What color should I paint my walls?

I just installed red oak hard wood floors in my living room/ dining room area. The trim is all builder grade oak (kinda darker), not the best, but I can't replace it without replacing all the doors in my house - too expensive right now.


My walls are a camel yellow and a much darker marigold yellow as an accent, I've always hated the wall color but haven't had the time to change it. Problem is, the light reflects off the floors and gives all the walls an orangeytint and it looks even worse.


Needless to say, I don't want the hassle of trying to find the right shade of yellow so I'm looking for other color combinations that would be good. Preferrably a darker color for an accent wall %26amp; a lighter color on the rest of the walls.


My boyfriend thinks something with a grey tone would be nice and wouldn't clash with the baseboards.


I'm not afraid of color, I'd prefer something earthy, something appealing to most people - no bright reds or anything crazy like that.


Any suggestions?

What color should I paint my walls?
Since your wood is a very warm shade, I'd go completely opposite to provide a nice contrast. On the color wheel, red is opposite from green so they are complimentary colors. Full saturated colors would look like Christmas, but I'm referring to more dulled down "dirty" sophisticated colors. Since your oak has a reddish tint, I'd go with a nice, neutral olive or sage green or if you want a teeny bit more color a nice celedon green (similar to sage, but has less brown in it and a little more blue-green. It's still a nice neutral) Be sure not to go too "primary" or mint with the green or it can look unsophisicated. Get several color swatches and pin them to the walls in your area and look at them at neumerous times during the day. Color can totally change throughout the day in hue or tint due to the natural light (or lack of it) coming in through the windows. After a few days, it should become obvious which color works best with your wood.


I'd avoid a gray tone. Grey is extremely cool and it's hard to match other decor options with it unless someone has a very minimal, modernist decor. I love green and think it would be a nice fresh contrast to your wood.
Reply:If your entire downstairs has 1 connecting wall and you don't want it to appear too "one note" maybe paint just one accent wall the earthy green and the rest a nice coordinating neutral (with no yellow tones) Report It

Reply:FIRST narrow your wall colour choices to 3. SECOND get small cans of the 3 colours and paint the an area of the wall near the floorboards and where the sunlight hits - you're going to paint anyway, and this is a good test to see which is best for look and to cover the old paint. (but, I strongly suggest you prime the walls first anyway - CIL is the best paint in north america, for all sorts of purposes, in my opinion) THIRD, my suggestion is consider at lighter green for the walls and a pearl/ivory colour for accent - this combo will endure many furniture or fabric changes over the years and never burden those changes with limitations
Reply:Any earth tone would be great
Reply:a brown for an accent wall and a lighter warmer tone beige will look great they just did a home on design to sell on hgtv and it looked fabulous....
Reply:A discussion with a professional color consultant can help to decide individual needs and select appropriate color. However having taken a number of things into thought when decorating a room, such as the size of the space, the amount of light, the function if the room, and the style and mood we wish to create, we finally, and most importantly, need to consider the needs of the people who use it.
Reply:I would check with the color "oil cloth" nice , warm and neutral
Reply:You should not be matching your floor and trim color to the wall. What colors are your furniture? Your rugs? You should be pulling a color out of these items to put on your walls. This will give you a pulled together beautiful room. Use flat paint on the ceiling and walls since your floor is gloss finished.
Reply:Sherwin Williams has a color called "Interesting aqua." Although "aqua" might sound too bright %26amp; scary, it's actually a medium dusty blue, closer to gray. For an accent wall, just do a darker color in that same strip, like "riverway" or "still water." I think it will look beautiful.
Reply:Believe it or not... I say chocolate brown. Find a color that you like though and go 2 colors down or up on the color swatch for the accents.





Grey can be tricky... make sure not to get a grey with pink tones.





Go to a paint store and pick out several options, then take them home and look at them for a few days. The light in the room and the flooring can cause a color to look different at home, so be sure to test it before you buy gallons of paint.