I would recommend a gray with warmer undertones, especially since you have rooms with both southern and northern exposure. Gray will get gray-er and colder in your kitchen. I have the same set up and am experiencing the same thing. Have you considered something like BM Sandy Hook Gray or SW Versatile Gray?

Nomima, I have not tried Sandy Hook Gray. The problem for me is that darker colors depress me. I need to find a very creamy, light neutral that doesn't lend too brown or taupe. Versatile Gray is pretty, but again, a little too dark for me. I'm wondering if I should go with a warm white in the northern facing kitchen and add my accent color (teal/yellow or navy/yelllow to add some color to the room).

Can I ask how you are trying out these colors? Are you looking at paint chips or painting them somewhere?

My walls look like a rainbow of variations of gray and greige :).

Try this....paint colors on large foam poster board then you can move it around and see how lighting affects the colors. Hold it up against your cabinetry and near your trim too. You can see how they will look in both southern and northern rooms. I wouldn't go white, it will look dingy in your kitchen, plus you have bright white cabinetry. How about BM Gentle Cream? Is this a low light or high light kitchen?

BM Grant Beige

BM Goldtone

BM Revere pewter

We had our last home's entire main floor painted SW Accessible Beige. It is the prettiest light linen color & worked really well with our wood floors & white trim.

nomimama thanks for the color suggestions! We have several recessed lights in the kitchen and one chandelier over the kitchen table. I will take a picture of the space in the morning to give you a better idea of what I"m working with. I looked at a few pictures of gentle cream earlier and I like it. What I've been doing is painting all the walls to look at the color under different lighting conditions throughout the day. I know it's overkill at this point but I need to see several shades next to each other to rule out what I don't like.

Vivianr - thanks for the suggestion! I've read a lot about Revere Pewter and planned on picking up a sample tomorrow. However, upon further reading, it looks to be about as dark as a few colors currently on my wall. As we have a medium sized townhouse with dark floors throughout, I don't want to make the space feel any smaller or darker.

binakay - Accessible Beige looks beautiful on your falls. By chance, can you show a picture of it in a north facing room? Are all the rooms pretty well lit?

Try to paint it on a small wall then. The problem with painting next to other colors is you're seeing it in context to those colors, which can really affect how you see the color. Paint along trim if possible.

good idea, thanks!

BM Classic Gray (fav. so far but looks very light, almost non-existent in south facing living room)

Try Light Pewter 1464 and Nimbus 1465. By looking at the spectral data we can see that they are similar to Classic Gray but darker. The light blue highlights L which is Lightness and LRV. Both data points indicate how light or dark a color will look.

I threw in Bone Black too. It's probably darker than what you're wanting but it gives you something to compare to.

Lori, thanks for your suggestion! As I'm trying to paint my house an entire color, would you say that Light Pewter and Nimbus work well in rooms facing all directions?