Need help with color scheme

vicky disney

I am in a great deal of color advice. My house was a model home built in 1990 with a taupe and pink interior color scheme. I purchased it a few years ago and I am now trying to update the colors. The problem I am facing is finding a color scheme that will coordinate with the trim, the floor, etc. The trim (same color as kitchen cabinets and built ins), despite appearing light and neutral, casts either a grey hue or a pink hue. The stain on our oak wood floors is a medium brown with a yellow undertone. I was reading in another forum that yellow undertones (floors) do not agree with the red undertone (trim). My house is relatively large and I would not like to have to redo the trim or the floor. Also, I am a brunette with olive complexion and would like the new color scheme to agree with my coloring (so most yellows are out of the question.) Should I just give up and go with white walls? Please help!

darlenep

How about some low intensity greens...olive, etc? Green and red are complementary colors so that should help with the red undertones. Try getting a few of the strips of the paint swatches in different greens and see how it looks.

vicky disney

Thank you for the fast reply!! I love olive green but there is a detail I didn't mention. The kitchen counters are emerald green. The backsplash is white with a small burgundy tile detail. We want to replace them eventually but for now they have to stay. So I need something to coordinate with them as well.

darlenep

ok, well that changes things a little. I would still get the color strips , try taupe, cream, white( lots of varieties of white) and see if any will work for you.
I usually get several strips and tape them up to see how I like the way the colors work together.
Hope this helps

Sir MixAlot

Here's a good tool for color schemes Click Here!

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