If you can paint the entire window on the inside, it can be any variation you want, because the inside will be consistent.

I actually have the magazine because I was thinking neutral. But true neutrals don't look great in our house, they turn gray due to the insufficient natural light. So in an attempt to brighten up the place we went with light colors in the LR and KFR, BM gentle cream and 1/2 F&B cooking apple. I previously posted day-time photos but the colors didn't come out right on those. These photos were taken in the evening (pardon the mess from removing the old corner cupboards): One paint coat only so far, so they might get a bit darker after the second coat. I can't say I love that cooking apple, but DH and the kids do love it and really want to keep it. It is a very happy color without being irritating but the problem I have with it, it is so "clean" that I am afraid of glazed cream kitchen cabinets appearing dirty. It would look great with white but I don't want white. I can totally relate to what ttodd said about very light off-white colors not being as rich as you hope. In this case the kitchen is right next to our "formal" eating area so I do want to end up with a rich cream which looks great in the evening. However the kitchen has no windows where the cabinets are going (dead corner) so there isn't a lot of natural light during the day (which is also one of the reasons for going painted and not dark wood) so it can't be too dark either. After looking at paint chips again, I am not even sure the dining cabinets and the kitchen have to be the same color, the lighting is very different. Any ideas?

What a charming house?? I like the gold very much but understand if you want a change. I would keep the white trim, paint the body of the house the current door/shutter color, and have fun with the door color. The first thing that comes to mind would be fuchsia!

Paint the vinyl the color of your wood trim. This is a low price fix. A more expensive choice would be Marvin fiberglass Elevate with interior wood trim. You would stain and finish that. Here. . Now I'm going to suggest something a good carpenter might do. Because your windows aren't opening and are picture the glass could be replaced with insulated units and butyl. This would match your other windows and cost less than vinyl. There are glass companies capable of supplying this. Not window companies. Windows aren't something magic.