What color should we use?

Question:

My husband and I would like to paint our living room, but we are not sure what color would look best. Our space is a little smaller because we live in a townhouse, so we do know that we would like to use something lighter (since dark colors tend to make areas look smaller). Our furniture is camel colored and has no patterns to it. Our coffee table, end tables, entertainment stand, and most of our picture frames are black. We have a few accent frames that are antiqued gold around the room as well. We have a medium grayish blue area rug, and a deep red scarf on the window (both colors we pulled from some of the art on the walls). With all of that said, what color do you think would go best on our walls??

Answers:

Since you have light blue pillows already, I would go with a robin's egg blue or tiffany blue. The black in the room would pop against the color. If that color is to Easterish for you, then I would go with a light to medium beige; but be careful to not match the color to you couch.

Green. Not too dark, not too light. Green is very restful and goes with most of the colors you mentioned......I'd lean towards a cool green vs. a warm green because of the rug. White celing and trim lighter green.

turquoise with teal

A golden cream would look nice. Or a light gray. Light blue would look nice too. Or, like already suggested, a green. I think a sage green would be best. Hope it turns out well!

I think a light yellow would look nice.a tan color would look good with the brown couch

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