Or maybe "beige" is what I want. I'm sooooooooo confused.

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love my mb color, SW relaxed khaki; looks just as it sounds, like a nice comfy pair of khakis :) also, my hallway and foyer color is a beautiful neutral color, SW believable buff. i don't hav pics, but u can google those colors. i sample tested 15 colors before finding the perfect ones! good luck!

All the photos I saw of SW Believable Buff seemed to show a tan with a yellow/gold undertone, but the samples on my house seem to have a bit of a green undertone. I haven't found the sample that looks good both during the day and night. Going back to staring at my test samples! ;-)

I have BM Wilmington Tan in my house. You may want to give it a try. One suggestion if you find a tan you like is to do some areas of your home the night shade up in the color strip, to distinguish the separate areas of your home at the same time have a cohesive look.

Also, while I agree with chispa to sample the paints in your space, you can purchase the sample sizes quite inexpensively at either Home Depot or Lowes for about $3 per jar. They will mix up any paint from different manufauctuers, then once you choose your color, you can have it mixed up at whatever store you prefer.

We did SW Softer Tan in the master of our current home in prep for putting it on the market. I really like the color, but during certain lights it definitely has a green cast. I like it, but it sounds like you aren't looking for that.

We did SW Lotus Pod in the kitchen and I just love the color. It coordinates so well with our Santa Cecelia (??) granite and tumbled marble backsplash. I think it might be a bit yellow because the granite has quite a bit of yellow and we used honey onyx for accents.

HTH - Jo Ann

Tans are tricky because they either end up with a peachy undertone or a greenish undertone depending on light. You kind of have to settle for one or the other depending on your space. I have SW Sand Dollar in my foyer and powder room. In the foyer which is dark, it looks like a nice neutral beige, but in the powder room which faces west, it looks like refried beans during the day-yuch. Have to repaint it eventually to a beige which tends toward green like SW Believable Buff. I have BB in a bedroom which faces west and it has a slight golden glow in midday, but looks pretty neutral early and late.

More than any other color, beige seems to change character depending on the amount of light and the light source.

chipspa in the first reply has listed some good potentials, IMO.

Another vote for BM Wilmington Tan.
Nice tone in my house, even with it being my living room ceiling color!

BM Shaker Beige

We're currently painting our entire interior right now. We're using Restoration Hardware's Latte, Cappuccino, and Flax (matched in Benjamin Moore paint) for our "tans". The Latte is a nice pleasant lighter neutral color (at least for us...it definitely depends on lighting).

I used BM Manchester Tan. In my house, it is a beautiful tan. But, as others have said, it totally depends on your house and light. What looks good in my house can look terrible in yours. Unfortunately, you're going to have to try a lot of colors to find one that looks good in your house. Good luck!

We put BM Blond Wood in our master bedroom. I didn't want a hint of yellow or green undertones. BM's website states that Blond Wood has a hint of red, but I don't even detect that in our lighting conditions. IMO it's a happy neutral and can hold its own with almost any other color you use in the room.

We were looking for a warmer beige to pair with crisp white crown molding and black furnishings/accents. So many beiges looked blah and "institutional" to me. Went with Bahr Burnt Almond. Not sure what the undertones are in your home, but I really like how it came out in mine. We have a lot of natural light though.

Another vote for BM Shaker Beige - we just painted 2 story living rm/dining rm. with it & white molding - gorgeous! Also did Barely Beige in Master & Bleeker Beige in another bedroom & Rich Cream in kitchen & family room. Such nice beiges!

Tans/beiges are tough. I have SW Lotus Pod in a room and almost had a heart attack when I started painting because it looked orangey. I had that reaction despite the fact that I had sampled the paint on a large, primed, piece of drywall that I moved around the room. etc. just like everyone recommends. I continued anyway (after the palpitations stopped) and now I don't see it as "orange" at all. Just goes to show that you never know until it's done. In another room I have SW Moderate White. That's nice too but not "tan". Both are definitely more of an off-white.

Good luck!

Look at Sandy Brown and Lighthouse Landing. They're the tans used at Ethan Allenl Very well, tan.

Pam, my friend had manchester tan and it was really pretty. No undertones, just a lovely color.

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Just a thought, but maybe you could totally flip the script and go with a blue-gray? I have been using blue-grays with a touch of green and surprisingly, EVERY color goes with it and it looks so much fresher and crisper than boring old beige.

I have
SW Macademia in Family Room, Kitchen, and Morning Room
SW Basket Beige in DS's room. (I don't like it as much--too dark for me)
SW Lightweight Beige in basement bathroom. We just had this one done, and so far I like it. It's definitely a brighter tan than the first two I have here.

I would second what other's have advised--purchase a color to go and paint it on an old piece of drywall or the boards from the paint store and move it around the room, during the day and evening to see what you think.

Here's a site with photos of all neutral colors put together by pro colorists. Run your cursor over it to get the brand and names.

Here is a link that might be useful: neutral colors