Start using the word 'ochre' ("Ohker") instead of yellow when asking around, and then talk about lighter or darker, etc. It sounds similar to what you want.

I might suggest RL Crabapple. Also, SW Blonde seems to be a popular choice. Search it, and you will find many examples.

Good luck!

To get Tobacco Road, go to Sherwin Williams. They should have it in their computer (they bought Duron). My SW had a Duron fan deck to look at (and compare sample quart to) and they were able to mix it up based on the formula in the computer. I have that color and really like it. It seems like it would work well for you given the pictures you posted. Hopefully this helps. Good luck!

Does anyone have the Tobbaco Road paint formula from the can? Any SW store could then mix it. The Laura Ashley golds come to mind also 2,3,4?

Have you tried BM Pittsfield Buff? It was recommended to me on this forum, and it's s beautiful color, esp in low light rooms. I am getting ready to do my LR in it as well. Some say depending on the floors, furniture wood tones and lighting, it can have a green undertone, which you say you don't want, but try a sample if you haven't already. Let us know what you decide...I am like you, I will look till I find the perfect color! (I also do the sample thing on the wall...my DR looked like a patchwork quilt for 3 months!

Don't know the formula for TR, but I've heard that BenMo's Shelburne Buff is very, very close to Duron's TR. You may want to give it a try. Beautiful color.

I'll give a second to BM Shelburne Buff. I have it in my foyer and my husband's office. I have the one lighter, Dunrmore Cream in my living room and one of the bedrooms. Love the color!

I can relate being at your wit's end with color. I have every fandeck and my walls are quite colorful at the moment with "testers". I also happen to have a quart of Tobacco Road that I got at a Farrell-Calhoun store. The base is Medium 3751 and the numbers are:
B-4 1/2
C-30 1/2
I-2 1/2
I hope that helps you out. The problem with color is that it may look GREAT in someone's home, but with your home it looks totally different! Good Luck!

I can defintely picture pittsfield buff in your room. I recommend trying it out.
My brother has it in his apt and it looks great.

DawnP

I have the Duron TR formula:

CHR Colorant 01 48 96 192
B Black - 16 1 -
I Brown Ox - 10 1 -
C Yellow Ox 2 42 1 -

Midtone Base

Polkadots, do you have the formula on your can? It would be interesting to see the SW formula.

Pittsfield Buff was going to be my next sample square! I was down to three - Powell Buff, Monroe Bisque, or Pittsfield Buff. The lady at the paint store talked me out of Pittsfield and into the Powell. I thought the Pittsfield would be a great contrast to the orange/reddish hues in the room - she told me it reads gray putty. Looks like I'm heading back! (I also need to find the other colors that people have mentioned).

Thanks so much for the Tobacco Road info! I will call our SW and see if they can mix some up for me - hopefully just a small amount but I'm guessing by the gallon. :)

For some reason it won't submit exactly as I am writing it. When you look at the formula above where it says B Black and there is a dash, the dash should line up under the 01 of CHR Colorant. Hard to explain, but imagine the numbers in a grid form. In the first column (vertical) under 01 it would be a dash, dash, 2. Under 48 it would be 16, 10, 42. Under 96 reads 1, 1, 1. Under 192 it is all dash's. All the numbers and dashs' should line up under the 4 sets of numbers in the first line. Lordy! Sorry if it seems like I am speaking Martian!

Leah, if you do get a sample for Tobacco Road, please let us know how you liked it...I have the same tones in my home that you do, and I'm always open to new paint colors!
As I said, I used the Pittsfield, and I must admit, at first, I thought, "This is not what I want...no gold tones at all." And to be honest, I thought it just looked like khaki when I was through painting. But I was so DONE messing with the DR, and my patience had run out. I wanted it over with, so decided that like it or not, I was going to live with it for at least a couple of months. (Plus, I had used up my paint allowance for awhile!) And now, 3 wks later, I love it. I have decided that the golds I was trying out really would not have suited my DR as I thought they would. The PB really does look great with the greens, rusts and reddish tones. Just waiting till paint allowance builds up again so I can tackle the LR!!!!!

Paints are so tricky. What they look like in one home isn't necessarily how they will look in yours. I started a thread about Pittsfield not looking yellow enough on my walls in my two-story entry and living room that have north and east windows. I also thought that Blonde was too orange. My two-story family room has lots of sun (south)and was going to use Wilmington tan there. I got a recommendation to try powell buff.

I get everything color matched at SW. They have BM in their computers. The formula for Pitt is white base, 7(32)& 1(126)
raw umber, 10(32)&1(64) deep gold.
Powell is the identical amount of raw umber and 9(32)&1(64)&1(128)deep gold.

Not much difference there. I am thinking of doing a 360 and going back to blonde for my family room and ivoire for the front rooms. Because of a last minute change in my granite(golden river) which has lots of warm rust mixed with cooler colors(nature seems to get away with things that paint can't)the blonde was the only color it seemed to like.

It has an uncanny ability to go with whatever is placed next to it. Looked horrible when I put a splotch in the hallway but after 20 quarts of other paint I tried it on a larger surface and was pleased.

Depending how much yellow you are going for, SW has a darker color called Dromedary Camel that is a compliment to its lighter cousin Biltmore Buff, a lovely yellow tan that I thought might be too much yellow for two-story rooms.

Khaki tends to have a bit of a grey or green undertone many times, so perhaps that is part of the issue when talking about the color you want.

