Yellow or beige that goes well with chocolate

15 years ago

Hi,

I,m looking for a pale yellow or beige color that goes well with Chocolate color. Unfortunately I have to stick to SW colors. There's so many beige(s) that my head is spinning, not knowing which one goes well with Chocolate color. I prefer being on the yellow side as am not a beige type of person but if it goes well with chocolate then I will take it.

Can you also suggest any other dark colors that goes well with pale yellow.

Thank you

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parma42
15 years ago
SW Ivoire is classified as a neutral but reads as a pale yellow, without being 'in your face' yellow.

It looks nice with dark brown.

Do you have any pics of the areas you'll be painting?
burnGirl
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15 years ago
Thank you parma, I dont have a pic now, but its the foyer area with a high ceiling. I was thinking of painting the wall opposite the entry door with chocolate and all other foyer walls with pale yellow or beige. What do you think about that? I know its hard to imagine without a pic, will upload some soon.

We are having a contractor come in to do the painting, I picked out the colors for the whole house and Im stuck at the foyer. Any help will be appreciated.
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parma42
15 years ago

I have Ivoire in the front area of our home. The color isn't translating in the foyer pic (it's not greenish yellow) so I added one of the DR.

There's a touch of red in the gallon formula which warms it up.

Looks nice with brown.
Bunny
15 years ago
Parma, I just bought a sample quart of Ivoire and painted a sample board. It's beautiful, but I'm a bit afraid it's too yellow. I have BM Philadelphia Cream in a bathroom that sometimes screams SCHOOL BUS. When I took my board in there to compare, I saw way too much similarity.

It's interesting that you say that there's a touch of red in the gallon formula. So little that they can't add it to the quart? Would it look different? I'm afraid I can't afford to buy a sample gallon. ;-)
User
15 years ago
I used Olympic paint colors and had them made in BM Matte. I have Belgian Waffle and Belgian Chocolate in adjacent rooms. As you can tell by the names they are meant for each other. The Belgian Waffle is in my high ceiling foyer...12 ft. So would probably work well for you. There isn't a problem going to Lowes and taking the card to SW to get it made up. Here are a couple pics.

Belgian Waffle/Belgian Chocolate next to each other:

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B. Chocolate ...

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burnGirl
Original Author
15 years ago
trailrunner, thank you so much for sharing the pics, they are lovely and something close to what I had in mind. I hope the Belgian Waffle goes well with a pale green which is in the adjacent room. From the pics it seems like it works well with that too.
parma42
15 years ago
Linelle, if the Ivoire is too yellow for you in the quart, it will still be too yellow for you in the gallon.

All the red does is make it go in another direction in re to warmth.
User
15 years ago
There are 3 colors on the strip of the Belgian Waffle I have used all three colors . They are soothing and have remained a favorites . One is lighter and one is darker. It took me a long time to find a yellow I liked since so many of them had other tones that just didn't look right . I am glad to help. Others have e-mailed me about this color and are going to use it so I think it is popular. c
ronbre
15 years ago
white chocolate, vanilla cream, french cream, bisque, taupe..
elle3
15 years ago
I was thinking Ivorie as well. (Parma, it was your beautiful pictures of Ivorie that made me love it!) But if that's too yellow, you might look into Irish Cream, a SW color. It's not on strips with other colors, it was on a chip by itself. It looks light on the card, but it took on a warm cream with a hint of yellow. I just painted my basement in this color. The lighting is awful down there (we are in the process of redoing it), or I would take a picture for you.
Trailrunner, that belgium chocolate looks delicious! Your home is beautiful...
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15 years ago
elle3...thank you very much. You are very kind to say so. c
estreya
15 years ago
Trailrunner, this is off topic, but can i ask where you got that reading lamp behind the chair? I've been looking for something just like that ...

Beautiful rooms, by the way!

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