Accent walls are best of furniture is taken into consideration so rug, fabrics, etc. pale oak is neutral enough that you can go lots of different ways. Why the need to select an accent wall now - focus on trim and cabinet colors. An accent wall can come into play even after move in once all furniture and lighting is in place. It’s just a couple of hours work to knock out one dining room wall assuming it’s not a 2 story space.

printesa, I think this is one of those times when I will have to choose my lyin' eyes over the estimable folks at Consumer Reports. The article linked above, where they say blahblah is better because it hides more in one coat, is NOT the attribute that makes me appreciate F&B. (nor,as F&B points out, is it what they aspire to do.....in fact, rather the opposite) And the claim that the blahblah shade match was within "1%", only made me wonder which specific shade they picked. Fun fact: ever look at the F&B "dupe" lists? For awhile I did, just to note all the different dupes for the same F&B shades. My point is that different paints have different qualities, pigments and bases do different things. All that typed, I am sure blahblah paint can be a great product and I KNOW that most paint can be the backdrop for a successful and beautiful room. But the idea of an exact match across brands is foolish,imo.

@houssaon Thank you so much! It is so helpful to see them all lined up like this to compare. Based on this I feel like I might want to eliminate Dove Wing. And I will definitely consider the Simply White as an alternative!

Have not one fat clue why someone would say Bleeker Beige isn't an option for a classic orange barrel tile roof. My guess is because they think it has "xyz undertones" and have shared that opinion without qualifying their subjective opinion - for example, under what light source? Or if they're lookin' at a chip at their kitchen table, on a laptop, or where exactly? But I can tell you - and show you - why it's worth sampling to see if it's the look you're after. It works because - factually - it's an analogous color scheme. Bleeker Beige sits inside the warmer side of the Yellow Hue family. It leans towards the Yellow-Red hue family (aka orange). We can qualify warm and cool on The Color Strategist Color Wheel because of the color notation; paint colors have to be compared to thousands of other colors in the system in order to categorize them by hue, value, and chroma. The order system provides context and you need context to judge warm or cool. A warm and cool comparison happens organically within a notated color system. The warm/cool designation isn't a measurement like hue/value/chroma but it holds true. (I've never seen it not hold true, let me put it that way - and I've been looking for it to not work for a very long time, tens of thousands of colors.)