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Why is picking paint so complicated?

8 years ago
My family is moving into a house soon and the situation has allowed us to get our painting done ahead of move in. We like earthy colors and don’t care for colors with blue, pink, or peachy undertones. The bedroom colors we chose are SW Contented, SW Collonade, and SW Morning Sun. Now we are trying to chose a color for the whole house. We want it to coordinate with all the other colors, and not stand out too much. The house faces East/West. The complicated part is that there are a lot of wood tones going on that don’t match each other. The kitchen cabinets are a natural wood color... but then the trim adjacent to that into another room is a red toned wood, and then the main room floor is like a real yellow/orangey honey oak (although we plan to change this within the next few years). The kitchen counters are green.
All of that said, the main two color contenders are BM Ashwood and BM Hazy Skies. We had hazy skies lightened a bit out of fear that the color itself is going to be too dark. But we like the putty/green/gray of it and how it’s a dynamic color that will change through the day. I feel safe with Ashwood, but my husband is worried it will pull yellow... and we don’t want that with all of the wood tones happening. Help!!?

Here’s one West facing room it would be in, and the East facing kitchen.