed on the laundry cabinets. Choose a creamy color for the backdrop wall and matte black knobs and fixtures. You must pick vintage patterned tile to add an extra touch of visual interest. 

Sherwin Williams Rainwashed Bathroom

Your bathroom deserves a tranquilizing color like SW Rainwashed on all the walls of the bathroom. If not on the bathroom vanity – choose this color for the walls else this color can make a beautiful statement on the vanity as well. Pair with satin chrome or matte black for the knobs and lighting fixtures.

Sherwin Williams Rainwashed Wall Panelling

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SW Rainwashed can make a fundamental statement on the wall paneling in your bedroom or foyer. Look at this herringbone pattern, isn’t it absolutely beautiful? Place a tan or mustard chair on the front for a quirky statement. 

Sherwin Williams Rainwashed Equivalent Colors

Comparing colors is always helpful since you get the idea of the true undertones of a paint color. After all, that’s how we know how a paint color is lighter/darker or warmer/cooler than the others! 

Here, some similar paint colors are Sherwin Williams Sea Salt and Sherwin Williams Watery.

Let’s see how they differ!

Sherwin Williams Rainwashed vs Sea Salt

Sherwin Williams Rainwashed and Sea Salt are quite similar in terms of appearance but differ in the undertones. The former is a blue-green color with very subtle gray undertones. Whereas SW Sea Salt is a gray-green color that feels more neutral! 

Rainwashed has an LRV of 59 as opposed to Sea Salt which sits somewhere at 63. Hence, this color is definitely lighter and airier!

Sherwin Williams Rainwashed vs Watery

Sherwin Williams Watery is a lively, bright, and beachy color that is slightly warmed by the existence of green undertones. With an LRV of 57 – this color definitely feels slightly darker and aqua blue! When comparing, you’d observe that Watery has more color to it whereas Rainwashed is slightly neutral with gray undertones.

Sherwin Williams Rainwashed Takeaway

Is SW Rainwashed your favorite now? Well, are you excited to incorporate this color into your home? It’s definitely one of the calming blue-green paint colors to have in your home. So, without any delay, paint that fresh coat of this coastal and beachy color and let your home feel serene and tranquilizing again! 

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