What color should I paint our living room and the hallways for my house my style > COMTEMPORARY?

Question

I'm having trouble choosing the right colors to paint the interior for my house. I have bamboo floors in my second floor wich i have choosen a very light light gray for my bedroom but now.... i don't know what other color i should choose to paint the rest of my walls and other bedrooms, then our living room, family room and kitchen. I like neutral colors but i'm having such a hard time choosing the right and perfect color! Somebody please help me :0)

Answer 1

i'm an expert at perfect color. to avoid purchasing the wrong neutral, it's a good idea to invest in large paint chips (18"x18") .....they are about 4 dollars each but they give you a good sense of color on a larger expanse. (if you dont want to spend on chips use a solid towel or solid tablecloth or solid showercurtain or solid fabric or even a Tshirt because color truly needs to be seen on an expanse.) ... feel free to use those little free chips but be aware those little chips can fool the eye and at worse be costly and aggravating in time and money spent... remember nowadays stores like Lowe's and even some good hardware stores offer color matching with a scanner gun and a paint "computer". all you need to do is bring in your SOLID sample (no pattern!) for the clerk to scan, the larger the better. you can also invest in white boards and those little "sample jars" but i think that method's more expensive than the large chips method.

supposedly the best (least problematic) interior paint money can buy is the Aura Affinity line by benjamin moore http://www.myaurapaint.com ... i heard you can buy Aura Affinity at Target

Aura Affinity features lots of exquisite neutrals to choose from

you can also look at pages out of wallpaper books NOT to buy wallpaper *but because a page is large enough to "act" like large chip* if the page is not too patterned.

if you have a trained eye for color and you're confident adding tints to paint, that would be another way to tweak a shade to perfection. ....tint tubes are less than 3 dollars at a paint store. i've done it before

If you like Photoshop and similar software , you can expand 1 color on your computer screen using the eyedropper then the fill bucket. sounds crazy but sometimes it can help you find a color you luv because you can see it large (well, larger than a chip).

a wrong neutral choice is more "forgiving" than a blunder in a livelier type of color but it might still irritate you - therefore - it's best to put much thought into your 1st purchases

Answer 2

pale yellow. Carriage Light is an excellent choice. It's neutral enough, goes with everything, and makes your rooms look bigger. Plus yellow is such a happy color.

Answer 3

a dark red for the room with the bamboo floors. and a nice kinda mocha or tanish for the other room. try doing a multiple color like a darker color on one wall and a light color on the other wall. that will make it look real nice

Answer 4

There is an ocean scheme at Lowes that I absolutely love. They have grays, khakis, coffees, ocean blues, the colors are contemporary and very light and clean

Answer 5

Greenish yellowish.

Answer 6

a pale yellow