I have not posted here before, but I have recently been reading here. I am about to paint my new house (we've been here 1 1/2 years) with some color. It was painted all the same sandy beige color with stark white trim,and I am more than ready to change that. I have some color suggestions given to me from a designer who uses Benjamin Moore colors because they are widely available. Some of the colors I like, but now that I've been reading about Donald Kaufman colors, I would like to see if I can get similar colors in full spectrum. I have ordered the Ellen Kennon color cards and a few sample paints, but I have not been able to get a satisfactory color from her samples.

I am looking for three colors in particular: BM 1121 (Havana Tan), BM AC2 (Berkshire Beige), and BM HC141 (Hollingsworth Green). The Hollingsworth Green is still open to change. My husband likes it, and so do I,but somehow it is not perfect. My first reaction to the sample I painted on the wall was that it was a nice color, but somehow not quite complicated enough. I am hoping for a soothing, un-gloomy, but a little subdued, green or green/blue. Sorry my color vocabulary is so inept. I also am looking for a color similar to, but not exactly, BM Chippendale Rosetone (HC-58). I have painted a patch of it on my wall, and it looks too pink. I was hoping for something with a little more brown.

Any help would be appreciated.