Hi! It would be super helpful to know the color you tried that you didn’t like, your trim color, cabinet color and even the color you have in the fireplace room. :)

Color in family room and kitchen is mesa tumbleweed and we tried elemental Pittsburgh paint. Cabinets and trim are white

Hi! Elemental is in the blue/green hue family and is very low chroma, so it makes sense as to why it’s coming off so blue/cold. My suggestion would be PPG Shark, which is a warmer gray. It will coordinate better with your fireplace room and should work beautifully with your floors, countertops and cabinets.

Denice, texmax13 is right on the blue/hue family, so you need a warmer and lighter tone for your kitchen. Also, the "finish" or "sheen" level is going to be important. Avoid shining surface textures, so go with a Flat/Matte or no more than a "satin" finish. Do you want to stay with the PPG paints, or are you open to Sherwin Williams? What geographical area are you located in?

Yes we love Sherwin Williams. I was thinking Passive might work but not sure.

Thank you for the ideas!! We would consider any other brand paints too but will check out shark

Denise- here is the DNA (scientific notations for a color) for SW Passive. It has an LRV of 60, so it won’t reflect much light. It’s in the green/yellow hue family so it’s pretty neutral however to me it’s too dark for your kitchen. I also think it’s cool so not warm enough for the look you might want. I will look for some options for you.

Thank you Flo!!

Take a look at SW Grecian Ivory. It looks like a lighter version of Mesa Tumbleweed and would be soft neutral with your kitchen. I would rethink the tile (looks like glass tile) for your backsplash though. Get painting done first then do backsplash. With your countertops I would keep it quiet. Maybe a Diamond shape but larger in white with very light gray grout. That’s all you need.

Something like this.

Nice combo. Have to see in your space of course.

I agree with Flo about the backspash. I’m a lot more familiar with SW than PPG, so here are a bunch of Sherwin Williams colors I would check out:

And possibly the following, but they may be too cool for your space. Won’t know till you see them with your finishes, but I have seen them look too icy/lavendar in situations so the above choices would be safer bets.