Smokey Quartz is a medium true gray with the slightest touch of warmth — the goes-with-everything neutral that never turns blue or violet on you as the light moves round the room. It gives a living room or a home office a grounded, modern shell that flatters warm wood and black metal in equal measure. In the ceramic matte it holds one even tone corner to corner and washes clean of scuffs.

One Hour Ceramic is Wise Owl's luxury interior wall paint — a 100% acrylic matte formulated with ceramic microspheres that give it serious stain resistance. Fingerprints, soil, grease and most other marks wash off with mild soap and water without harming the paint film, which is what makes a matte wall liveable in a hallway, a kitchen or a child's room. It lays down spatter-resistant with unparalleled coverage, and it is self-priming on drywall, cured plaster and masonry; bare wood or metal wants Wise Owl Stain Eliminating Primer first. Low-VOC and low-odour, with the luxurious matte finish that carries the depth of colour you normally only get from an enamel. A gallon covers 350 to 400 square feet.