I think we have the same tile! Is this it? That's my bathroom floor. What an exercise in frustration! I've been mulling over this room for ages. DH offered to pull the tile up for me, as my attempts at finding a new wall color are beyond exasperating. I'm dragging my feet tho. Although a new floor would immediately resolve this problem, a big concern is the bullnose tiles on the drywall instead of baseboard trim. It's not going to budge easily and I can just see giant chunks of the wall coming off. Right now I have a mid-level, very gray based purple on the walls. I didn't think I would care for that color because it's a small room and I thought a deeper color would close it in. But it hasn't, in fact, the opposite occurred, it feels more expansive. It's a smooth transition for the eye from floor to wall because of the common gray hues, but a nicer side effect is that some "oomph" on the walls and splashes of rich accent colors completely detracts from the rose colored marbled veining in the tile. But I'm ready for a change and have looked at every color of the rainbow and then some. This is a sample of the color I love and always go back to, but will not work with that tile. (The color is MS Atlantic, and is worth ripping the drywall, I like it that much! ;D ). With current tile it creates what I've fondly dubbed as the "Miami Vice" effect in that room. Sadly, many colors create that effect. Makes the pink in the floor 'pop' rather than recede. (You can see a bit of the current wall color in the background.) I lean toward your choice #1. Wouldn't suggest anything in the terra cotta/salmon family from #2, rather than detract from the floor it would feel jarring, imho. #3, I haven't found a sage yet that will work with my tile, and I love sage :( If we don't end up pulling the floor altogether I've narrowed it to a rich warm gray (providing I can find it, samples everywhere) with lots of white and hints of blue sea glass in accessories and accents (think spa). So that the atmosphere in the room will be a deterrent against the eye focusing on the pink in the floor. Have never considered myself a gray person, but with it being tagged as one of the 'new neutrals' and therefore some nice examples being shown in magazines, etc. shouldn't be difficult to hit on one that feels cozy rather than cold or industrial. Otherwise, a heavily gray based taupe with just a hint of green undertone does seem to work well. Another choice I've found that works is a cool gray based mocha. Like Restoration Hardware's Flax. (Click on the small color square in that row to see a sample of Flax in a room.) Hesitate to go that route, think I'd prefer to go lighter than what I have now for a change. Also, I wouldn't recommend dual contrasting colors. That would be a lot going on with our tile. Unless you stay in the same palette and do perhaps a darker shade near the floor and one level lighter above the chair rail. Just my humble .02. Guess my rambling on is a dead give away I've been doing a bit of obsessing over this ;D

I didn't get any other responses, but wanted to post what I went with. I tried Kelly Moore Navajo White (because we have that in my home and I really like it). Looked so blah in the rental house! I think it looked like what you'd find to color a wall near the side of a busy street or freeway that covers graffiti. I went with Benjamin Moore in Himalayan Trek. It was much darker than I would have guessed I would like, but it turned out to be a "real", though neutral, color. I was very pleased with how it turned out and don't even "pay attention" to the color of the floor.

rhome - Thanks. Yes, I think she will be. She just loved how the pink tile never looked dirty and cleaned up so easily but she did agree on the aesthetics. I assured here we can get some better looking tile that will still be easy to maintain. While I love natural materials, I think if we stick with some of the porcelain tile that mimics natural slate / stone it will give us the best of both worlds cpang74 - thanks. Actually thinking of going darker. Initial thought is something like the link below Here is a link that might be useful: dal tile terra antica

Personally peach makes my skin crawl, as does orange. I moved into a home that had orange countertops that we were not going to be able to replace right away, there wasn't a thing wrong with them except for the fact that they were orange, so I opted to paint my moldings white, put up white 2" blinds, and paint the walls a soft light green, looked almost mossy,tanish, but definately green. It changed the look of the whole kitchen. I actually didn't mind the counters after those changes were made. It really toned down that orange and peach color it was giving the walls and my cabinets. So as they say.....GO GREEN!