That is a comment that should not be ignored because it can be the most cost effective option! The walls looked the most pinkish as the day wore on but it just may have been me noticing it more. We had a similar problem in our last house with peachy tones and swapped out the compact fluorescent and wow, what a difference. Would halogens provide the desired effect?

You can certainly get cool blue halogen lights. They do make them.

That early morning sunlight and the late afternoon sunlight is warm. Middle of the day is cooler daylight. So no surprise that, in early morning- and as the day wore on- the walls would look pinker. Any north facing room would probably look more like you want, too, as the light (color wise) is mostly cooler all day long.

It really is a cost-effective and easy/quick solution. That light can make such a difference is always such a revelation to me. Whenever I repaint, I take samples of the colors I'm considering, and paint on the walls and live with them for at least a week. I watch how the light changes from morning to night. Huge help.

Wonderful, and how about Edison bulbs?

I don't know about those. They don't come in very high wattages anyway, do they?

GE reveal bulbs can bring out interesting colors in the walls. Go lightbulb shopping. If you want an LED bulb try a 40 watt bulb; they have a lot of yellow in them. Try them out. We put LED over our black granite for brightness to the kitchen, but the GE reveal make our cherry cabinets glow in a rich warm hue that was deadened by the LED bulbs. Experiment!

Here's an article about light bulbs and how it affects the colors in your house:

http://www.thekeystocolor.com/why-color-often-goes-awry/

Hi---

without photos it's hard to determine exactly why the wall is turning pink on you it could be the furnishings in the room, the color of the floor, lighting, etc.. Changing light bulbs is a good place to start.

More often than not, introducing another color into the space will help Balance the "unfavorable" undertones. I've attached a photo of a paint chart by Glidden. I would recommend you pick up the chart and use it as a reference tool when selecting other items for the space such as rugs, pillows, art, etc.

Hope this is helpful. Good Luck!

To neutralize the undertones, you have to trick the eye into not seeing them by using larger doses of analogous colors. That means red, rusts, and red-purples. When the eye has a new baseline for the reddish tones, it no longer sees ''pink'' undertones.

Thank you Sophie and I totally noticed that the walls look less pinky by my large dark rust mirror after reading your comment. I would have always thought that reds would emphasize!! And thank you for the rationale!

I'll just add, too, that if you think about the color wheel-- green is opposite magenta (the closest color to pink) on the color wheel, so I'm guessing if you add cool blues or greens, that would offset the pink, too. I'm a little surprised that more red and rusts would do the same- but that's good to know. And not to beat a dead horse here, but the only reason we see color is because of light. So, again, your best bet is changing the hue of the light that hits those walls (i.e., light bulbs). The chart Hayley added (the link about light) is spot-on.

Adding complementary comors usually highlights the undertone rather than dulling it. So green would make the walls look more pink.