While not any of the colors you mentioned, I did just see this listing and your question reminded me of it: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/255-Gcr-8947-Silversage-Dr-Granby-CO-80446/2084745556_zpid/ Lots of chocolate brown, which I find much too dark.

Of course, this is a very "mountain" type house so chances are that it doesn't match the type/style of house you are thinking of painting a dark color.

I can show you a black dining room we painted a few years ago. It has an eggshell sheen with white semi-gloss trim including crown molding. Those curtains are terrible btw...lol

Eco Star Painting is a painting contractor in Calgary, Alberta,Canada.

I have a combined kitchen and dining room. The one wall connecting the two is painted black.

The other walls are white.

I painted my kitchen a dark brown reddish color. It’s from Behr and called “Fireside”. We have a lot of natural light in our kitchen and only one up above cabinet. I wanted windows not cabinets.

Jalarse your kitchen is beautiful. Love that fireplace. I think your kitchen might be bigger than my house. Is that a mural on the ceiling?

Jalarse your kitchen is so cozy!!

Ilikefriday I love the black wall!

Do you both still love your color?

Thank you Sonya! I absolutely love it. I am in the process of painting my cabinets black too.

Awesome! I want to paint our kitchen/dining room navy but everywhere I look it’s light and bright, and I don’t want to regret going darker.

I love seeing people who use bold colors in their decor :) It gives me inspiration!

I am totally drawn to black. I also love navy. I can't resist bold decor.

Sonya, do what you love, and you will be happy. The house is for you and your family, not anyone else. If you love navy blue, then use it. Add a few more lamps, if you think it is too dark when you are done. Fridays black wall is beautiful.

Sonya, my kitchen has been that color for about 12 years. I still love it and don’t think I’ll be changing it any time soon. I got a little bored about a year ago and painted the kitchen table chairs four different colors. Best of luck to you.

Ilikefriday, thank you for the lovely compliment. Yes that is a mural up there. We live next to the water and I wanted to incorporate that in the kitchen. I have this thing about ceilings, I get a bigger kick about decorating those than I do walls. There isn’t a plain white ceiling anywhere in my house. Have a great day.

Ilikefriday, love your black wall, that is outstanding.

Sonya, take the leap of faith and go with the navy. I’m not usually a fan of blue but I painted our master bedroom B.M. Newburyport blue. Just love the dark rich color.

Jalarse I love how a little paint makes such a difference!! I painted my table and chairs after 10+ years. The table is orange, similar to your head chair and the chairs are a peacock blue.

Your chandelier is fabulous!

This is the rest of my kitchen. I also have a dark staircase, powder room, and laundry room.

ilikefriday that mural though!!!

Sonya- I said I like bold :-)

ilikefriday, WOW.....that’s just fabulous.

Jalarse and Sonya - Thank you. The kitchen is about done except for the 4 inch backsplash by the stove and a couple of cabinets. I am itching to cover my laminate countertops with epoxy after the cabinets are done.

I'm sorry I don't have a picture but my 2 story foyer is SW Quiver Tan, which isn't tan at all, it's like a dark olive/brownish color. We have white trim and doors and a medium oak floor. I really love it.

I'm not sure if this link will work but we also have white spindles on our stairs and this is pretty representative of the color.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/226094843771484036/?lp=true

Is this orange or red?

Blue Kitchen cabinets

I love the use of black ceilings and walls in this office building.

I used the Benjamin Moore sight to get a feel for what it would look like. My question is for the other side. I grabbed pics from the “model” home. Do I paint the wall with an X navy or leave it grey. This is the set up we will use. Right now we have a dark sectional but I want to get a light one like in the model.

Also that dinning room table isn’t mine. Mine right now is orange but I am thinking of repainting it white

Jalarse tell me about your island. Can we see the front? Do you have storage on both sides?

Sonya - I would not paint the wall with the x . I would do one complete wall first and then decide about the second. I think It might look really nice if you just paint the wall with the windows but I am not sure.

I would have painted just the wall with the windows dark and not around the cupboards. On the other side leave that 10' section gray.

Curiouslyme, good morning. My kitchen has been around for about 18 years so I’m sure it’s not as up to date as others. But it works and we like it. The island is 8’ long and about 5’ in width. Where we built in the settee across from the fireplace it makes that portion of the island 3 1/2 feet wide. We have bar stools at one end but I did not extend the island to accommodate the stools. We are just not island stool people. Besides I needed the space to accommodate extra people at the kitchen table. Since we only have one up above cabinet for everyday dishes and glasses everything else is full extension. Drawers. Some of which are quite large. The drawer located on one end of the island under the warming drawer with the seashell false front contains large bins of flour. I bake pastries and breads several times a week and needed a large drawer that I could just open and scoop out flour. The drawers under the settee go back quite a way for storage. Big drawers by the stools contain small appliances. Across from the stove is for cleanup. Sinks, dishwasher and trash compactor. Hope you have a wonderful day.

Eco star what walls should I paint and which should stay grey?

Try one wall at a time. Do the window wall first. Then live with it a couple of days, and you will know if you should paint any more. Also, love your orange table. I think I might leave it. So nice to see a bit of color in a kitchen. At least try it, for a while, you can always paint it later.

Sonya Oden ,I'd make just wall #2 the feature wall. (dark)...

All the rest gray or lighter.

Should I do the whole length of the house or stop in the dining room?

Jalarse , That's a great looking vaulted wooden ceiling. I've never seen that before. It looks like a million dollar home if built in Calgary.

Sonya Oden You could stop where the living room starts and paint the dark color around the fireplace wall That's normally where a feature wall goes. Keep that 2 foot wall gray where the living room starts.

Eco Star Painting, thank you for the compliment. This is a home that’s a little over 2400 sq. Ft. In 2000 we bought the property and built the home ourselves. It took the two of us 3 years working 6 days a week to build it. We at the time were in our 50’s. We had built a previous home so it was not our first rodeo, but we were younger than. The one thing about doing it yourself is that there is no such thing as snap decisions because you have a contractor waiting on you and time is money. This is the last house, they are going to have to take me out feet first. This is my dream house on the water.

Jalarse- It looks like a slice of heaven. Spectacular!

Jalarse--- Boy oh boy what a place. Thank you for giving all those details. You did a great job on explaining and the craftsmanship. Enjoy.