Gray is that basic color which allows us to form space, doing it, on our discretion, wide or narrow, bright or reserved.
With development of such styles as hi-tech and pop art, gray had had "own face" in interior. Actually it became palette on which with addition of any given paints the total shade and composition is formed.
It has allowed bright paints to become ordinary part of city interior while earlier they were used only as colors of holiday, color whose constant presence in the apartment was taboo. Now fans of pop art had had possibility of harmonious inclusion of ultra-bright colors, such as fuchsia or "lime", in the personal space.
Besides, gray, on the other hand, has given the chance to form in the apartment recreation area for those of us who is tired of too bright colors in working space. Not irritating eye, it has helped to create the quiet, weakening interiors in the direction of eclecticism.
Thus, expansion of borders of use gray gives the chance to us now to fill the apartment with our mood regardless of that, we want rest or fun!
But you should not consider this color absolutely harmless. On the contrary, it is necessary to handle with it extremely with care. Gray is color of dust therefore its emergence, especially in light tones, in the zones which are associated with crystal purity will be inappropriate. It is about toilet, the bathroom and the nursery. The human body works by the principle of protective reaction. For example, in the space posing for it the maximum threat (as microbes in the bathroom or toilet), the lightest or contrasting shades will be preferable. Therefore use of gray has to be caused by the serious design decision better connected with contrast, than with gradation.