You probably have looked at all of these, but I went to the BM site and thought some of these might fill the bill:

Dunmore Cream, Lady Finger, Squire Hill Buff, Bronzed Beige, Desert Tan. The Lady Finger, Squire Hill Buff and Desert Tan seem a bit more grey undertone, whereas the Dunmore Cream and Bronzed Beige are a bit warmer. I also thought Adams Gold might work, but it definitely is more of a green undertone imo.

Good luck!

i just got EK's cognac sample in the mail and it seems like it would be lovely in your LR. it's a rich color, but not too dark and it has warmer undertones that would be great with your darker woods, yet it is not yellow. i am looking at cognac for my north facing LR.

good luck-- and you're not alone! my kitchen has about 6 paint chips taped to the walls right now and two different sample colors painted on the wall.

That bronzed beige looks yummy to me...uh oh, here I go again. (Just when I thought I owned every single paint chip ever made, and you mention one that I don't have!)Went online to BM, and altho I know not true color on computer, now I have to go to my local ACE (brand new in town!) and pick one up!
And one of my friends (also a paint freak!) informed me that a little independent paint store downtown has the EK colors available, and she loves them! So guess I'm on a quest again! Thx for the info all of you....I am always looking for pretty paint colors.
Didn't mean to hijack this thread, but got carried away with color!

The F & B colors in this range are my favorites. London Stone is warm, but not all that yellow, and yet coordinates well with yellows and ochres.

Here's a link to an Apartment Therapy shot of it on a wall.

Here is a link that might be useful: London Stone Living Room Wall

Try BM Abingdon Putty. My old kitchen cabinets were painted that color and it sounds exactly what you are looking for. A warm, yellow based khaki.

I have Adam's Gold in DD3's room and I love it too. Doesn't read green at all in our space, just really warm, golden tan.

I have golds, greens, & brick reds in my house & have SW Whole Wheat throughout all the main areas. It's a great golden/kahki color, with a buttery backgroud, very warm. I think it reads very much golden in my very open, lots of light livingroom. Here's a pic in case you want a visual:

We wanted a similar color as you describe in our main living area, and our painter suggested BM Wilmington Tan. It' a great color:

We have Powell Buff in our LR, Straw in the Master Bedroom. Both nice, very warm colors. Straw leans more gold-ochre and Powell Buff more warm tan.

Good luck!

Mary

That Wilmington Tan is gorgeous in your home! So many great colors out there...I need to stop looking or I'll never do anything else but paint.
I still wonder about the Powell Buff though...is it close to the Pittsfield? I never did try the Powell as a sample, altho I meant to.

A tad less gold in the Powell. I gave the formula above.

So you did...didn't scroll through again before asking..thanks.

have you tried BM Sandy White?

I too went through this and about 20 sample quarts! Color is perceived so differently by people. SW Blonde is just too yellow for what I was looking for, however - at other times of the day - my sample would look just right!

I did find a golden beige SW Camelback and sw Stonebriar for a little deeper tone. Also, BM Wilmington Tan is a good contender too!

FWIW, I think SW Camelback is the closest match to Tobacco Road. I have TR on my walls and the SW fan deck. It is verrry close!

I was looking for a similar color and ended up painting my entire downstairs in SW Empire Gold. I usually love it, though sometimes I get worried that it's a bit too yellow. It truly IS a tannish gold. But then, there are certain times of day when it looks just so lovely, saturated and warm, yet neutral enough to not overpower the space, and then I remind myself that I really am very happy with the results. Color is so hard!!!

I wish I could post pictures for you. Empire Gold reminds me of a golden chamois cloth. I'm finding that it goes especially well with medium to dark woods, blacks, browns, reds and burgandy. When looking for this color, the problem that I had was that all of the golds seemed just too mustardy and bright, and all of the khaki/tans seemed too "builder beige" to me, which was what I had before. I wanted something that said that it was MY color, and not what was so neutral that it had been chosen by the builder or previous owner worried about resale value. I think that this color did accomplish this goal, for better or worse, maybe, but I like it. (Most of the time, anyway! I think that I will always occasionally second guess myself when it comes to paint color!)

Camelback is on the same paint strip (one shade darker) than my Whole Wheat (SW). I have Camelback in one of my bathrooms and I used the lighter shade Believeable Buff in my downstairs den area. Great colors, all on that strip.

I like Whole Wheat also but I love Decatur Buff. Have you already said no to Decatur Buff?

nccmama posted about Empire Gold... and I must agree. My sister has it throughout most of her house and it is lovely. Very rich and warm... not too dark or mustard-y looking. Just perfect. You can put pretty much any color with it without clashing.

Try Eddie Bauer's "Pecan" (Lowe's). We used it in our master bath and it's just the right mix of golden tan. We were about to go w/ PonyTail (an Olympic color) until Pecan stole my heart : )

Susan

So what color did you choose?

I know this is an OLD, OLD thread but just in case someone is looking for a particular paint color or FORMULA, just put the name of what what you are looking for in the Search window of this website (below) and it will bring up all other paint manufacturers with similar NAMES or SIMILAR COLORS to what you are looking for. If you click on the particular color, it will show you the FORMULA. Then just take it to Sherwin Willimams, Benjamin Moore, PPG, Home Depot, Lowes store/counter and they will make it for you. https://www.myperfectcolor.com/search/?q=Tobacco+Road