What color for an accent wall?

Question

Looking to add an accent wall in the living room. The other walls are a creamy pale yellow. Suggestions?

Answer 1

Burnt Sienna or a Burnt Orange would look nice.
So would a Forest Green or a Bright Blue color
Depends on whether you are going for a warm or cool feel to the room and of course your accessories.
To get the right tone use a color wheel.

Answer 2

It's best to have a whole plan first that includes your furniture and fabrics. You want to avoid having too many different things going on in your room, so it's best to pick your entire look first, and then make color choices accordingly, and make all the choices before you begin painting. Paint color is the easiest to change, so it's more convient to choose paint color to harmonize with the other items than to choose paint color first and then have to make fabric and sofas, etc., go well with the paint. Is this a bedroom, livingroom, or what? What are you NOT changing about the room? If for example, you have a blue sofa and you're not buying a new one or reapolstering, then you might be painting yourself into a corner already. But perhaps if it's beige, for instance, then you can paint the rest of your room beige to tie the look of the room together. Good design rarely has everything matchy-matchy, but on the other hand it isn't a random color explosion either... so look at what else is going into your room BEFORE you choose what to paint the other walls.

Answer 3

Green is a very calming color. I myself have a basil living room but, I picture a color closer to celery to compliment your yellow walls. It is lite and calming while adding color. I also like coral with a copper wash. It is bright and fun. Very high energy. My kitchen which borders my Living room is done in this color. Blessings

Answer 4

A bright red or orange, if you have the decor for it. Or you could go dark creamy brown. It depends on you furniture, accessories, and stuff. But I like pale yellow with reds and oranges. Definitely not green or blue, yuck!!

Answer 5

I like the color pink, but if you paint a whole room that color it sort of looks like Pepto Bismol so, 3 of my dining room are light, light blue and one wall is lightened up pink.

Answer 6

a rich cranberry or burnt orange....accent the room with elegant draperies.....this turns out to be a gorgeous room!!! hope this helps

Answer 7

maybe a chocolate brown. or a deep red.