Opinions on paint choice please?

Question

i am painting my bedroom tomorrow. i personally love the colors i have chosen, but my family, Boyfriend and friends all think i am nuts. Now i am not chaning the colors because i love them, but i want to know if anyone agrees with me that the room will turn out very elegant and nice.
i am painting 3 walls a very soft fluffy grey. One wall a very dark chianti wine and the trim & window frame a very dark navy blue. My furniture is all painted black and will have brushed nickle handles and pulls. My bedspread is about a shade lighter than the wine colored wall and there will be a dark grey throw on the end of it. Am i the only one that thinks this will be a very elegant classy look?

i meant changing not chaning. Sorry about that.

Answer 1

no, you aren't crazy... i personally liked them. but I wouldn't go very dark navy, just a regular navy, so the window frame doesn't look black. But I like it,, classy and " modern," I think, and I like classy,dear.

Answer 2

Personally, I define elegant with the idea of less is more. I like the neutral "fluffy" gray, but you'll have to be careful that it doesn't clash with the black. Some grays have blue undertones, some have green, etc. I like the accent wall of dark chianti, I have one that color in my dining room. But I think the navy makes one too many "strong" colors in one room. It might be distracting, and it will confuse the eye- you won't know what to focus on. Usually, the use of an accent color on a wall makes that the dominant color, and the chianti and navy, both being used in paint, might end up competing rather than complimenting.

Also, I agree with a previous poster, the size of your room will make a difference. Personally, I think if you are going with gray, a darkening color, and the dark chianti, you might end up closing off a lot of the room with the dark windowsills. Windows are the "eyes" of your room- and you may end up losing a lot of light. Think of it this way- more light in a room brings out the colors, which will enhance the contrast and the elegance you are looking for. You can always do something subtle around the windows with the navy- try spray-painting your curtain rods navy and using navy holdbacks or ties. This will allow you to use the color, add the contrast, but not darken the room.

As another poster suggested, try a paint store. All paint colors have a color reflector/absorber scale. This will let you know how much light you are losing. If you find your gray and chianti are already darkening by 50%, go with a soft neutral on the windowsills.

At least, that's my opinion. =)

PS- recently, I did our lving rooms in neutral colors, with a nice darker accent wall. I then used black hardware for all my windows, and the effect is really nice. Understated elegance. In my humble opinion. Haha...

Good luck! Have fun!!

Answer 3

I love how you describe the gray as "soft fluffy". That tells me that you understand how light and dark colors work together. The black furniture and the dark Chianti will be focal point and ground the room. By adding the light gray, you will balance the dark and heavy colors. My only hesitation is the navy blue on the trim and window frame. If the trim is currently a wood tone, I understand your need to eliminate the yellow tones to blend with your cool color scheme. Rather than using your navy accent color on the woodwork, I would suggest a color washed dark gray stain sometimes called "pickling". This would tie into your black furniture. However this is labor intensive and requires that you strip, bleach and then stain the woodwork....gorgeous,,,, but a pain! The other alternative is classic gloss white woodwork. You can always bring in the navy with art objects or throw pillows on your bed. Happy Painting!

Answer 4

I like your "reds and grays" together. I think that'll be pretty. But I think that the navy is a bit too much. Maybe a darker gray or a lighter gray? Just seems like too many cool colors and also bold colors all fighting for attention. You focal point will probably be the "red" wall, so I suggest toning the trim down a bit to not stand out so much.
If that was wasn't red, that dark navy blue with that cloud gray would be pretty alone. But really not the three together. Doesn't seem too romantic to me, or elegant really.

I wouldn't do the throw in a gray, either. Too light with the comfortor, I think. I'd do a darker color. Maybe a darker color than the comfortor, or something of an elegant pattern in it that would match your colors. Maybe even something with that "red" color, gold, black, white/gray would be nice.

Just my two cents

Answer 5

The colors always look different when the get on the wall, wait till they dry totally before you judge them.

Even when they dry they will look different than on the swatches.

I'd say, you are treading on thin ice when you mix colors that are too cool (blue and gray) with dark warm colors (wine). They gray will be depressing after time and the black will swirl your "chi" into confusion with those other colors.

It sounds too busy but you never know till it's on the wall and the furniture is in!!!!!!!!!

Answer 6

That's good color if you like it. color is very personal like stuff. You like it , and love it. No need for others agree with, however, if you need to share this with your family or other intimate relations, that's tough when force them to see it every day and in a large area, ie bed room. Look at idearibbon.com, ie the favor bags, we have 26 colors for choosing. yes, most of time, people still think white, gold,black, purple are the prior choice, however, there are many people choose different colors. That's why we might have many choices for color options. Check out www.idearibbon.com , you have ideas what we are talking about it here

Answer 7

EVERYTHING SOUNDS FINE...EXCEPT THE DARK NAVY WOOD WORK...IT WOULD BE BETTER IF IT WAS A PEARL GREY....AND REGARDING THE BURGUNDY ONE WALL.....IF YOU HAVE SOME LARGE PRINTS IN SOFT GREY AND WHITE OR LARGE FRAMED POSTERS WHICH INCORPORATE THE BLACK LIGHT GREY AND WHITE IT WOULD LIGHTEN THE AREA AND BRING IT TOGETHER....FRAMES SHOULD BE CHROME OR BRUSHED SILVER LIKE YOUR FURN. PULLS.....ITS NOT A COZY COLOR SCHEME SO A TOUCH OF FLORAL LEAVES OR SOMETHING PRINTED ON A LARGE THROW PILLOW .. THAT SAYS YOU AS A FOCAL POINT... ON THE BED..... ID DITCH THE DARK BLUE FOR SURE BUT ENJOY YOUR DECORATING....

Answer 8

lol. my bedroom walls are black and you're asking me if grey would be elegant? i do like the idea though cuz the chianti wall should really act like a focal point kinda and give the room dimension.

Answer 9

its popular in europe that way in many top villas. you can go to sherwin williams and some other stores and put your room dimensions in it along with the colors in computers they have now along with the color you want, furniture and beddding to see how it looks before you even paint. you can also buy the software called arcitect 2 which you can build a house from ground up and design any room with any type of color and furniture for about 30 to 35.00 and it will also tell you cost factors for everything.

Answer 10

Instead of the grey, I'd go with a cream color to warm it up some, but other than that, Its a good color combo