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HELP ME with paint color selections.

5 months ago

Help me with some colors for my living room:

  • Ceiling is SW Alabaster White (definite)
  • Walls are SW Accessible Beige (definite)
  • Door and trim will be SW Tony Taupe


Here are my questions:

  1. Should I paint the baseboard trim Tony Taupe?
  2. Should I paint the crown molding Tony Taupe or Dover White or even Alabaster White?


The rest of the trim in my house is Dover White. I can continue that it this room but I definitely want the doors a darker color. I will probably change my other doors as well to whatever palette I use in this room.


We use Dover White for trim elsewhere in the house. Will Dover White work with these colors?


Should the baseboard and crown moulding be Dover White?


Comments (11)

  • 5 months ago

    paint the doors and trims the same color you choose for the walls, different sheen.

    too much contrast makes the room appear cluttered.

    You need to take into consideration all the furnishings too, it's not just the room paint.

    Do you have a lot of natural light in the space? What color are the floors?

    If you have especially tall ceilings a darker than white is fine.

    No matter Alabaster or white the ceiling will appear darker than you think.

  • 5 months ago

    The room gets loads of natural light the flooring is Brazilian Teak:




    We have no furniture to consider in this room


    I definitely want doors that are darker than the wall

  • 5 months ago

    The ceilng is alreay painted Alabaster and is not changing

  • PRO
    5 months ago

    Then you don't want a paint color which can show yellow.

    Seeing your floor, knowing the "loads of natural light", honestly, consider another color for the walls and go from there. Looking at chips or online colors isn't the right way to choose a paint color.

  • PRO
    5 months ago
    last modified: 5 months ago

    Oh, dear....well, then, paint all the trim Alabaster in a semi-gloss finish. You leave just the ceiling that color and it is going to look dirty. Do Accessible Beige on the walls, in a satin finish, if you must, but, also consider S W Natural Choice. IMO, it will go much better with the Brazilian Cherry floors.




    BenjiBoi thanked oncape
  • 5 months ago

    I prefer all trim, in all rooms to be the same. Doors can be a different color if so desired, although, personally, I like the doors the same color as a trim. Make sure the paint you use is a clear color, rather than a muddy color, or your trim will just look dirty. Since I have lived twice through the trend of painting trim and walls the same color, and both times, it got very tiresome, I would never paint my trim to match my walls, again.

  • 5 months ago

    It would be super helpful to see a pic of the room - how many doors, how much space between walls and multiple trim elements - like windows, door trim.


    I presume this is a closed space - not open concept? If so, it is fine to have a different trim color in here than in the rest of your home.


    I'd do ALL of your trim alabaster, walls accessible beige, then try a truly dark door color like tricorn black. Nix dover white and tony taupe.


    This is a kitchen but still a great pic of a light flooded space with lots of alabaster (on walls, trim, and ceiling) and accessible beige (on lowers). Plus a dark element thrown in on their range base cabinets. It is clean and fresh and not overly yellowed.




    You need large samplize swatches of your wall and door color to test against your floors.




  • 5 months ago
    last modified: 5 months ago

    ONCAPE, what neutral/white would you pair with Accessible Beige?

  • PRO
    4 months ago

    White with Accessible Beige, for what application? You already committed to Alabaster for the ceiling.

  • 4 months ago

    Accessible Beige os on the ceiling i still font know what to use on the crown amd trim