Khaki, Mud, Wet Sheep – I love a good drab paint or wallpaper to provide the humble and oh so perfect backdrop for a glimpse of yellow or vivid blue or fuchsia, and it looks marvelous with metallics! Clockwise from top left: “Shadow” and “Evergreen” wallpapers from Holland & Sherry; “Dog’s Ear” from Eve Ashcroft Colors for Fine Paints of Europe; “Zenith” wallpaper from Osborne & Little; “Salon Drab” – my favorite – from Farrow & Ball; “London Brown No 4” from Mylands.