A Washington Post color analysis of D.C. found shades of gray permeate neighborhoods where markers of gentrification have spiked.

An emerging trend is to paint a home in two hues that normally wouldn’t be found in the same exterior color scheme. For ...

In Ward 7, for example, 88 new or rebuilt homes featured gray color schemes. Ward 8 followed ... the cleanliness of the home’s exterior paint. “It all comes down to this perception of wealth ...