# Painted Wood - white appears grey

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/painted-wood-white-appears-grey/28633>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [October 27, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/painted-wood-white-appears-grey/28633 "2023-10-27T19:08:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/painted-wood-white-appears-grey/28633/1 "2023-10-27T19:08:20Z")

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Using the Painted Wood material in visualisation and setting the colour to white, the rendered material appears grey…

 ![IMG_1949](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/e/9/e9530cd9674ddca949f7d65077dcdacc6b94d1d1.jpeg)

When changing to other colours, the render does appear to be on a bit on the darker side, but I would expect white to be, well, white.