What colour should I paint my walls?

dhokes

Le_Kirk said:

dhokes said:

I live in a small house in the UK which currently has all white walls everywhere. I'm thinking of adding some colour to some of my walls; my bedroom. I'm thinking about whether to paint just the wall behind my bed like an ascent colour or the whole room. If I go for just the one wall, would a like neutral colour like a stone colour like this look odd? What other light colours would you suggest would go if I wanted an ascent wall behind the bed with the rest of the white walls/curtains/fitted wardrobe/walnut furniture?? I'm thinking of avoiding too dark colours.

You don't want ascent colours, that will have you climbing the walls; did you mean accent?

Aha, yes!

GDB2222

Just to add my 2p worth, I like the white. 

Ectophile

I went for dark for the accent wall in my bedroom.

I was painting the walls cream, but ran out of paint. So I picked a dark red for the final wall.

I am quite pleased with the result. I bought dark red curtains to match.

Wanderingpomm

I like 2 walls one accent colour and two a neutral 

Soot2006

In my old house we always had a feature wall, usually wallpaper and then crisp white on the other walls. This house, I'm painting colours and I'm loving it. It suits the house!
My bedroom is a very pale slate blue with dark  furnishings. The other room which is much smaller I've gone the other way, darker slate walls with white furnishings. I find it gives it character so the smaller size is less obvious.

SaintJudy

I've been painting my place with Tikkurila paint, it's absolutely fantastic and they also colour match so you can have literally any colour by any other paint manufacturer that you fancy. It's a doddle to paint with, has absolutely no smell and looks fantastic

ka7e

Remember that any colour you choose (even different shades of white...and there are many) will be influenced by the aspect of the room and the reflection of natural light. I was trying to find a colour for a N-facing room that only had  blue sky-reflected light (no buildings opposite). Most pale pinks looked lilac and beiges and a dark ochre looked green due to the "blue" light in the room. Many sample pots later, I finally found 2 pinks that stayed true - one was a Farrow and Ball, the other was Homebase own label. Homebase won on price and was suprisingly good on consistency and coverage.

The room below - also N-facing but reflecting light from brickwork and shrubbery, has a soft yellow that changes from wheat-colour to gold depending on the time of day.

White walls and ceiling can intensify adjacent colours as a contrast and can also reflect other colours in the room, such as carpet and bedding.

seatbeltnoob

I love all white, brilliant white everywhere apart from bedroom. So cheap as well. A 10litr tub for £13.