accent wall dark gorgeous blue and yellow green, random width horizontal stripes alternating colors. Huge mirror on the wall reflecting the mural back at the wall with the stripes... . . is that way to much? Be honest!!! Yes, that would be way WAAAY too much in my house and I would be looking at beiges and creams. Speaking generally about the idea, I don't think a normal sized room can handle it. But if you have the money and time to do this, try it and fine out. Live with it for a couple months and see how you feel. Cross posting this on the Home Decorating forum will get additional responses.

Do a search on full spectrum paint. You will find a bazillion posts. There is also a long post in home decorating right now.

I thought I would post an update to this thread. Ellen mentioned this thread in her blog, this thread was linked. My daughter did use her paint to paint several rooms. She talked to Ellen on the phone and really enjoyed their conversation. She said Ellen was very helpful. She painted her bedroom Gustavian Gray. She gave Ellen the room size and Ellen told her to buy 3 gallons but 2 was plenty. She never even opened the 3d gallon but of course was unable to return it. That kind of hurts when it's $50.00 a gallon. I don't know why the amount was so off, perhaps my daughter gave incorrect dimensions. Anyway, my daughter is very pleased with this color. It's very unusual. It's not really gray but it is. It also looks kind of blue and kind of green. I personally don't like it very much but I guess that doesn't matter since my daughter does. She painted an office Olive. This color took two plus coats to cover since it is darker. I like it and so does my daughter. She painted her family room and kitchen buttercream. I really like this color. Again, it looks different depending on the light. Sometimes it looks like a soft yellow, sometimes more beige. I like it better in the family room then the kitchen, however. My daughter's cabinets are maple and have a yellow tone. I think the wall color is too close to the cabinet colors. It looks okay but I would prefer more contrast. But again, my daughter is happy with it. It is a pretty pleasant color. Ellen told her to buy 2 gallons but it took 3. I'm not sure why the amount was off, but it wasn't a problem to buy another gallon. As for whether I can tell a difference between this paint and regular paint...honestly I can't. It's nice paint. It went on well. It looks very nice but I can't really say it looks better then the paint in my house that is Sherwin Williams and Behers. Maybe it's me because so many people seem to think it looks different but I don't really see it. One thing my daughter said she liked was that there was enough choice of colors but not too many choices. I understand what she means. When you go to Sherwin Williams there are dozens of beiges for example. It's easier to pick colors when there are fewer colors to pick from. Two many colors can be overwelming but Ellen has enough but not too much.

"No matter which method you choose to create a paint color, it breaks down to the inherent quality of natural light. Each room has a unique bundle of light waves bouncing around - spectral distribution. And each paint color will respond to and reflect said light waves - spectral reflection." okay, I've been buying into the whole full spectrum thing. Time will tell if it's just a passing "fad" or not but I'm interested because paint colors look rather flat like solid coatings to me, which of course they are. Even when I like the color, depth seems to be missing. It's too consistent. So, I'm wondering. With the broader spectrum of natural light making FS paints come alive (makes perfect sense to me), does it make much of a difference at night under the limited or distorted spectrum of artificial light? The other question is, while at first it made sense to me, I'm wondering why can't you match a FS color later if you have the formula for mixing it? I'd also like to try mixing my own for kicks! Color Stories is the only brand readily available but I don't see "my" colors. (And honestly, I think the swatches look a little dead for some reason and I love looking at paint chips!). Someone in another thread noted they mixed DK recipes using artist acrylics because they are the finest pigments. Is that the type of pigment to use? I have them on hand. Then I was thinking Aura white base. Does that base contain the color lock feature or is that in the pigments they use? I was trained to mix colors, more specifically neutrals, without black because they are more interesting that way.