The room is on the darker side so I want to brighten it up with a light beige. So cream washed it too yellowish creamy and Floating Feather is peachish -- I'm assuming you are looking at the samples in the new master bedroom in order to determine this. Can you describe what *kind* of beige you want and anything else you might want or expect it to *do* besides lift the atmosphere of dim room. I do not understand the difference between warm and cool colors. When it comes to wall color, you have to be aware of what "warm" and "cool" really means. In situ undertone and color temperature is revealed when the wall color is juxtaposed to the other colors and elements and exposed to the inherent light in the space. What makes a color "cool" or "warm" is determined when it's experienced in the three-dimensional space it will reside. Outside of that experience, on it's own, whether a color is labeled "warm" or "cool" by some other sets of eyeballs is irrelevant to you and your three-dimensional space. Labeling a paint color as warm or cool can be useful but it's not a fact. It's just a way for paint companies to organize and categorize 2D paint chips. Sometimes those labels of "warm" or "cool" will stick and end up being true and accurate. On the other hand, sometimes unique, 3D context will affect perception and the labels will shift and drift from warm to cool or visa versa. Color Theory 101 stuff about the color wheel being split down the middle with red/orange/yellow on the warm side and green/blue/violet on the cool side isn't the most relevant color information when it comes to coloring 3D environments. It's 2D color theory trying fit on, and mean something to, 3D structure; some parts of basic color theory are applicable and some are simply lacking too much in the way of dimension to really be useful. Very little light is another way of saying that there is a limited spectrum of wavelengths (of light) spilling or beaming into the space. The light is not robust, varied, or diverse. This is the basis of the philosophy that light colors need light to be seen. There's not much, if anything, you can do to change the natural light that a room receives. It is what it is. But you can do something about the color in a can of paint. If you don't have robust light to work with, you can try robust, complex paint colors. That's where full spectrum or multi-pigmented paint colors can be a solution.

TBH, I feel like there is a large portion of the home buying market that thinks that gray walls are the holy grail. To me, cool gray and warm colors are like nails on a chalkboard but I recognize that I am a little OCD about color. I would ask your realtor's opinion. If they agree that the gray clashes too much with the cabinets, I would paint the kitchen the cream you have in the rest of the house. Or try SW accessible beige which often works well with cool and warm colors.

thanks steph. So you're keeping the natural cedar tone ? (it's fine, but it does lean more yellow. kendall charcoal is a gray w/yellow undertones, so it could work.) on this after shot, they actually used Kendall Charcoal. on that one garage door pic, You want more of a green-based wood stain (as opposed to red base). stay in the American Walnut, walnut, provencial families. start a new post w/just questions about paint color. post some better pics, a bit close that show the stone color, and pics that aren't muddled up w/all these sample colors. similar style home. this is Caviar I think the colors above, would look nice w/the cedar tone you have in the shingles some other more modern looking split levels. landscaping will add a lot to your exterior If you stained your yellow cedar tone wood to more of a walnut stain, you'd get this look. so, any further questions, just start your own post, w/just house exterior questions. you can save these pics if you like, I won't post them again.

The color pictured above is better than the dark stain with the Alabaster in Option A. Be sure to view a sample door next to a sample of the flooring in your lighting before committing yourself. The lighting in showrooms is not likely to be the same as the lighting at home. Stains have undertones like paint colors, so you want to make sure the two wood tones aren't going to clash.