Paint Colors

Low-maintenance paint and finish color guidance that helps walls, cabinets, and floors look cleaner between dusting days.

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Paint Colors14 min

Best Floor Colors to Hide Dust and Dirt (and the Ones That Show Everything)

Two homes can be swept exactly the same number of times a week and only one of them looks it. That is usually the floor, not the sweeping. Some colors and finishes hold onto every crumb and footprint in plain sight, and others let a fortnight of ordinary life pass without anyone noticing. If you are choosing a floor, or stuck with one that shows everything, here is what actually drives visible dust, the honest trade-offs, and the sample test that tells you more in a week than any showroom visit.

Paint Colors9 min

Best Paint Colors to Make Your House Look Less Dusty

After painting four rooms in different shades over three moves, the difference in how fast each wall showed dust was one of the most practical decorating lessons I've learned. Here's what the real-world testing revealed.

Paint Colors8 min

Best Cabinet Colors to Hide Fingerprints and Dust

After repainting our kitchen cabinets twice in three years first a choice that showed every fingerprint within hours, then a shade that didn't the daily maintenance difference between those two decisions was obvious. Here's what the real test revealed.