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Which wall color?

last year

I can't decide which color to paint my living room. I feel like B looks better against the brick...?

A Jungle Camouflage
B Bonsai pot

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  • last year

    These colors will change throughout the day so you need to look at them on each wall at various times. What looks really nice at 9:00 a.m. on the west wall could look hideous at 6:00 p.m. on the east wall.


    I recommend painting on a canvas that you can relocate versus on the wall. Sometimes it's hard to paint over samples as their chemical makeup is different than the regular wall paint. Or you can buy Samplize samples, 9x12, that stick directly to the wall and move around.


    I'm as testing beige colors in my open concept living room, dining room, front hallway. This is the north wall and they look completely different on the west wall.

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    last year

    I choose color B because A looks a bit green. B will make the room appear brighter and it coordinates better with the brick.

  • last year

    They both look green to me, and I am not sure how they will look with the art, sofa and rug. I would pull a few colors from the art and rug, and then put them next to the brick. The brick is very warm, the floors are very warm, and your choice of art, sofa and rug appear to be cool. And, most importantly, turn on all the lights when taking pictures and looking at colors. Lack of light casts a gray filter onto colors and you don’t see what they really look like.

  • last year
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    Neither. I’m basing this on a neighbor’s house just down the street from me. The front exterior of his house is almost exactly the same warm tan brick you show and his mortar is a pale dirty gray. He had his siding, trim and garage painted a pale dirty gray to match his mortar.

    The home looks dreadful. The dominant color is the warm tan brick (not the mortar color) and up against the gray siding it’s very obviously a mismatch. The gray is cool, the brick is warm.

  • last year
    last modified: last year

    Agree with above; that was my impression as well (could be the photo). A mid-range grey is where I’d head given your rug, cabinet and art, as they too should be considered. Add cushions that will pull the whole look together.





    If interested…I’d remove the runner on the hutch, edit accessories (less and higher) and consider a better location for the candles (good timing to repair wall before painting).


  • last year

    I agree, neither of your colors, and please dont paint them on the wall. Get some poster board and paint so you can move it around, at different times of day and evening. Its also hard to get rid of those paint outlines, when you paint, when they are all over the wall like that. I would pick a color from your rug. Neither color you posted looks good with your furnishings, and both of the colors you posted, have a dirty muddy look to them. Look for a color in the bluish color, a lighter shade than whats in the rug, and make sure, it isnt a muddy looking color.