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New wall paint color, HELP!

7 years ago
My walls are currently Agreeable gray. I feel they do not blend well with my tile floor, granite and cabinets. Not sure if wall paint should be more beige. I want to move away from the “Yellow” time my tiles have. All suggestions will be greatly appreciated. My ceiling is high so I need to get this right the second time around. Thank you! I am also open to having the kitchen color as an accent color as well as a nook that I have. I’m going paint crazy!

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  • 7 years ago
    The sofa and green/blue current will be replaced.
  • 7 years ago
    Thank you Karen! Accessible beige is a color that I was looking into. It’s A LOT of wall to paint. I was also looking at Barcelona beige and Kilim Beige (but I think Kilim has yellow in it and that’s what I’m trying to move away from). So it may be Accessible beige vs Barcelona beige. You’re thoughts ?
  • 7 years ago
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    We just had a SW consultation yesterday. Looking for a warm neutral without a lot of yellow undertones as we have travertine floors. She did not feel that there was a lot of yellow in the Kilim Beige. The Accessible is definitely more gray. We're also looking at Natural Linen (and have decided that Shoji White is too white).

  • 7 years ago

    For a small investment of time and $, buy some foam boards (Staples, Walmart, etc.), a small roller set (about $10-15 at Lowes), and samples of the colors you're interested in (about $4 apiece at Lowes for Sherwin Williams samples). Paint the foam boards with 2 coats, then place them around the spaces at different times/lighting scenes (leave a boarder unpainted so you have white between the trial colors and anything you put them against).


    You would be surprised how colors change depending on exposure and lighting (N,S,E,W plus artificial lighting). We just did this for our new build - 8 paint samples, a 10-roll small roller kit, and 8 foam boards. Colors we thought were perfect on chips fell flat in real life and we could tell pretty quickly which direction we needed to go in (cooler in several rooms, warmer in another).


    Don't dispose of the boards when you're done, You can always reuse the "rejects" in future painting projects. The good ones can rattle around in the back of the car (cut down if needed) so you can bring them when shopping for furniture, towels, accents, etc.

  • 7 years ago
    @CLT3 thank you much for your feedback! Very helpful. Please let me know which color you decided on :)
  • 7 years ago
    @Michelle, great idea! I will def put it to use.
  • 7 years ago

    SW Relaxed Khaki would look awesome with that granite and white trim

  • 7 years ago
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    Ok, I painted some samples of Kilim Beige and Natural Linen. Our background wall color is a neutral with a lot of yellow undertones. I don't know the name of the color because we didn't pick it.

    Top left is the Kilim, right by the door is the Natural Linen. Compared to what is currently on the wall, I don't see much yellow. Hope this helps. We decided on the Kilim Beige.

  • 7 years ago

    You need a BIG sample area to really tell....Kilim Beige definitely has yellow undertones in my bathroom which is not what I wanted.

  • 7 years ago

    I was going to suggest accessible beige too! Or doing a very soft/warm white like SW natural choice or creamy (although if shoji was too white you may not like it!)

  • 7 years ago

    We did paint other bigger swatches in different areas but this is the picture that looks the most realistic. Accessible Beige is nice, a little more grey.