The Color of the Shadows on the Mountains

When I renewed my lease in Tucson for the first time, I vowed I would paint my bedroom walls. That was January 2023. It’s August 2024 and the walls are still off-white.

In all my years of renting, I never painted my apartment walls (except for stenciling above my fireplace in Kentwood). I want something dramatic and I’ve settled on the color of the shadows on the mountains — or something close to it.

So what color is “the color of the shadows on the mountains” exactly? It’s a dark violet-grey with a hint of brown. Some inspiration:

The view from my balcony.

* not my image

Looking east at sunset colors reflecting in the clouds after a monsoon.

An affirmation card I liked.

Sunset over the Tucson mountains.

* not my image