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Need a complementary yellow to go w Navajo White

8 years ago

I'm looking for a warm yellow paint with a high LRV for a dark east-facing den that gets very little light due to trees outside the Windows. The room is large and opens into our north-facing living room that's painted BM Navajo White, which works brilliantly to brighten up the room and has a yellowish cast in most light. Ideas? Our house is a 1926 Mediterranean revival in Florida, so I'm looking for something a bit more colorful than Navajo White in a warm yellow/light gold hue.

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Diana Bier Interiors, LLC
8 years ago
Try some of the Historical Collection yellows/golds: Hawthorne Yellow, Concord Ivory, Marblehead Gold, Adams Gold. See which one works best in your room with your light, and works with the Navajo White. Or you could paint the room Navajo as well.
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
8 years ago
IMO no yellow will work with that color which already has a pinky/ yellow look Sorry one of my most unfavorite wall colors.
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Diana Bier Interiors, LLC
8 years ago
As per Lori Sawaya instructions on finding color DNA, Navajo White is a 92 degree on the hue color wheel, making it solidly in the yellow color family. No pink or red is present. It would work fine next to a room with any of the yellow/gold Historical Colors from HC-7 to HC-12.

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