Software
Houzz Logo Print
hzdeleted_508609

Knocking each other out....Yellow beige versus Pink beige

7 years ago

I have a living room color problem. We own a home that is a 1984 Spanish build with a 2007 remuddle to fake Tuscan (by the prior owner).


The living room/dining room combination is 1000 sq feet. It has a Douglas fir beam ceiling which was faux stained in a man-cave dark hole brown/black color. We hired out a soda blaster to take the wood back to natural. The result is Doug fir yellow and unfortunately the wood knots permanently absorbed the stain and there is no lightening the knots. I spot-tried a Danish wood bleach (Woca brand) to tone down the yellow, which it did, but not the wood knots. The result was 'Dalmatian' look; cute only on a dog. I hand sanded the sample bleached area back to raw wood. So the ceiling is a yellowish beige.


My husband and I lived in the house for several years before we did the soda blasting, and we hemmed and hawed over the soda blasting versus painting the ceiling.


The floor was done in a very handsome travertine which has pink-beige undertones. I want to keep the floor. It is a chipped-edge travertine. My beige-yellow/gold tone area rugs look very sick next to this floor.


The trim in the room was painted dark brown, which we find objectionable.


Given a yellowish ceiling and a pink-beige floor (and the brown trim) what paint color do I choose without creating a clash between these two colors ?


Any help that you can provide would be appreciate.

Comments (9)

  • PRO
    7 years ago

    I would prime and paint the ceiling and the trim and then choose a soft gray/ green to go with the floors it is impossible to get something that works with all those colors .

    User thanked Patricia Colwell Consulting
  • PRO
    7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    Given a yellowish ceiling and a pink-beige floor (and the brown trim) what paint color do I choose without creating a clash between these two colors ?

    Orange. Also known as (YR) Yellow-Red in my world.

    The pink and yellow don't relate to each other as a pair because the geometry is off. A quick look at a color wheel will show you how to fix any color combination that doesn't look right or looks like it's missing something.

    In the case of pink and yellow, something is missing. And that's a bridge color to link the two. In this case it's colors from the orange (YR) hue family.

    The geometry of a color wheel applies to all colors, purely saturated, tints, tones, shades, near neutrals - all of 'em are included.



    User thanked Lori A. Sawaya
  • PRO
    User thanked Lori A. Sawaya
  • 7 years ago

    Lori- that makes perfect sense. I never imagined that a bridge was the way to go. I have long been leaning towards SW 7012 Creamy. Do you find this to be an adequate bridge?

  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    BM Muslin does work great with travertine....except I have a yellow wood ceiling.

    Here are the whitest orange-based whites I could find (that I could tolerate)









  • PRO
    7 years ago

    Creamy belongs to the yellow hue family, might not be blush enough.


    You need something definitely YR like Biscuit, Intricate Ivory or Choice Cream. Maybe even try Patience to see how it looks with the floor. BTW, brown is usually just dark orange.


    If you find a YR neutral for the walls, the Travertine might not look as pinkish. I lived in El Paso for 7 years. Saw - and lived with - my fair share of Travertine and I know its color is easily influenced. I think it's because it's natural stone and the nuance of color is so deeply layered. I dunno but I've seen pink Travertine shift to a mellow yellow more times than I can count.

    User thanked Lori A. Sawaya
  • PRO
    7 years ago

    BenM's Muslin OC-12 is worth checking out too.

    User thanked Lori A. Sawaya
  • PRO
    7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    Here are the whitest orange-based whites I could find (that I could tolerate)

    They will all change in context of the Travertine. Travertine is magical like that. Def don't rule anything out based solely on what you see online.

    I painted my kitchen a muted sage green and logic dictates that should have made the miles of "pink" Travertine look more pink. It didn't. Instead it shifted and looked mellowy almond cream.

    User thanked Lori A. Sawaya