You have given me so much insight, direction, and confirmation of some paint choices I had picked out. Perfect if you are thinking of only painting a few rooms/walls. Also I am having all the trim painted, fireplace and spindles on staircase. And actually, Benjamin Moore’s plain black is quite fine. I just got done painting my kitchen benjamin moore’s dry sage, and I love it. I also love Gentle Cream, and to tell you the truth you could do 2 colours throughout – Revere Pewter and Gentle Cream (or Navajo White which is lighter than Gentle cream) as a palette and it would look lovely!!! Not overly yellow, but certainly less peach than Sundial. That is ODD for Pale Oak to go yellow. However, its natural tendency is to settle down as it does on the hallway (on the left side of the above photo). And I do love White Dove and I also love Maritime White, one of my new fave off-white/almost creams. Granite counter tops and backsplash yet to be determined and we will be changing out the hardware on all of the kitchen cabinets. When you said too many colors for 650 sq. Cream paint colors can be paired with bright, bold hues in a large space, or paired with muted pastels. There is a color that is a soft cream (with yellow undertones). 2 colours that I love, that I think could be AMAZING at a fraction of their strength….Blue Grass cc 640 and Palladian Blue HC 144, Now if it were me, I would go to Home Depot and ask them if they can make these Benjamin Moore Colours at 1/8 of their strength into the ‘sample pots’ that they have (our Home Depot has sample pots of Behr and CIL paint). This collection contains 150 of the best white paint colors. Let’s take a quick break to talk about paint samples…, Undoubtedly, you’ll be heading out in the near future to grab paint samples – stop right there! Hopefully, you can help me out. For awhile, the front-runner was bm covington blue but I feel that’s a huge commitment to the color and I feel going a bit lighter or more neutral would be better. With the thoughts of world peace and your insanity in mind, here are some of my faves… I’m color-blind, so, therefore have a problem. We will have Douglas fir cabinets, windows, and trim. There are 50 million shades of “Navy” for my shutters. Kylie, Sort of a warm butterscotch that isn’t too yellow. I am acutually thinking of repainting the first floor so I am open to any thoughts you might have. . I’ve got more of it all! It acts like white, but that wee drop of yellow in it provides the relief it needs so that it isn’t ‘stark and cold’. Possibly HC-39. https://www.kylieminteriors.ca/online-decorating-design-services/. However , in the east and west facing sunroom, it gets this horrid, urine green cast, especially when the sun shines in late in the day. This 5 part series with amazing tips and tricks will be delivered FREE to your inbox! In the words of the late GREAT Goldilocks – it’s juuuust right. Close search. can you suggest a nice color that would go with Another colour you might want to get lightened a bit (but the one under it, Gray Mist seems a bit too light, but you can look at it too. I am unsure about it. I enjoy your information..I have been using your advice on paint colors (I only use BEN Moore)..we lost our home in the Houston Harvey flood and have been living in a hotel while a mid-rise condo we bought is being TOTALLY renovated…they just put the cabinets in after 5mos of waiting…I am the ONE doing the design and I am NOT a designer…the hardest part has been picking a paint color for living/dining /kitchen area which is altogether and will be the same color as well as the entryway and my husband’s office ..all the same color…so after buying about $250 worth of paint samples…I think I am going with GENTLE CREAM…..my style is French Country ..my couch is off white.one chair is blue (chair we saved from flood)..one chair is being re-covered in a print that has the blue/red/green/yellow ..ETHAN ALLEN peacock print.. (also, red dining chairs saved in flood)….the print pulls the perfect blue/red from the couple of items we carried upstairs (right before water came in)..and one chair is soft creamy yellow..ALSO, Mary, at Ethan allen chose a print (cream/red) for our dining drapes (10ft ceilings)….ALSO…this whole area is a SOUTH facing (one big) room…so because you said GENTLE CREAM is good for south facing…and I do want a WHISPER of yellow …and you said gentle cream does what you tell it to do..that’s why I was thinking of GENTLE CREAM…we have bought primer and put on wall under the sample of gentle cream to see a truer version of how it will look and we put some in each room…my question is…Will the gentle cream look more khaki or will it have the whisper of yellow I want for the French country look? NIGHTMARE. https://www.benjaminmoore.com/.../find-your-color/color/OC-96/gentle-cream Your living room sits so nicely in the middle and acts as kind of a ‘neutral ground’ for the rest of the space. 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