What color is your ceiling?

BM Edgecomb

SW Accessible Beige

Our ceiling is just generic, off-the-shelf ceiling white but I'm open to changing both that and the trim color.

Beth, I love the first picture you posted. Unfortunately we've got 3-4 projects on our to-do list so it's not an option right now.

in general, I'm bad at figuring out the undertones in colors. Of the color options Rawket posted (thank you) and Revere Pewter, which has the best undertones to work with our wood?

Paint it all Hale Navy. Don't need the wainscot. If the DR is already dark, don't fight it. Play into it. It's a DR so you can afford to go dark and dramatic.

Lori, thanks for the blue suggestion. Unfortunately the main entry to the house is in the dining room so it's not really it's own stand-alone space. Are accent walls still a thing, or are they dated?

these are the chairs I'm looking at for the heads of the table.....

From the monitor on my computer I like the color your thumb is on.....the background color of the curtains or navy blue in the curtains.

I think the background of the curtains is a lovely quiet colour. With navy chairs and other accents like you rug[ this will also be a key component] , this will be beautiful . The large paint swatch you're holding looks good, but I never trust paint swatches from a photograph. You could also take your curtain to the paint store and get them to get the right undertone for you. Go on the bolder side with your chandelier to work with the geometric pattern - maybe a base of brushed gold instead of silver to keep it "rich" with the navy.

Thank you for the feedback, the colors on the walls are actually the colors in the samples; top and bottom on the wall corresponds to the cards I'm holding. The card with my thumb is actually the same color in two different sheens. Which is my dilemma because I like them in the cards, not so much on the walls.

There's a color from ellenkennon.com called Gustavian Gray. It's actually kind of magical. It's a full spectrum paint that you order from her website and then pick up from a local PPG paint store. It's a color that's worth the effort.

Also, Pratt & Lambert's Nickle 25-25. SW can easily mix it. (Sherwin-Williams owns Pratt & Lambert)

I was finally able to get some more color swatches, not sure if that is helping!

Here's a close up of one of the colors I already have, with the beige wall color blocked out

And a bad picture of the latest swatches, including those you all so kindly suggested

Blah. It needs to be a dark hale navy like Lori suggested. It will be fine with white woodwork.

When I showed my husband a Hale Navy room on my iPad he frowned then swiped the picture.

So how do I do a neutral that's not blah?

A few updated samples, Edgecomb Gray on the left and Revere Pewter on the right....